The Spring City Series by Marcella DiPaolo

She was left for dead after she was beaten to within an inch of her life. They worked for hours to save her. She was only five years old. She was a survivor. One by one, the town met her and was struck by how strong she was after all she had gone through. They all decided that they would help her get justice for what had been done to her.Cisco wasn’t done with her, because she knew a secret and he wanted that secret. They kept trying to get to her... moreShe was left for dead after she was beaten to within an inch of her life. They worked for hours to save her. She was only five years old. She was a survivor. One by one, the town met her and was struck by how strong she was after all she had gone through. They all decided that they would help her get justice for what had been done to her.Cisco wasn’t done with her, because she knew a secret and he wanted that secret. They kept trying to get to her. Boomer Richards appointed himself her guardian…Nobody could get to the little girl with him around. Boomer was built like a bull, and he had no pity for anyone who came to hurt her. The sheriff appointed him a deputy for helping protect her.A young waitress overheard them making plans to kidnap her, she told the sheriff what she heard. The kidnapping plans were stopped, but…she was attacked and raped for telling what she heard. Boomer went hunting the men who hurt the waitress. He brought them all to jail. That’s when Cisco decided to attack the entire town. The town was ready. They’d get retribution for the young girls attacked one way or the other…justice would prevail. less

Three ladies come to Spring City to start new lives.One comes as a Mail Order Bride. She is to marry one of the deputies who became the guardian of his two nephews. Having grown up helping to run an orphanage in New York, Alexandria feels she can handle two little boys even if they are the hellions, she is warned they are. Never having been around gentlemen before, she’s not sure how to go about becoming a wife to Sam.Sam doesn’t know the first thing about taking care of two little boys... moreThree ladies come to Spring City to start new lives.One comes as a Mail Order Bride. She is to marry one of the deputies who became the guardian of his two nephews. Having grown up helping to run an orphanage in New York, Alexandria feels she can handle two little boys even if they are the hellions, she is warned they are. Never having been around gentlemen before, she’s not sure how to go about becoming a wife to Sam.Sam doesn’t know the first thing about taking care of two little boys. They are running wild and he needs help. He jumps at the Mail Order Bride's offer of Alexandria to marry him and help him take care of his nephews. He just prayed he was making the right choice.One comes as a new school teacher from Tennessee. Kendra loves children and can’t wait to have her own classroom. Traveling to a new place in a far away territory sounded exciting to her, and she couldn’t wait to arrive and begin planning her lesson plans.The third young lady is a widow. She’s also a doctor. She and her husband had worked together in Kentucky until he died. She wanted to start over without the memories. A small town in the Montana Territory sounded perfect to her. She was going to start her life over.Three ladies to the same town. They became friends on the train to Spring City and then life takes some surprising twists and they all find love when they least expect it. less

Janna Hardesty was living in Hell. She had seen her parents killed before her eyes and she had been kidnapped and sold to a madam to work in her brothel. For four long years, she had done everything in her power to escape. But no longer. Today, she was going to get out of there or die trying. She knocked out the customer Dolly sent to her and stole his clothes and walked out of the Pleasure Palace. She stole his horse and rode away... moreJanna Hardesty was living in Hell. She had seen her parents killed before her eyes and she had been kidnapped and sold to a madam to work in her brothel. For four long years, she had done everything in her power to escape. But no longer. Today, she was going to get out of there or die trying. She knocked out the customer Dolly sent to her and stole his clothes and walked out of the Pleasure Palace. She stole his horse and rode away. It took her three days to ride back to the ranch that had once been her home.It was just as she remembered. It took her a lot of work to get it cleaned up. But she was young, and she had a good back. She wasn’t afraid of hard work. She started with the house. She cleaned up the kitchen and one of the bedrooms. At least she had a bed to sleep in and a place to cook. Next, she fixed up the barn for her horse. Before long, the improvements started to show. She continued to dress as a man, so that she wasn’t bothered by the men working on the ranch next to hers.Deputy Mike Stewart met Janna Hardesty on one of his runs checking on the ranches in the area. He wasn’t fooled into thinking she was a man. He did become her friend. He brought Mia Sanchez in to see her. She hadn’t seen Mia since she was a child. They renewed their friendship. The more Mike saw of Janna, the more he liked of the independent woman.But Dolly wasn’t finished with Janna, nor were the men living next door. Mike has to help Janna stay safe and free. Even after learning about her past, Mike can’t help falling in love with the feisty woman who only wants to stand on her own two feet and live life as a free woman. Janna never thought after four years living in the brothel, that she would ever want to live with a man. Nor did she ever think that she would fall in love with a man like Mike. She thought that no man would ever want a woman like her once he learned of her past. But love has a way of looking past a woman’s flaws and her colored past. less