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ELIZA'S COPPER PENNY
Ciara Gold

Champagne Books
December 2007
ISBN#:  1897261411
Pages: 247
Historical

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Synopsis:

When Texas Ranger Copper Reeves goes on the hunt for a suspected murderer, he finds more than he bargains for in the form of schoolmarm, Eliza Woodpen. Copper has a mission, but his efforts are impeded by two young boys who mistake him for a deer.

Eliza has been hiding from a past she'd rather forget, but a chance newspaper article promises discovery from a powerful foe. Salvation comes when two of her students bring a wounded man to her home. Can she open her door and her heart to the man who can unlock secrets she’s held for three long years?
 

 

 


 

SRR GRADE: B
 

A newspaper headline catches the attention of school teacher, Eliza Woodpen of Banjo, TX.  The article says, "Continued Efforts to Locate Boston Heiress Brings Railroad Tycoon to Texas".  This headline is enough to cause Eliza to panic because her past is catching up with her.  Walking back to her house, she finds a copper 2 cents piece.  Finding a penny was suppose to be good luck and that is what Eliza is counting on as she made her wish, "Keep me safe from Charles Rittman."  After making her wish, she has a near collision with a horse and wagon.  Running to get out of the way, she runs headfirst into bounty hunter Copper Reeves.
 
Cooper is in Banjo trying to collect the bounty on suspected fugitive Jake Nolan when he gets shot in the backside by two local boys.  Since there are no rooms at the Inn and Tabor Nolan would like to keep a close eye on the bounty hunter that is after his brother,  he suggests that Eliza nurse him back to health.  His staying at her home is not only improper for a single woman but definitely not proper for the town's school teacher.
 
Eliza has too many secrets to be kept hidden especially from a bounty hunter that may be after her in more ways than one.  Was Copper hired by Charles to find her and Emilie?  Will Copper come back to Banjo after he catches his fugitive? Will Ted Nates, her dining partner, accept that Eliza only wants to remain friends and not become the future Mrs. Ted Nates?  
 
Ciara Gold's Eliza's Copper Penny is a heart warming story of unexpected love and forgiveness.  Eliza was not looking for love because she had too many secrets that she thought would make her unlovable.  Copper wasn't looking for love either because his job was just not the profession for a man with a family.  Would they set aside the things that kept them apart and come together and share their love for each other?
 
~Reviewed by Shira E. Schneider


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