Lazy Days
Authors: Verna Clay
Lazy Days
Read the First Book in
Each of Four Series.
Cry
of the West: Hallie
(Finding Home Series)
Abby: Mail Order Bride
(Unconventional Series)
Roth: Protector
(Shapeling Trilogy)
Dream Kisses
(Romance on the Ranch Series)
Copyright © 2013 by Verna Clay
Photo: iStock (IngaIvanova)
Table of Contents
Cry of the West: Hallie
Finding Home Series
Chapter 3: First Names, Please
Chapter 4: Traveling Companions
Chapter 13: Crossing the Wakarusa
Chapter 14: Carvings at Alcove Spring
Chapter 15: Bad Dream at Fremont Springs
Chapter 16: Narrow Escape at The Narrows
Chapter 20: Descending Windlass Hill
Chapter 21: Eyeful at Ash Hollow
Chapter 22: Release at Register Cliff
Chapter 25: Reconciliation at Independence Rock
Chapter 26: Parting of the Waters and Parting of the Ways
Chapter 27: Sad Times at Clover Creek
Chapter 28: Heart to Heart at Shoshone Falls
Chapter 29: Showdown at Fort Boise
Chapter 30: Goodbye Farewell Bend; Hello Blue Mountains
Chapter 32: The Barlow Road: Conquer or Be Conquered
Chapter 33: Beginning Again at the End
Chapter 34: Sowing and Reaping
Chapter 36: Not Just Another Day
Research Materials for
Hallie: Cry of the West
Rescue on the Rio: Lilah (Excerpt)
Finding Home Series
Abby: Mail Order Bride
Unconventional Series
Chapter 11: Tidings of Great Joy
Broken Angel (Excerpt)
Unconventional Series
Roth: Protector
Shapeling Trilogy
Chapter 19: Polite Conversation
Chapter 22: Seeing is Believing
Fawn: Master (excerpt)
Shapeling Trilogy
Dream Kisses
Romance on the Ranch Series
Chapter 3: Expect the Unexpected
Chapter 15: Moonlight and Stars
Chapter 16: Calm before the Storm
Chapter 18: High Fashion Greenhorns
Chapter 23: Declaration Six Months Later
Honey Kisses (excerpt)
Romance on the Ranch Series
Stranded in Oasis (excerpt)
Oasis, Arizona Series (coming January 2014)
of the West
Finding Home Series
"Hallie"
Verna Clay
This book is dedicated to those
possessing the pioneer spirit of adventure…even the tiniest bit.
Cry
of the West
"Hallie"
Finding Home Series
Copyright © 2013 by Verna Clay
Second Edition
All
rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof
in any form whatsoever.
For information contact:
[email protected]
website: www.VernaClay.com
Publisher:
M.O.I.
Publishing
"Mirrors of Imagination"
Editor: Jami Carpenter (Redpen girl)
Cover Design: Verna Clay
Pictures:
iStock Photo.com (Dziner4) (pioneer woman)
Dreamstime.com (Philcold) (wagon train)
This
book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely
coincidental.
Writing Hallie's story has been a labor of love.
For a long time I contemplated writing a book encompassing the Oregon Trail,
and the more research I did as the story unfolded, the more I fell in love with
the pioneers who gave up everything to follow their dreams and the Native
Americans adversely affected by westward migration. The hardships endured by both
groups are unimaginable.
In writing this story, I am in no way attempting
to typify the lives of those who braved the Oregon Trail or the Native
Americans impacted. My story has been written solely as romantic entertainment,
but with the added aspect of research.
Regarding historical accuracy, I attempted to
remain true to history but fudged one event, which I shall explain shortly. As
for the locations described in
Cry of the West,
I decided it would be
helpful if fabricated locations were known prior to the reading of the story. Other
than those listed below, the locations and information remain true to my
research.
The Oregon Trail began in Missouri, not far from
St. Louis, and crossed in greater or lesser degrees, the states we now know as
Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon. For much of
trail
history,
these states were considered territories. For the timeframe of my book — 1866 —
Oregon and Kansas were already admitted as states of the Union.
I hope you enjoy your journey from Westport
Landing in Missouri to the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Of course, any inaccuracies
other than indicated below, are inadvertent and I take responsibility for them.
Fabrications from my imagination are: the
steamship,
Mirabella;
the towns of Jebson and River Bend Grove; Muddy
Creek Valley; and the Brandon Hotel.
The tornado that struck St. Louis in 1866 is factual;
however, it happened in October, not March.
Happy
Trails,
Verna
Clay
Order
of books in the
Finding Home Series:
Hallie:
Cry of the West
Lilah:
Rescue on the Rio
Daisy:
Missouri Challenge