Mary Jean Kelso
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What secret does this orphan child carry that will be news even to her? She boarded the Orphan Train against her will as Mabel. She became Annabel. What do the cards hold for this outcast? Will she find happiness on the homestead? Or return to the streets of a different town?
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"I saw that look in your eyes when we met in town. I'm not one to mince words. I think you're sweet on me, too," Leroy said. Rosie felt her face flush. Even though his words embarrassed her, she knew they were true. She was drawn to him like a lizard to a hot rock even though she knew she shouldn't be.
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Charlie studied the baby. "Why's his eyes so slanted? And why's his skin so light? You and me's more deep brown. How come he's so much lighter, Effie Mae? You tol' me I was the first." "You was, Charlie." she lowered her eyes. "We was married. What'd you do, Effie Mae?"
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Seeking to prove a friend's innocence of a theft, Lynne Garrett and Jeremy Hastings work as a team to try to solve the problem and keep the ailing woman from going to prison. Lynne looks for clues to solving the crime while noting ones that make her wonder where her relationship with Jeremy is going.