Silverleaf Rapids
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- 10,99 €
Description de l’éditeur
The captivating prequel to Ransom Canyon, now a Netflix series starring Minka Kelly and Josh Duhamel!
Virgin River meets Yellowstone against the breathtaking, rugged backdrop of West Texas in this compelling, emotional origin story behind New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas’s Ransom Canyon saga—filled with love, challenges, and a timeless passion for the land and its people.
Deep in the heart of Texas, five generations of Kirklands built the sprawling Double K Ranch, battling fire and frost, outlaws and disease. It’s said the dirt flows through their veins as sure as Silverleaf Rapids flows through Ransom Canyon. But the canyon also had a way of becoming part of just about anyone who landed there . . .
19-year-old Staten Kirkland was studying at Texas Tech when he got the news that the grandfather who raised him, J.R. Kirkland, was fighting for his life. Now Staten would have to leave college behind, not to mention the girl he loved. And he’d have to grow up overnight. More than that, he’d have to become a boss—the boss—running thousands of acres of ranch. He’d always hated change. But change was barreling toward him . . .
Rootless and stuck in the dull routine that was her life, college professor Charlotte Lane escaped into fiction. But now she was restless for a change—in the form of being the new high school teacher at the small town bordering Ransom Canyon. Still, at this point in her life, what if she couldn’t change—or even remember how? Maybe she’d find others to show her the way . . .
The youngest of six, Peggy Warner came last in every way, not even worth sending to college. Now 27, she’s never left home and lives in service to her aging parents and her married siblings’ growing families. But she still has dreams—and under the big sky overlooking Ransom Canyon they may come true . . .
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Bestseller Thomas returns to the world of her Ransom Canyon series with this sweet if old-fashioned–feeling 1990s-set prequel, which chronicles an abundance of love stories in the small Texas town of Crossroads. Staten Kirkland, 19, and his longtime girlfriend, Amalah, are settling in at Texas Tech when Staten's grandfather, J.R., has a stroke. Staten drops out and returns home to help run the ranch, and Amalah tasks her best friend, Quinn, with being there for him. Meanwhile, the local high school has two new teachers: former college professor Charlotte Lane and retired Army medic Wade Parsons, who soon form a solid bond. In another story line, the always overlooked Peggy May Warner, whose family treat her like a scullery maid, comes to life when she meets and starts dating cowboy Duke Evans. Thomas throws significant roadblocks in the paths of each of her budding couples, and though the plot can feel meandering as it veers between different characters' backstories, the chaste romances are all equally full of heart. With Ransom Canyon headed to Netflix this month, this is sure to find fans.
