Forgiving

By: LaVyrle Spencer

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

When Sarah Merritt arrives in Dakota Territory in 1876, she steps off the dusty Cheyenne stagecoach determined to start this ramshackle gold-rush town's first newspaper. In Deadwood, her runaway younger sister, Addie, is living and working as domestic help at Mrs. Hossiter's boardinghouse, according to her letters. Five years after Addie's flight from home, Sarah is carrying the sad news that their one remaining parent, newspaper publisher Isaac Merritt, has died.

But when Sarah - tall, prim, and nearly a spinster at 25 - sets up her father's printing press in the middle of Main Street, she finds herself at loggerheads with Sheriff Noah Campbell. Headstrong and opinionated, with an auburn mustache and grinning gray eyes, he arrests her on the spot. And so begins an enmity between two willful individuals that can change only when they find themselves united in a common goal: to reclaim the Addie whom Sarah once knew.

But life is never simple. Mrs. Hossiter is more commonly known as Rosie in this bawdy frontier town, and Addie's work is as an "upstairs girl", not an upstairs maid. Addie is furious when Sarah turns up at the bordello - and she tells her proper sister to get out. What could have happened to change Addie so - and what can Sarah do to regain the sweet sister of her youth and bring her home again?

©1991 LaVyrle Spencer (P)2021 Tantor

An amazing love story and the power of forgiveness

This book has always been a favorite of mine. I love the characters and setting in Deadwood SD at a time of it’s early growth. Mrs. Spencer does a magnificent job of characterization, with her picturesque descriptions and weaving the theme of forgiveness through the entire book. I’m so glad to finally find her books coming out in audio. Good narration, too. Highly recommend this wonderful redeeming love story.

Enemies to Lovers

I am a fan of stories that start out contemptuous and end happily. This book did not disappoint for the genre. The characters were well developed. The narrator did an awesome job as well.

Deadwood Saga

Another interesting story by the author. She brings to life the characters and the times Very wonderful historical information. Very detailed.
The characters are also interesting it is apparent from the beginning, who will end up with whom at the end, but it is always fun to see how they get there.
I learned a lot about Deadwood, Arizona, life in a brothel and the building of a town from gold rush to the establishment of civilization .

Great Read!

My first book by this author- it was a great read with an interesting storyline that held my attention throughout. Characters were well drawn and authors strong writing skills deliver a detailed and compelling story on many levels. Narration was absolutely perfect.

Beautifull story!

Story telling at its best!
Slow burn and awesome.
About forgiving and moving forward from the heartache of their youth.
Brilliant narration