Judith Bozeman

Galen's Salvation Judith Bozeman

A gifted surgeon, Galen Hall walked away from the world and the horrors of the Civil War when an orphanage was shelled three days after Lee surrendered to Grant. For the past ten years, he has tried to forget that tragic day. Galen's commanding officer, Wade Phelps, now works for the Pinkerton Agency and has kept track of Galen as his own act of atonement since he, too, feels responsible for the deaths of the children in the orphanage. When a young boy is kidnapped from St. Louis, Phelps seeks out Galen to ask for his help finding the child. Dutiful daughter Nora Trent lives in St. Louis with her father. When he arranges a marriage for Nora to a man she barely knows she feels she has no choice but to do as her father wishes even though she is slightly repulsed by her intended bridegroom. After being abandoned by her new husband the day after the marriage, Nora discovers that she has been used by her husband and her father for reasons that are a complete mystery. Rebelling against her father's orders, Nora travels to Texas to find her missing husband. She meets Galen Hall when she's kidnapped from her stagecoach and Galen has to temporarily abandon his search for the boy in order to rescue her. Together they form an uneasy alliance and they set out to find and save the missing boy before he is sold to the dreaded Comancheros and disappears forever.