End of the Trail (The Texas Trail Series)

 

End of the Trail 

(The Texas Trail Series)

June 1, 2012

by Vickie McDonough  (Author)

End of the Trail is part of a six-book series about four generations of the Morgan family living, fighting, and thriving amidst a turbulent Texas history spanning from 1845 to 1896. 

Brooks Morgan left home 11 years earlier and is just too stubborn to return home.  In 1896 he pulls into the town of Shoofly to take refuge from a storm and befriends John Langston in the local cafe. A high stakes poker game ends with Brooks holding the deed to John's ranch with one condition - Brooks must promise to take care of Keri. Brooks agrees, assuming that Keri is a horse.

Overcome by guilt, Brooks return to the cafe to give back the deed but finds John on the floor dead. Brooks heads off to take care of John’s ranch and is ambushed. With a noose around his neck, hands tied behind his back he offers a prayer up to God.  A stunning shot is delivered from the rifle of a lady on horseback that breaks the noose and frees Brooks. But could this lady - Keri - be an enemy, too?

Marilyn’s thoughts

 

 

 

End of the Trail is the last book in the Texas series but can easily be read as a standalone. I was immersed into Brook’s story from the beginning. He had left home out of anger at an early age. John Langston offered him a job to care for him in Shoofly. Brook matured and gained respect with John but was unprepared when he won John’s ranch in a poker game with one condition of caring for Keri. There are tense moments when she returned to Shoofly. Vickie McDonough penned a beautiful story from the start to finish with plenty of emotion, intrigue, mystery, action and a gently woven gospel message that is easy for all to find forgiveness, new beginnings, hope, love and peace.