TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitson,Stephanie Grace
TI  - Messenger by moonlight
T2  - Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
SN  - 9781410488855
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Waterville, Maine
PB  - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale Cengage Learning
KW  - Pony express
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Orphans
KW  - Saint Joseph (Mo.)
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Religious fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - Christian fiction
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Large type books
N2  - Orphaned Annie Paxton and her brothers may have lost the only home they've ever known, but they're determined to make a better future in St. Joseph, Missouri. Annie dreams of a pretty house with window boxes, and having friends, and attending church every week. But then her brothers spot the ad for a new venture called the Pony Express. "Wanted," it reads, "Young, skinny fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders and willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred." Sure enough, both her brothers land jobs as Express messengers, and Annie puts her dreams on hold to work as a cook at Clearwater Ranch, a station along the Pony Express route. Annie struggles to adapt to her new job -- work made all the more challenging when she has so many to feed and few ingredients. The gruff station owner, George, doesn't seem inclined to make her life any easier, or at least not at first. But slowly a friendship builds between them. When Annie attracts the attention of a refined, dashing lieutenant from the nearby fort, she'll have to learn how to trust her instincts and follow her heart, even if she's conflicted about which way it's leading her
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