The Accidental Guardian

By: Mary Connealy

Narrated by: Morgan Hallett

When Trace Riley finds the smoldering ruins of a small wagon train, he recognizes the hand behind the attack as the same group who left him as sole survivor years ago. Living off the wilderness since then, he'd finally carved out a home and started a herd - while serving as a self-appointed guardian of the trail, driving off dangerous men. He'd hoped those days were over, but the latest attack shows he was wrong.

Deborah Harkness saved her younger sister and two toddlers during the attack and now finds herself at the mercy of her rescuer. Trace offers the only shelter for miles around and agrees to take them in until she can safely continue. His simple bachelor existence never anticipated kids and women in the picture, and their arrival is unsettling - yet enticing. Working to survive the winter and finally bring justice to the trail, Trace and Deborah find themselves drawn together - yet every day approaches the moment she'll leave forever.

©2018 Mary Connealy (P)2018 Recorded Books

The Accidental Guardian

What a wonderful story. Ms. Connelly is a marvelous story teller. The story of two sisters who survive a wagon massacre with a baby and a three year old is very heart warming. Their rescuer Trace is a young man who had survived a similar massacre ten years earlier. Together they find the men responsible for the massacre and grow to live each other. A wonderful love story. Linda Breckenridge

I loved this story!

Mary has written a great story! I loved her characters. They are so full and fun to learn about. She wrote a great story about the pros and cons of living at that time. Although my grandfather from the 1900’’s said that his cabins took awhile to build and were marked and taken down for a year so the logs would shrink and fit closely. But of course their cabins were great! And the height of the snow was so accurate. I loved this book!

Great

I enjoyed the story. I listened to it twice so far. l think Hallett could have put more expression into her voice.

good story line. slow start but finished nicely.

good story line. slow start but finished nicely. characters developed well for short story. enjoyed it.

Heartwarming story

A great story and faith filled. A story that inspires a trust in living a life with good morals and trust in God. 🙂

Great story line

Loved the story line and characters. I appreciate the bond and trust the men had for each other and the respect and care they showed to the female characters. The woman were strong and understanding. I loved had the characters grew and changed in the story. The story had some good twist and kept my attention.

Good story

Such a good book. I really enjoyed it. I will look for another by this author. The narrator was also very good.

good story!

awesome story from beginning to end. although, the ending was a bit sappy and abrupt.

Great Book

I enjoyed listening to this book very much. It was very interesting and kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next. Wonderful book!

Enthralling story of the West with mystery.

This is a fast moving exciting story. Character development is excellent. I could hardly wait to get to the end.