The cast of characters for these family novels is fairly large, so I’ll begin with the main characters in WHISPERS IN THE CANYON.

ADAM DONOVAN. This 32-year-old bachelor is considered by his family to be a cowboy with a poet’s soul. He’s tall, dark and (yes) handsome (what Irishman isn’t?), and has a quick hand with a gun. He’s always thought of his life as complete—he enjoys the cowboy’s role and doesn’t really look beyond the family for his happiness. He’s not a shallow man, though, having inherited his grandmother’s insight into grief and sorrow. His family depends on him to help them with their troubles, and he’s never seen a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets Jesse Travers.

BRIAN DONOVAN. Adam’s fraternal twin, and a red-haired giant of a man. His patience is the envy of his twin, and his calm acceptance of what life gives him makes him much admired by his family. When he sees that Adam has fallen in love with Jesse, he works to bring them together, though he is deeply in love with her himself. He knows that it is Adam’s strength and understanding that Jesse needs if she is ever to recover from her horrific past.

JESSE TRAVERS. At nineteen years old, Jesse is no bigger than she was at twelve. When her father dies after hearing of his only son’s death, Jesse is left alone in a remote canyon. The ranch she inherits is bankrupt, or so she thinks. Abused by her brother for years, she is reluctant to accept help from the Donovans. It is only Adam’s persistence, and Brian’s kindhearted scheming, that convince her otherwise. But her brother’s treachery has gone deeper than even Jesse knows, and when all the facts come to light, Jesse faces dangers she never could have imagined.

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