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I’m back with my travelling wild west show story, Masked Hearts.

Once again, skipping ahead a few paragraphs. Minnie doesn’t believe him, despite the details he knows. Plus, he’s pale, not dark or even tan.

Finally she puts forth one final challenge to test his story:

“I met that boy,” she whispered. One finger tapped against his heartbeat. “We played together for a summer.”

So he had known her–it wasn’t just an illusion or wishful thinking that he once knew this woman in front of him. “But you don’t recognize me?”

“If you remember, if you are truly the boy, what did I call you?”

“What?”

“I didn’t call you by your name–what did I call you?”

*Creative editing used this week to fit in the 8.

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Minnie Woodward lives a lie. After barely surviving the Bear River Massacre she’s lived in the white world of her guardian Mister Rawlins, her life debt keeping her tied there. The last thing she needs is Roy’s attempts to gain her favor. Her fate’s sealed. She’s never believed in hope, and not even Roy can make her start.

Roy Ornum saves Minnie every night in the traveling Wild West show. The job he took to break his gambling habit brought him a new addiction – her. He knows she doesn’t want to be rescued, but maybe he does. She’s the key to a past he lost, one he wants to find again.

As the two grow closer old wounds are reopened and their burgeoning trust is shattered. When lives hang in the balance of their choices they’ll need to work together. Otherwise everything will be lost before hope can be found.

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