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Gypsy Rose Dulan humbly seeks a secret hidden in the stars, but her quest is interrupted when she falls asleep while searching. She is awakened by the short, overbearing Irishman Tavish O’Leary, who calls her a squaw and subjects her to his barbs for more than a month. Set in a western historical romance context, the story follows Gypsy as she confronts challenges and trials on her journey, while pursuing the underlying mystery that drives her forward.
As part of The Promised Land series, Gypsy explores friendship, resilience, and the struggle for understanding on the frontier, featuring evocatively detailed settings like wagon trains and the untamed West.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Romance
Authors: Carolyn Brown
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