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Anna Lakeman has spent her life working alongside her paleontologist father, drawing intricate sketches at every dig. When they find dinosaur bones near their home in Wyoming Territory, they're given the opportunity of a lifetime and are swiftly caught up in the
competitive era of the Bone Wars. But after her father becomes sick and an old beau returns for the summer, Anna's world is upended, and the practical, orderly life she has made for herself shatters.
Medical student Joshua Ziegler left his hometown to forget Anna, the one woman he truly loved and deeply hurt. But when he returns, time hasn't erased the feelings they've always had for each other. After Joshua's nephew goes missing—just like his sister did years
ago—and Anna's job is threatened, tensions mount and dangerous secrets are unearthed.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798890590657
- File size: 305429 KB
- Duration: 10:36:18
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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August 14, 2023
In this crackling series opener, Woodhouse (A Mark of Grace) transports readers to 1870s Wyoming Territory, where a paleontologist’s daughter becomes embroiled in a mystery involving buried secrets of more than one kind. After a dig with her father, Anna Lakeman returns to the Walker Creek settlement with a heavy heart: her mother is dead, her friend Mary went missing 10 years earlier, and she hasn’t spoken to her first love, Joshua Ziegler, since a blowup three years ago. Now that Joshua is returning home from medical school, the two work to patch things up. But there’s little time to focus on the rekindled romance before Anna and her father stumble upon dinosaur bones in a nearby gorge. Eager to dig out the rest of the skeleton, Anna ingratiates herself with the property’s odd, reticent owner, Julian Walker. Joshua, however, fears that Julian may be linked to Mary’s disappearance, a suspicion that’s strengthened when Joshua’s young nephew inexplicably vanishes. Woodhouse nimbly weaves together several story lines—aspiring paleontologist Anna battles to establish herself in what’s perceived as a man’s field, Julian longs for love despite an unsavory family past, and the mystery of Mary’s disappearance haunts all the characters as they attempt to put their trust in God—making for a propulsive launch with plenty of fuel for future adventures. Readers will eagerly await the next in the series.
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