Stranded in Deadwood

<p><strong>"Deadwood is a rough and tumble town"</strong><br> Aunt Liv's words echo in Amy's ears as the stage begins to slow. "It's no place for someone as young and pretty as you."<br> Amy laughs remembering her aunt's words. After all didn't the girls at<br>school always say she was plain?<br>But that was then. And now?</p><p><br>She's given up on being a wife and a mother since she's passed her<br>twenty-second birthday.</p><p> </p><p>She's sure of it; she'll <em>always</em> be plain.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew Reese however thinks differently. What is such<br>a beautiful creature as Amy Bennett doing here in a place like Deadwood?</p><p> </p><p>He knows what usually happens to young women who end up here.</p><p> </p><p>And he's determined it <strong>won't</strong> happen to Amy.</p><p> </p><p>Stranded in Deadwood</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Publisher's note:  This novella was previously published in the Anthology entitled</p><p>Lost and Found in Deadwood in April of 2023.</p>