Sometimes I like to snuggle with a down-home cozy read, don't you? I found the perfect book for this occasion. And to sweeten the pie, the story is set in autumn. Melody Carlson's book, A Home at Trail's End , is a delightful story in the same fashion as Little House on the Prairie and Anne of Green Gables . The only difference is the story focuses on the adults instead of the children. Set in the frontier days, Elizabeth and her children arrive near the Pacific coast after a long journey on the Oregon Trail. She is anxious to plan her wedding to the handsome Eli Kincaid, and thankfully, he chose to hang up his wagon trail scouting hat to settle down in the same Oregon territory. Elizabeth had brought a hired hand, a freed slave, to help her on the journey, but laws in the new community prevented blacks from becoming new residents. More than anything she wants to help him start his own life nearby by first building a cottage. She needs to be cautious tho...
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