Hattie's Heroes

Hattie Carson leaves an orphanage that has been her home for years to embark on a trip to California with the Franklin family. How can tending three children be as challenging as ten times that many? A passel of surprises await, including meeting the handsome young man Mr. Franklin hired as an extra hand. It doesn t take long before Hattie ll do anything for Billy Monroe, including jumping into a fast-moving river to escape death at the hands of Indians. Billie Monroe really expected to be overrun by a war party when he advised Hattie to swim for safety. Now she s gone and it s his fault. The life he planned with her in California is nothing more than a dream the same dream Hattie s having while she reads an old faded journal detailing the wagon train s trip and the past she s been convinced doesn't really exist.