The Montana Widow's Husband (The New Montana Brides) (7 page)

Epilogue

The Flying W ranch prospered under the leadership of Jeb Calhoun. Together with the Lazy J and the Circle P, they were known as the “Big Three” in Montana ranches.

Jeb increased the number of cowboys working on the ranch to ten. He added acreage and cattle to the ranch holdings.

The Sioux continued their raids, but they tended to shy away from the Big 3. The Cavalry that came to the Flying W never returned. They belonged to George Custer’s 7
th
Cavalry, the unit wiped out by the Indian confederation at the Little Big Horn massacre.

Jared would grow up, and attend his mother’s alma mater in Bozeman and later, take over from Jeb, the task of running the ranch.

Emma would have two additional children, a little girl named Sarah, and a son whom they named Caleb. Sarah would marry the son of Zebulon and Charlotte Parsons, and would live on the Circle P ranch, a few miles away from her mother and father.

Caleb would secure an appointment to West Point and be commissioned as a 2
nd
Lieutenant in the US Army. He would serve in Theodore Roosevelt’s Roughriders.

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About Susan Leigh Carlton

Susan lives in a gated community just outside Tomball, a small Texas town, 26 miles northwest of Houston, with her husband, two toy poodles, Bobby and Charlie, and Lissie, the cat.

The Montana Widow’s Husband is her latest book to be published by Amazon. She says, “The Montana Doctor’s Bride kicked off a new series, called New Brides of Montana, then came The Montana Rancher’s Bride, Charlotte’s Montana Husband, and now with The Montana Widow’s Husband, the series numbers four.

In the time setting for this book, Montana has just become a territory and is in the midst of a gold rush. In addition, the Indians have grown tired of the miners and settlers moving onto their lands and fight back. It is the time of what is known as The Great Sioux War.

Susan passed through Helena many years ago, but memories fade. She says if she had a bucket list, another visit would be near the top, and in particular, the area of Yellowstone. (Author’s Note: 3% of Yellowstone National Park is in Montana.)

She continues to monitor all of the reviews and comments. A real treasure comes from the emails from readers. She says “I revise my writing process and style accordingly. This is a learning process for me and I love every minute of it.”

The names of all her books are on the pages following this one.

She says, “My thanks to you readers. I appreciate your taking the time to read them. As an avid reader myself, I will read several books during the time I am writing. Our kids love to read, as does my husband. He takes his iPad with him everywhere and reads during waits for the doctor. He would take it when we go out to eat, but he knows I would do him bodily harm.

“I would like to thank those of you who cared enough to email me about the plots and the style. For someone to have the interest and take the time to email… well it makes my day. I had an email from a gentleman who lives in the area I used as the setting for “In Search Of Love”. Since I research the geographical setting of all my books, the names of the trails, creeks and towns were familiar to him.

Another reader emailed me a picture of her great-great grandfather after reading “The Widow Finds Love” which is based in part on my great-great-great grandmother and her 1888 trek from South Carolina to Utah.

“Thanks again. Now I can begin research on my next effort. If you have suggestions for additional books, I would love to hear them. Email them to me or enter them as comments on the website.”

Susan

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