The Drifter (Paperback) by Susan Wiggs

from gogglemiss

Classic tale of a prim woman doctor wirth a secret, and a charming, laid back drifter, also, with a few secrets tucked under his belt. Leah and Jackson attempt to uncover each other's secrets and fears, while they fight their attraction to one another. The story features Jackson's mad 'wife' who'...

from jdquinlan

Whidbey Island, 1894. One of the lush, green islands dotting the Pacific Northwest coastline, and home to Coupeville, a sleepy little seaside town. Dr. Leah Mundy, the town physician, awakes in the middle of the night to find a stranger with a gun trained on her, demanding her help. The stranger ...

from beckymmoe

Dr. Leah Mundy is woken up at gunpoint in the middle of the night by a desperate gunman with an entire broken-down boat worth of secrets. Who--or what--is he running from? What is his relationship with Carrie, the desperately sick woman he nearly abducts Leah in order to heal? Why does he make Le...

from nancynova

Saga historical written early in this writers career. Jackson is an orphan, who drifted looking for a fellow orphan, Carrie. He found her on a night when she killed a man, and he took the blame, then with her took off from Texas, running to Canada. Only he gets as far as Washington state, when Ca...