A teacher on the run. A bounty hunter in pursuit. Can two enemies learn to trust each other before they both lose what they hold most dear? Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan's Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the orphaned girl entrusted to her care. Charlotte promised Lily's ...
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A teacher on the run. A bounty hunter in pursuit. Can two enemies learn to trust each other before they both lose what they hold most dear? Stone Hammond is the best tracker in Texas. He never comes home empty-handed. So when a wealthy railroad investor hires him to find his abducted granddaughter, Stone eagerly accepts. Charlotte Atherton, former headmistress of Sullivan's Academy for Exceptional Youths, will do anything to keep her charges safe, especially the orphaned girl entrusted to her care. Charlotte promised Lily's mother she'd keep the girl away from her unscrupulous grandfather, and nothing will stop Charlotte from fulfilling that pledge. Not even the handsome bounty hunter with surprisingly honest eyes who comes looking for them. When Miss Atherton produces documentation that shows her to be Lily's legal guardian, Stone must reevaluate everything he's been led to believe. Is she villain or victim? Then a new danger forces Charlotte to trust the man sent to destroy her. Stone vows to protect what he once sought to tear apart. Besides, he's ready to start a new pursuit: winning Charlotte's heart.
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As usual, Karen Witemeyer's newest book, A Worthy Pursuit, is a pure joy to read with outstandingly real and loveable characters!
The two main characters have lived through heartache and have managed to make lives for themselves, and I couldn't help but feel sad for their setbacks and cheer for their triumphs. Their relationship forms gradually, and they are both dedicated to helping the children in their care despite the many dangers that cross their paths and throw them closer together. My favorite character, though, was little John, an incredibly talented Chinese boy who is shy, sweet, loyal, and a piano prodigy. All of the characters are drawn very believably, and their lives are tied together through the action-packed plot.
This is the story of Charlotte Atherton, a school's-headmistress-turned-woman-on-the-run, and Stone Hammond, a tough, dedicated, and experienced tracker who's been hired to track down a kidnapper: Charlotte.
The school for exceptional children, where Charlotte works as music teacher and headmistress, suddenly and mysteriously closes mid-term, yet she refuses to abandon her students, particularly the three whom she feels are in the most danger. Concerned for their safety, she leaves with them in the middle of the night and brings them to a small, isolated cottage given to her by her distant parents.
Still, she is no kidnapper. The boys, who would have been sent to a local orphanage where one would have been bullied and the other would have run away, are her charges at least until the end of the school year. Furthermore, the little girl's dead mother had named Charlotte as Lily's legal guardian.
Charlotte is a mother to all three children, and they are truly happy with her, but they are being pursued, and Charlotte fears that the people who seek them will not listen to reason, her legal arguments for guardianship, or even the happiness and security she has provided for the children. Despite all her precautions, the fear of her pursuers is ever-present, for they will stop at nothing to find her.
Stone is the best tracker around, and he has finally found the kidnapper and child he was hired to find. However, when circumstances place his life in Charlotte's hands, he finds himself questioning his job. Although he was hired by Lily's grandfather to bring the girl home, he cannot help but acknowledge that the children are happy with Charlotte, and she seems to have some valid arguments in her favor. He only took the job to help innocent children and earn enough money to retire, but he begins to wonder if finishing the job might actually hurt the children he sought to save.
Stone is torn between doing what he thought was right and what his gut is telling him is true. Should he return Lily to her rich blood relation and collect the money he needs to acquire his dream, or should he help Charlotte, give up his old dream, and find a more worthy pursuit?
All Stone knows is that he must make up his mind quickly because he is not the only man who has been hired to find Lily, and the other men are following his lead and closing in to lay claim to Lily and the reward her grandfather has placed on her head.
Wary of each other but determined to protect the children, Stone and Charlotte embark on a dangerous but necessary journey to find answers, safety, and even love.
