A Stockingful of Joy

by Hannah Howell

First published 2006

Deidre Kenney watches two gunmen murder her father in cold blood. The killers want the land deeds he carried for delivery to Paradise, Montana. With her cousin Maura at her side, Deidre decides to complete her father's final job. The women set out on a dangerous trek across the frontier, carrying the documents that cost her father his life. Along the way, they meet two remarkable men who will transform everything they thought they knew about love and their own futures. Deidre must choose between safety and justice, between the life she planned and the unexpected possibilities that await her in Paradise.

Genres: romance, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 19th-century

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unexpected-possibilities

Setting: Paradise, Montana

Period: 19th-century

320 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Zebra

Content warnings: murder

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