Shadows in the Flame - Haunting Hearts Author:Tess Farraday Molly Gallagher inherited few things from her mother -- a ramshackle cottage full of felines and a touch of psychic power. But with the tiny house came Rose's spirit, which drifted silently within its walls and helped to guide young Molly's life. Molly used her powers of vision to survive, reading palms in exchange for whatever her customers cou... more »ld spare. She was sure she'd always be a spinster -- until her blazing tresses caught the eye of a mysterious new man in town.
Trading his stallion for a buckboard full of cats and going on the lam as a cat peddler might not have been the smartest thing Lightfoot O'Deigh has ever done, but it's kept him one step ahead of hanging for a murder he didn't commit. His travels take him to Virginia City and into the life of Molly Gallagher, herb doctor and fortune-teller, whose deep-rooted fear of men is as much a challenge as it is baffling. Molly's long-dead prostitute mother, who had "allowed men and drink to muddy her mind and blot out her children" returns in ghostly form to put things right and to restore Molly's trust in men by helping her fall in love.« less