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    A Place to Call Home
    A Place to Call Home
    A Place to Call Home
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    A Place to Call Home

    By Jae

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    Together, Luke and Nora survived the hardships and dangers along the Oregon Trail in 1851. What started out as a marriage of convenience between a woman living as a man and a former prostitute slowly grew into love.

    But now that they have arrived in Oregon City, the real adventure is just beginning. Winter is approaching, and they need to claim a piece of land and build a cabin, all while trying to establish their new roles as life partners and parents.

    Will they find a place to call home and, more importantly, a way to grow as a couple?

    “A Place to Call Home” is a lesbian historical romance short story that continues Jae’s award-winning Oregon series. It picks up directly after the end of Backwards to Oregon.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherYlva Publishing
    Release dateNov 3, 2021
    ISBN9783963245923
    A Place to Call Home
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    Jae

    Jae grew up amidst the vineyards of southern Germany. She spent her childhood with her nose buried in a book, earning her the nickname "professor." The writing bug bit her at the age of eleven. For the last seven years, she has been writing mostly in English.She works as a psychologist. When she's not writing, she likes to spend her time reading, indulging her ice cream and office supply addiction, and watching way too many crime shows.

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      A Place to Call Home - Jae

      Table of Contents

      Other Books by Jae

      Acknowledgments

      Oregon City, Oregon - October 14, 1851

      Near Willow Island, Oregon - October 14, 1851

      Hamilton Horse Ranch - Baker Prairie, Oregon - October 16, 1851

      Hamilton Horse Ranch - Baker Prairie, Oregon - October 18, 1851

      Hamilton Horse Ranch - Baker Prairie, Oregon - October 25, 1851

      Hamilton Horse Ranch - Baker Prairie, Oregon - October 30, 1851

      Other Books from Ylva Publishing

      About Jae

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      Other Books by Jae

      Happily Ever After

      Standalone Romances:

      Chemistry Lessons

      Wrong Number, Right Woman

      The Roommate Arrangement

      Paper Love

      Just for Show

      Falling Hard

      Heart Trouble

      Under a Falling Star

      Something in the Wine

      Shaken to the Core

      Fair Oaks Series:

      Perfect Rhythm

      Not the Marrying Kind

      The Hollywood Series:

      Departure from the Script

      Damage Control

      Just Physical

      The Hollywood Collection (box set)

      Portland Police Bureau Series:

      Conflict of Interest

      Next of Kin

      The Vampire Diet Series:

      Good Enough to Eat

      The Oregon Series:

      Backwards to Oregon

      Beyond the Trail

      Hidden Truths

      The Complete Oregon series (box set)

      The Shape-Shifter Series:

      Second Nature

      Natural Family Disasters

      Manhattan Moon

      True Nature

      Acknowledgments

      I’m so grateful to my editor, Claire, and to my wonderful team of beta readers, especially Anne-France, Melanie, and Trish for the overnight delivery.

      My biggest thank-you goes to my readers who gave the Oregon series a chance—some of them despite not being huge fans of historical romances—and then fell in love with the Hamiltons and eagerly kept reading. I hope you’ll enjoy this addition to the series.

      Oregon City, Oregon

      October 14, 1851

      The sun peeked over the bluff bordering Oregon City to the east. Its first rays danced over the masts of a schooner anchored on the Willamette to the west.

      Nora shivered in the early-morning mist hanging over the river as she made sure their supplies and tools were all tied down while Luke yoked their four remaining oxen.

      After five and a half months of traveling together, they barely had to talk to get their wagon ready to roll. They worked like a unit, each knowing exactly what to do. Even Amy completed her task—feeding their surviving hen, the two new chickens, and the rooster they had bought yesterday—without having to be told.

      Their routine was as soothing as the clanking of the chains and the stomping of heavy hoofs—not just for Nora, but apparently, for the baby too. Little Nattie slept in the sling angled across Nora’s chest without waking even once.

      Nora almost couldn’t believe that they wouldn’t have to do this all over again tomorrow. If all went well, they would wake up on their own land, wherever that might be. Excitement bubbled up inside her chest, but threads of anxiety crept up too.

      It wasn’t the dangers that might lurk in this new land that scared her, nor the hard work needed to cultivate it. She had gotten used to both on the two-thousand-mile journey from Missouri. But while traveling the Oregon Trail, there had always been others to help if they ran into any trouble. Now they would be on their own.

      Ready? Luke helped her down from the wagon, then kept hold of Nora’s hand for a few moments longer, as if sensing her worries. Finally, after a soft squeeze, Luke let go and bent to peer into the sling. She lightly trailed a single fingertip over the baby’s wispy dark hair in a gesture so tender that Nora melted inside.

      Nora straightened her spine and raised her chin. They would be fine because they would still have each other. Ready.

      Together, they headed toward the Garfields, who were waiting on the boardwalk, away from the muddy main street.

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