Calico Canyon

This novel is an enjoyable and amusing story of Grace Calhoun, a young teacher who was formerly an orphan adopted by an abusive man. As the story is set in 1867 in Texas, life is hard and primitive. It's a one room school house with a woodstove. Grace's experiences at school with the Reeves children are nothing compared to the experiences she has as their mother. The descriptions presented make you feel like you are there. Although this is the second book in the series, I did not read the first one and found it to stand alone.