Walking west

By Noëlle Sickels

Heat level

Sweet

In 1852 a band of farmers from Indiana begin a trip in a wagon train to California. Among them is Alice Muller, a reluctant traveller forced to leave home by her husband's dreams of a better life. It is she who chronicles the journey's hardships, in the course of which she becomes the leader.

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Slow BurnRelationship Forced ProximityRelationship Widower HeroCharacter

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Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.

Griefscene
Death of a partnermention

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