A Texan's Luck (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Captain Walker Larson: soldier-does not want a wife
• Lacy Larson: Walker's father won her in a wife lottery for him; married to Walker by proxy
• Sheriff Riley: Sheriff of Cedar Point
• Zeb Whitaker: ex-con just released from prison after five years; thinks Lacy, Bailee, or Sarah has his gold
• Samantha Goble: widow of Walker's brother Emory, since re-married and widowed again
• Ranger Jacob Dalton: Add a description of this character.
• Nell (Desire) Smith: Lacy's friend, called "Two Bits" by most people; grew up in a whore house; just returned from a finishing school Fat Alice sent her to; crazy about Ranger Jacob Dalton
• Dr. Timothy McClellan
• Bailee McKoy: Lacy's friend (heroine of first book in series)
• Sarah: Lacy's friend (Heroine of second book in series)
• Carter McKoy: Bailee's husband (hero in first book in series)
• Sergeant Peterson: reports to Captain Larson
• Duncan James: typesetter; works in Lacy's printing shop, know as a "printer's devil"; old man, half-deaf
• Jay Boy: works in Lacy's printing shop, young boy, delievers newspapers
• Eli: Lacy's employee, works in printing shop, doesn't like the cold
• Marianne Garner: Major Garner's wife
• January: pregnant wife of a young lieutenant named Adam
• Theda: January's old-maid sister, a thin woman of about thirty; come to stay with her sister during her confinment
• Grace: shy wife of a young lieutenant
• Millie: talkative wife of a young lieutenant

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Cedar Point
• Texas
• Cozetta
• Dallas

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by When a Texan Gambles, and followed by The Texan's Reward.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jodi Thomas (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.6

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary