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A Debt of Horses

Historical fiction · Adventure · Drama

She came home to buy horses. She left with sixty—and seven people the man who raised her would not let go. Ruth Calder has spent three years saving for a herd of her own. Now sixty branded animals make an escape impossible to hide, and the men following know every trick she was taught.

20 chaptersAbout 98 min readRead online
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THE STORY

Chapters

20 chapters
  1. 01Chapter 1 — The Price of Coming HomeChapter 16 min
  2. 02Chapter 2 — What the Mare OwesChapter 25 min
  3. 03Chapter 3 — Work for the ChildrenChapter 35 min
  4. 04Chapter 4 — The Other RoadChapter 45 min
  5. 05Chapter 5 — SixtyChapter 55 min
  6. 06Chapter 6 — The GateChapter 65 min
  7. 07Chapter 7 — A Favor from WadeChapter 74 min
  8. 08Chapter 8 — Her Name at the BottomChapter 84 min
  9. 09Chapter 9 — Red Tank RoadChapter 98 min
  10. 10Chapter 10 — The BuyerChapter 106 min
  11. 11Chapter 11 — Her Own MoneyChapter 115 min
  12. 12Chapter 12 — Fifty-NineChapter 125 min
  13. 13Chapter 13 — What Benito CarriesChapter 135 min
  14. 14Chapter 14 — A Horse Too ManyChapter 144 min
  15. 15Chapter 15 — Where the Road NarrowsChapter 154 min
  16. 16Chapter 16 — The Men Who Taught HerChapter 165 min
  17. 17Chapter 17 — A Place at His TableChapter 175 min
  18. 18Chapter 18 — LarkChapter 188 min
  19. 19Chapter 19 — The Horses Come HomeChapter 196 min
  20. 20Chapter 20 — What Is PaidChapter 208 min
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