

He's still grieving the loss of May and trying to provide for his family.ĭaniel finds himself in a whirlwind of trouble in Livingston, Texas - where a group of undying loyalists to the Confederate cause are fighting the injustices of Reconstruction (at the hands of the Union soldiers assigned to the area). I didn't know whether to laugh or cry Daniel has been doing his best, but he grew up as the youngest of 3 sons - with no sisters. "You mean you haven't named your daughters? They're almost 4 by my account, and you still call them twin?" Daniel forced himself not to step back with her advance and said, "I've been busy." Daniel replies, "I just call them twin." Karlee goes on the attack, like a warrior-mother.

There's a telling interchange between Daniel and Karlee (May's cousin, who has come to help tend the children). Daniel's first wife, May, dies during childbirth, leaving a 20 year-old man to raise an identical pair of twin girls.īecause of Jodi Thomas' description of Daniel's grief in the first book, I knew his story (book 3) would be fascinating. Why? Daniel's story actually starts in book one, THE TEXAN'S TOUCH.

It is important to read these stories in order. Daniel McLain is the Focus of the 3rd Book:
