

The owner of the Longren Ranch needed a cook for a cattle roundup. But when Lily Brownfield called about the ad in the Oklahoma newspaper and was told that the job was hers, the crazy idea became a reality. But once away from the shadow of Lizard Flats, Lettie discovers hidden depths in Eulis, and finds herself much closer to her dreams of love than she ever could have realized.The phone call was a lark – a spontaneous whim. A series of unfortunate and hilarious events results in Lettie leaving town in the company of Eulis Potter, the town drunk and saloon handyman. Nothing much changes in Lizard Flats, until a stranger rolls into town. Now, she's the only remaining saloon girl in the washed-up town of Lizard Flats, in the Kansas Territories. Lettie always dreamed of a life of love and family, but when she was orphaned at the age of twelve, she had to do whatever it took to survive. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.Ī best-selling series by renowned romance author Sharon Sala, the Whippoorwill trilogy tells the story of frontier saloon girl Leticia Murphy. Her books are New York Times, USA Today, and Publisher's Weekly best-sellers. In 2011 she was named RWA's recipient of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award. First published in 1991, she's an eight-time RITA finalist, winner of the Janet Dailey Award, four-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine, five-time winner of the National Reader's Choice Award, and five-time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer's Award of Excellence, as well as Bookseller's Best Award. She has 94 plus books in print, published in five different genres-Romance, Young Adult, Western, Fiction, and Women's Fiction. Sharon Sala is a member of Romance Writers of America, as well as a member of Oklahoma RWA. The first in the best-selling Whippoorwill trilogy by renowned romance novelist Sharon Sala, Whippoorwill is sure to leave you spellbound and wanting more. And when he turns up dead in Lettie's bed, it sets off a chain of events nobody could have predicted that will ultimately lead to change not just for Lizard Flats, but for Lettie herself. But the man of God isn't quite as holy as he seems. Until, that is, a stranger comes to Lizard Flats, a preacher from the East, arriving to perform a wedding. When she comes to the rough-and-tumble town of Lizard Flats, she wants nothing more than a second chance-although she knows the likelihood of getting one is slim. But the Kansas Territories are a difficult place, and Lettie, orphaned at the age of twelve, had to do whatever it took to survive.

Leticia Murphy never planned on becoming a saloon girl.
