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    Betrayed
    Betrayed
    Betrayed
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    Betrayed

    By Russ Crossley

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    In Saskatchewan in 1912 it is against the law for a white woman to work for a Chinese business owner. Widow Dorothy McMillian desperately needs money so she and her daughters can travel east to escape the harsh future her late husbands farm offers.Though they are breaking the law her daughters take jobs at a local Chinese restaurant.  

    Royal Northwest Mounted Police officer in charge, George Wellington, her late husband served with George in the Boer War, has asked to see her and she fears the worst.

    Dorothy must confront a valued family friend and convince him of her plight. Will he listen?

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher53rd Street Publishing
    Release dateMay 29, 2015
    ISBN9781513058450
    Betrayed
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    Russ Crossley

    International selling author, Russ Crossley writes science fiction and fantasy, and mystery/suspense under the name R.G. Crossley. His latest science fiction satire set in the far future, Revenge of the Lushites, is a sequel to Attack of the Lushites released in 2011. The latest title in the series was released in the fall of 2013. Both titles are available in e-book and trade paperback. He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from various publishers including; WMG Publishing, Pocket Books, and St. Martins Press. He is a member of SF Canada and is past president of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. Feel free to contact him on Facebook, Twitter, or his website http:www.russcrossley.com.  He loves to hear from readers  

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      Betrayed - Russ Crossley

      Betrayed

      Russ Crossley

      Published by 53rd Street Publishing

      Copyright 2015 Russ Crossley

      All rights reserved

      Cover art © Shsphotography | Dreamstime.com

      Cover designed by R. Edgewood

      Cover design and layout copyright 2014 by 53rd Street Publishing

      53rd Street Publishing

      Head office: Gibsons B.C. Canada

      www.53rdsteetpublishing.com

      This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.

      Betrayed

      The law betrayed her and Dorothy McMillan needed to act. She had no choice.

      She peered through the smudges peppering the window with splashes of fog, her elbows resting on the rough pine table, her narrow shoulders sagging. The farmhouse was constructed from planks of trees that had been cleared when they first settled on the land. This house, with its stone fireplace, two bedrooms, and kitchen with the porcelain sink and hand pump to bring water from the well in the yard, was where she and Philip had raised their two daughters.

      Dorothy’s unfocussed gray eyes became slits as she watched her neighbor, Mary Jaster, pull back on the reins of her horse. Her wagon came to a stop, the wheels settling into the rich dark earth softened by the spring thaw.

      The wood crackling in the iron stove behind her pulled Dorothy from her daze. She cleared her throat. The aroma of fresh-brewed coffee emanating from the coffeepot on top of the stove filled the kitchen. It smelled

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