{"id":4469,"date":"2025-02-21T11:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debraparmley.com\/?post_type=book&#038;p=4469"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:25:48","slug":"gone-to-texas-a-desperate-journey","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/debraparmley.com\/?book=gone-to-texas-a-desperate-journey","title":{"rendered":"Gone to Texas: A Desperate Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Gone to Texas: A Desperate Journey<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span class=\"a-text-italic\">A Gritty Historical Western<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"a-text-bold\">1867 Along the Old Chisholm Trail.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe American West is unforgiving\u2014but it has never faced a force as relentless as a mother determined to reclaim her child.<\/p>\n<p>When Sally Wheeler\u2019s feckless husband squanders their last dollars and kidnaps their young son, fleeing toward Texas, Sally refuses to be left behind. With her daughter in tow and no one else to turn to, she sets out across the dangerous frontier, driven by desperation, grit, and a love fierce enough to defy the Wild West itself.<\/p>\n<p>To survive the brutal journey, Sally joins forces with two unlikely allies:<br \/>\n\u2022 a gruff but loyal mule skinner whose weathered heart hides deep kindness<br \/>\n\u2022 and Rob Truman, a rugged maverick haunted by betrayal and consumed by a deadly vendetta<\/p>\n<p>As bullets fly and the prairie tests them at every turn\u2014through violent storms, ruthless outlaws, and life-threatening illness\u2014Sally discovers Rob is hunting the same man\u2026for very different reasons. Torn between justice, vengeance, and a growing attraction he never expected, Rob must decide what matters most before revenge destroys them all.<\/p>\n<p>Love will have to wait. Trust must come first. Because if they fail to stand together, none of them will reach Texas alive.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">Gone to Texas: A Desperate Journey<\/span>\u00a0is a sweeping historical western filled with frontier danger, heart-stopping suspense, and the unbreakable courage of a woman fighting for her family.<\/p>\n<p>From author\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\">Debra Parmley\u00a0<\/span>comes a powerful tale of survival, love, and redemption on the American frontier.\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-bold\"><strong>\u201cA gritty, emotionally driven western centered on a mother\u2019s relentless fight\u2014where frontier danger, moral conflict, and slow-burn attraction collide.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone to Texas: A Desperate Journey A Gritty Historical Western 1867 Along the Old Chisholm Trail. The American West is unforgiving\u2014but it has never faced a force as relentless as a mother determined to reclaim her child. 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