Flight of the Crow

For half Crow Indian and ex-con Jesse Windchase, it's bad enough having to share a bunkhouse room with a nearly mute, obviously gay cowhand. But then things get complicated- he finds himself taking a shine to Franc Larson. The reason, Jesse abruptly discovers, is right under his nose; for five years Francine has passed as a man. When her testimony sent her abusive husband Todd Larson to prison for shaking their infant daughter to death, he swore to kill her when he got out. Now Jesse can confront his feelings without confusion: Francine is simply the woman he has yearned for all his life.But when Francine's worst fear is realized and Todd re-enters her life and nearly beats her to death, Jesse has to confront how far he is willing to go to ensure the safety of the woman he has come to love. What he learns will send the two lovers fleeing north on horseback through the rugged Montana wilderness for a crime that Jesse did not commit-falsely accused of murder for the second time in his life.Flight of the Crow tells the story of how sometimes second chances can come glimmering even through the darkest of nights. In the love that unjustly imprisoned Jesse Windchase and violated woman Francine Larson find together, unlooked-for new life blooms in the wilderness of Montana on a desperate race for freedom.Flight of the Crow, introducing Francine Larson and Jesse Windchase, is the first in a series of three books chronicling the Windchase family's journeys. Raven's Redemption is the second in the series, and Aspen's Ascent is the third and final book.