Captive Trail

The Captive Trail is part of a six-book series about four generations of the Morgan family living, fighting, and thriving amidst a turbulent Texas history spanning from 1845 to 1896.  Although a series, each book can be read on its own.

Taabe Waipu has run away from her Comanche village and is fleeing south in Texas on a horse she stole from a dowry left outside her family’s teepee. The horse has an accident and she is left on foot, injured and exhausted. She staggers onto a road near Fort Chadbourne and collapses.

On one of the first runs through Texas, Butterfield Overland Mail Company driver Ned Bright carries two Ursuline nuns returning to their mission station. They come across Taabe who is nearly dead from exposure and dehydration and take her to the mission.

With some detective work, Ned discovers Taabe Waipu’s identity. He plans to unite her with her family, but the Comanche have other ideas. Through Taabe and Ned we learn the true meaning of healing and restoration amid seemingly powerless situations.

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This book won the 2012 Will Rogers Medallion for Excellence in Western Fiction and was a finalist in the WILLA Awards and the ACFW Carol Awards.

“Ms. Davis really makes you feel the heat and the dust and the danger.  Every one of her characters seems to come alive, and it is like actually being there in Texas with them.” (Reviewer Vic Gentile, posted Nov. 28, 2011 on Vic’s Media Room.

“This book will grab you from the beginning and not let go!” (Reviewer Diana Flowers, posted Oct. 20, 2011 on various sites) “…a wonderful romantic suspense starring a strong cast that brings to life Antebellum Texas.” (Reviewer Harriet Klausner, posted July 30, 2011 on various sites)

CAPTIVE TRAIL was first published in 2012 as second in the Texas Trails series. This series of six books was  written by authors Susan Page Davis, Darlene Franklin, and Vickie McDonough. Each story continues the Morgan family saga, but may be read as standalones. The paperbacks in the original version can still be found on Amazon. They are: Book 1, by Darlene, Lone Star Trail. After Susan’s Captive Trail comes Vickie’s The Long Trail Home. Book 4 is Darlene’s A Ranger’s Trail, followed by Susan’s Cowgirl Trail, and finally, Vickie’s End of the Trail.