The O'Keefe empire
By: Jane Candia Coleman
Publisher: Sagebrush; Sagebrush Large Print
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780753191392
Subjects: Cattle drives; Fiction
Description: Alex O'Keefe left Texas with John McLeod, who had fired him up with dreams of an empire and millions of acres for the taking in New Mexico Territory. Surrendering to her husband's enthusiasm, Joanna O'Keefe sells out the family holdings and boards a train to join him. On the way she meets Angus McLeod, bound to join his brother. On arrival, Joanna finds Alex has been murdered, and what's more, there is a young Mexican woman carrying his child....But Joanna has nowhere else to go.