AAR

[bavarian]

Perhaps I really should begin to make lists of books not only read but with bits of their content. Perhaps then I would not spend so much time searching for books I would like to reread. After consulting my list and compare the titles with fdb I'm still at a loss and need help finding a book. Here's what I remember:
The hero was rather young at the time of the Civil War, had lost his family and became a member of a band of outlaws (former soldiers?). There was an incident (at a railroad station?) that lay heavily on the conscience of the hero. He tried to find a better life where the heroine comes in. But his past caught up with him. I'm not sure but I think his old companions wanted to rob a bank and he helps catching them but gets hurt.
He wants to make a clean plate and submits himself to a trial because of the crimes he was a part of earlier during or short after the war. He thought that only in so doind he had the right to marry the heroine.
I know that isn't much to go on but...You all are so good at finding books, so perhaps I'm lucky again.

[LeeB.]

Have you checked Patricia Potter's books? She used to write Westerns.
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[xina]

I don't know if the dates add up, but could it be The Outlaw and the Lady by Lorraine Heath? He is an outlaw and wants to come clean for her.
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[bavarian]

LeeB. I've tried all the Potter westerns as I thought it could be by her, but it's none.

Xina, I've tried the Heath western too, even if I was fairly sure I've read none of her westerns (like her regencies though).

Thanks for Your help anyway.

I've tried to remember more about the book. Could be that the heroine lived in a town, not on a ranch or a farm. There was a boy around, but I'm not sure about that either. But I think that the Sheriff of the town plays a major role.

[bavarian]

I confess, I'm bumping my question. I was searching the web for hours to again find this book , but got no result. So, my only hope is that anybody remembers reading this western - and the author or title.

[Kristie(J)]

This sounds like a Rosanne Bittner book I read quite a few years ago, but the title escapes me. You might want to try looking at her books.

[xina]

Could this be a Dorothy Garlock book? I used to read her long ago, and don't remember much about them, but she has written quite a number of westerns.
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[bavarian]

Kristie(J),

none of the seven Bittner books I store somewhere in my cellar is the one I'm searching for.

Xina,
as I didn't know that Garlock wrote westerns I don't think it's one of hers.

But thanks for our answers anyway!

[Cheryl]

I would check Jodi Thomas' westerns. They are post Civil War and many have scenes on trains or at stations.