Georgie works for the telephone company back when they were using the switchboards and party lines. She is obsessed with her songbirds and that is her life. That changes when the new troubleman comes into her life and upsets her by taking over some of her duties. He also has the nasty habit of enjoying hunting, birds included.
Luke is an undercover Texas Ranger that is trying to find an outlaw that has eluded him more times than he should have. He isn't really pleased at having to put up with the fiery phone operator. After a time, he comes to realize that he is falling in love with her. She falls for him too, but she doesn't know who he really is.
The truth of who he is is hard to take for Georgie. Things need to be explained to her and then it's hard for her to take at first, since some of the sacrifices he has had to make involve her. Luke eventually needs to rely on Georgie for help since no one else is willing. When Luke finally captures his prey, will he get the closure that he's looking for?
I enjoyed this book. After reading the semi-epic series, this was a shorter, but still enjoyable break. The characters were interesting, but there was a little too much of the bird calls in there. While I like songbirds, I'm really not into them to the point where I want to read about their song habits. Other than that, I was just a little disappointed that there was a lot of kissing in the book, but not as much God as I thought there would be. I don't expect to be overwhelmed and preached at, but it seemed almost an afterthought.
Overall, as usual, I am a fan of the historical fiction. I thought that the telephone subject was original and I enjoyed learning some things about it that I hadn't known before. The setting was pretty neat as I have actually been to Cut 'N Shoot, Texas. It was also different that the epilogue was many more years later than I was used to. Not bad, just different. This was a good choice and I enjoyed reading it. Good Book!
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