Valley of Dreams by Lauraine Snelling



Book One of the  Wild West Wind Series

Valley of Dreams is my first experience reading a Lauraine Snelling novel. Her simple way of writing allows the reader to feel as though they have actually stepped into the lives of the characters in her novel.

In this first book of the series, the heroine of the story, Cassie Lockwood, has lost both of her parents, as well as the only way of life she as ever known, as a trick rider and sharp shooter in a Wild West Show. With her faithful dog, Othello, and her band of misfits from the show, she sets of on a journey to find the hidden valley in the Black Hills of South Dakota that her father had shared so many treasured memories of.

From the people they meet, the towns they pass through, and the many trials and hardships they endure, this story will have you settled into a comfy chair unable to tear yourself away until the last word on the last page.

Want to know what happens next in the lives of Cassie Lockwood and her friends? Stay tuned for book two, Whispers in the Wind, which was released on August 1, 2012.