Moonwind — Sharon Wagner

THE FRIGHTENED CHILD

Unable to face the taunts and sneers of her hometown when her fiance eloped with another woman six weeks before their wedding day, Rilla Johnson accepted the first job that offered her escape. It carried her to faraway Phoenix - but upon her arrival, the job no longer existed. Penniless, stranded, the chance to be private tutor to little Bonnie Moon seemed heaven-sent. The little girl lived in a world of silence, refusing to speak to anyone, including her father, retreating from a night of horror during which she had witnessed the brutal death of her mother. Now Rilla seemed to have found the key to unlock Bonnie's lips...until violence returned to Moonwind, as unseen forces seemed determined to destroy both child and teacher.