The Portal

By Cynthia Hickey

A plain wooden box.

A travel through time.

Will Tarin choose comfort or true love? When Tarin Baker's beloved Nana dies, she is left with a letter and a plain wooden box. The letter instructs Tarin to open the box and find true love. When she does, she is transported back to the year 1888. How could her true love possibly be in the middle of nowhere, Texas?

Travis Kilroy doesn't know what to think when a strange woman with strange hair wearing only a nightgown shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night. But, when his reputation is threatened, he proposes an idea neither of them is ready for.

Can these two from different times find the love they're searching for? Full of western charm and Christmas hope, this sweet holiday romance is filled with the magic of the holiday season.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cynthia Hickey
• Release date: Oct 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223249221

Cynthia Hickey

Multi-published and best-selling author, Cynthia Hickey, has taught writing at many conferences and small writing retreats. She and her husband run the publishing press, Winged Publications, which includes some of the CBA's best well-known authors. They live in Arizona and Arkansas, becoming snowbirds with two dogs and one cat. They have ten grandchildren who them busy and tell everyone they know that "Nana is a writer."   

Book preview

�w (ebook_preview_excerpt.html}Z[����J/`��H~�!HPb���,�ß=ds��Mw7�h����d YGv�䜪n�s��0���:u�TQ��?��1�!�g^}��^ͯ_�������/x�_���������O���|�]kr�����8����$;`�O��|=�⍮.ⱝZ���se?q�`R�j<1�8)��Vo�c��Đ��&�!�~r)�v4&�����e�����G��`�!$<�S�]�+`W���&��8��M^�0�0{�)�)|9q"����7�L!�0��l>�������ř�vđd�p�Cb���e�1m�4��bkz�aߡ�.����%ſ��7�Wko�;s^Ê���a��>9,}0�x1p���W��ێ�3�7>a�y�1--p�[��V00���,� r�즇���!�j��&�.�-~60� ���z��!f;�����p�p|~\��-����Ks�ڴ3��LJf���9�Њ|����:�"�y��ǥ��%�Kg}�.�yf�A �����d���t-.�(p��m��u��n�7��GS.�=��Щ.s_4��5 �xnC��E@%�9T�хa�b! �R�8
p����5��]90�;5^�Z���[ogX��0ݓ�'��?�� �x0?49�0���HDX::#�iCD@3#�� 1U��,`�q 5��L��J�0 �!􁌆���T�0�����a�tX'%�[�f�o��yKRjq�[��|Ђo��i
rZ3n�pA�t�<�&�bn�h\��h�1%�F6��~��Ľ?M���`�v�d`q�2FӇ0JD��?��P�|G\�P��3��6nX��.��A�v�4︙�ވ��mF�-�5<�aAF�����t�2���� ��'T��Ϯ�1�j�8�wNV�f�
�rH��d���Ѵ�6ϲL��&!D�_n�r����v4z"�#��L�j�%+G����O��U�l�������x�ƣ��^rQI� n�a+��-@s�a�tuH�0��9wCbk$��QǕ�?ue�d����p"�J=��$��JT/�P3�����]觕�N�H��| ��c��c}L�(b�G��i�|R�0b���o9.�n�i�=��|�1
A=.�ޒs��������#(�R�p)���9�LY@��X" �֏��!{�[����`tr�5|������5��n&�!S|"��5��iI%#_�m��'�'�� )h I��$9��6 ��g�-�z���)H�&j�-�t�I(Z9Fң�m�p���,GS���い�d��}����,���H7�ޞ�~q8�H����B��� ��E�i%���S�In mU�������6^�i@��Haj
��~���<ͩƞ�l��;(
WE�d����v*�-z�\Z�$�k��P���\��)�ClU� �<���+��L�_� G�y���g�F<�iSͱV .�؎9l g=�n=��e�MT��Td��ŧCt� �!ӆP�M�Y���
_N����YY����::`jK�<���H�J�����i��A�1,��8������:&e&�r�DC׫�C��-��S0b:z�sxc������fN$�L'&�SKM�%��M6k�e����H�^����=F����|���/��RE��9�Ua�槸��?mT%,d� ����zU��+��Q��I�{�:�� �V��U�fe���s�M�J0���~r��ur�QE���w�oۢ$$��J�t�����$�0�O�x�S%����n�_ՙd�L%~�f_���G������5:�!�>�CG��89��]$4����u��U�G�n����2K�ʼq�iQHPLw"�,)2Gt1�:�} �\2H��lQrT�2�g���R���w��v���&W�Z�薁{5�:B�A8K��}>��J�5YH�sM��� A��+�D�W�#�<�0k��,R�Y����g�y��E�;�J]"X�̓��Df��31�\9�N�n�=ĄM��B��h���Mؗw>Q��F�=��5ZM?|6����q# Q�k �X�\3����V�M��.���L���̙ �܋���y��p1%L�a=�Ep���p���Le~�ꕌ@���AE�T�Q�.���:)�>�\��Uޕ��8�H*��E��\U��$�6)��ڭ4ZU�6�\m�DC/D�[t̽$~~�����d�ĚO�B�����t
�ЅlۈXڗMLW#�d�G͝G=�f J>]f��Np�G���-e%���/d�\P�h �kz#�6V���)Q��j_,]T?�M��p!�X�y�E�Wt����QܐŦ�hB� P��v�1.�#��$f���� ����dl�T������r�n^�n���=%�
����h�]��Y�hS�t}�IJ+'�i�ݼsE�0�O$��9��֦M��Ҭ%G�f w���w���Y��Z��*�gXّNG�9��"�4��h�êH�(��b�Y�|i8��{ F}D�h�e�����."g�&�Pbm��� a޵�&��+�bx� �!�|�u�H�(���x��j�`rQ�Y3J��ŞW5�(�m'C��g�,}r�e�қ��d�7}�3��(�G�K:c�тxז�#��5�i�� �b�:Q�
�J�7.�kϫ�:������C~3�-�N��P_�ۗ^�u탗�a�v�7s���E&��5@�� �-
(
��@ �f��m)��g�s͌��Q��e ��b6�~zܚ�Cb�+�α2�G�õ����"_�Ij}�� �"&+N9��=v�k�W�?x,3H��p�� �!孽�uN�N���I�e/噸��e��j�gk�y�٤�C�)9_ܜA^�6�x����0�2΄&��J�i#R�X�_�#0�����zT�b��)�z��I�=�~�_=\
�:S��VA � �fX��rC ��JA*��Y���'y��X�/�`I�H���L�o��B}�C��C>ɗ� �R��H�bK����l.���s$����K�
^���5�/�͉��"Փ��ā��DB�E�%�ٖ�֮�T���R�4!C���:St��`m��r�R�h���j�#_��Ҟ|a\{
��B�+v��!QNk��s�޴{A��lG?���2fR�6!\<+"^�~�砟�T���J �B1ik�~��ە�O��/ԭ���=���w�!�%)��ˊ��e�k

�+M���9��d��Ivz�4M���{1,�n����%>����$IҲWm�9�v7Pn�x����!7�Z�A�P�t����V>�R#�\�!~q�����Tt#����)����LD '
�l\�_/��a`q��WᇞP"