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Overview
Melody Austin lives a silent, isolated existence: She's deaf. But when dashing young Irish immigrant Danny O'Dare and his stolen horse, Blue Lightning, ride into her lonely world, Melody's life changes! Faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to turn Danny in to the authorities, Melody decides to bring him to the people she trusts most---her parents. Will their wisdom and Melody's love save Danny from a life of crime?Jared Austin, staunch member of the mutual protection society that defends his 1830s New Hampshire community against thieves, tries to temper justice with mercy when his deaf daughter Melody befriends a young Irish immigrant who has stolen a horse.
Synopsis
Melody Austin lives a silent, isolated existence: She's deaf. But when dashing young Irish immigrant Danny O'Dare and his stolen horse, Blue Lightning, ride into her lonely world, Melody's life changes! Faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to turn Danny in to the authorities, Melody decides to bring him to the people she trusts most---her parents. Will their wisdom and Melody's love save Danny from a life of crime?