Little Man's Eyes

“Little Man’s Eyes” is the third book in the Cooper Series. The main character Ray Cooper surprises his wife Morgan Adams-Cooper with a trip to San Francisco. The two board the Los Angeles stage with excitement and anticipation of their first holiday in their young marriage.

Samantha Foster in Book One – “Revenge Requires Two Graves” hired gunman to track Ray Cooper down and kill him but fails. She blames him for the death of her father. In Book Two – “Confederate Horses” Samantha Foster has Morgan Cooper kidnapped in order to have leverage over her parents in a land deal. In “Little Man’s Eyes” Samantha Foster needs to travel to San Francisco to hire a new manager for her saloon and whore house. Ray and Morgan enter the stage while Samantha Foster enters the same coach from the opposite side. Due to the level of hatred and pride neither Samantha nor Ray will exit the stage and are committed to an unforgettable stage ride.

Ray and Morgan try to begin their anniversary holiday after the stage is abandoned in San Francisco, only to find Samantha staying in the same hotel. They are able to avoid each other until an earthquake shakes up the accommodations.

A result of the earthquake, Ray and Morgan are reunited with Mr. and Mrs. Potts. The Potts were characters in the first book of the series. Their daughter who was a forty year old in a ten year old body was a very good friend of Rays. The young girl passed away due to a Cholera infection while traveling to California with the wagon train. The Potts are caring for two small boys that were abandoned by their parents and needed a home.

During the earthquake the two young boys are injured trying to help other school mates escape the collapsing building. Their injured bodies are found by Ray and Morgan who take them to their hotel for medical attention. When Ray and Morgan find out who the boys are staying with they are reunited with the Potts, but not for long…