Betty Hartman

Not Just an Ordinary Girl Betty Hartman

Ariadne Miller is anything but ordinary. From early childhood, she has been able to do things that other children can't do. She can speak to animals, hear their thoughts and hear the thoughts of the people around her. Adopted as a small child by Charlotte and Bill Miller, she has managed to hide most of her unusual abilities until one night, barefoot and in her nightgown, she rushes out into the winter cold to rescue Hairy, her beloved pet bunny. Charlotte is at her wit's end. Should she punish Ariadne and hope to hide her talents or should she help her to develop to her full potential? When Ariadne grows older, her thought-reading talent causes a major rift between her and her older sister, Theresa. Ariadne fears for her very life and flees from the big white farmhouse she loves so much. What will happen to her out in the world alone? Ariadne's life changes forever in just a short time when she meets Amanda McCane and her son Danny on the stagecoach leaving New Eden.