From the award-winning author of "The Bride of Willow Creek" comes this irresistible tale of romance set in the Old West, as a lawman and an outlaw face off for the heart of the same woman. Original.
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From the award-winning author of "The Bride of Willow Creek" comes this irresistible tale of romance set in the Old West, as a lawman and an outlaw face off for the heart of the same woman. Original.
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Maggie Osborne?s eye doesn?t move off of the uncomfortable subject she highlights in this book ? unmarried women having children. Main character Annie Malloy can spout that she?s a modern woman to the skies, but the society she lives in has not changed. According to the story, any woman ?in the family way? without a husband is a fallen woman.
Osborne does a great job of showing the ambivalence Annie feels about her situation. However, I experienced Annie coming across just as ditsy as anguished. She didn?t really think much about getting pregnant ? according to the book. What?
The story is an excellent expose of the horrors of being in the family of a fallen woman. Annie?s parents were treated harshly by the community too. I think it was very time-accurate for the parents to force Annie to continue her movements around town ? even though she was often insulted and shunned.
Jesse Harden is a remarkable man; he?s just as horrified by Annie?s pregnancy as the townspeople but he looks at her pain and sets his own aside. He asks her to marry him, in spite of it making him look like Annie?s paramour-in-sin.
After dithering around until even the town?s dogs and horses are aware of Annie?s problem, she finally marries Jesse. Sheesh, talk about damning someone with faint joy!
Ione was a complimentary character to Annie and just what she needed. However, I think Osborne spent too much time with Ione and Annie to the detriment of the chemistry between Annie and Jessie.
One thing that started to grate on my nerves after awhile was the constant reminder that Annie was a new modern woman. Yep, I can see that!
Otherwise, this was a good, solid book ? not one of Osborne?s best, but enjoyable!
