Review: Fire on the Plains
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
Lydia McCabe, Southern Belle, prideful, aloof, widowed 8 yrs. ago, still wearing black, approaches Benjamin Strong, ex-Union Army officer and asks him to marry her. Ben wasn't seeking a wife; especially a cold fish such as Lydia, he had intentions to return to Kansas and farm his land. Since Lydia's brother-in-law has recently married and his wife is now the woman in charge of the household, Lydia feels like an intruder and wants to leave, while she can and with her pride intact. Ben decides that a wife would be helpful as he restores his farm plus Lydia is not hard on the eyes and he wouldn't mind having her to warm his bed; so they marry and set off for Kansas. They battle Indians and a band of Confederates, but mainly they battle each other. Ben is a take charge man but he decides that he will not force his prim wife on consummation, especially since she still seems to be in love with her dead husband. Lydia is just as stubborn and while not meaning to be cruel and cleave to her deceased husband's memory, she has a long way to go to accepting Ben. This is book 2 of the Western Fire Series, the first book is just as good; I look forward to reading more of KW's work.