Review: Women of the West Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
The Rocky Mountain Heiress Collection by Kathleen Y’BarboThree Inspirational RomancesThe Confidential Life of Eugenia CooperEugenia Flora Cooper “Gennie” is a fan of Mae Winslow – Woman of the West. The heroine of a dime novel. Before she settles down into marriage, Gennie would love an adventure. When opportunity knocks, she answers and heads to Denver to be a temporary governess for a young girl.Daniel Beck is a father with a handful of a daughter, unhappy workers and business travel from Denver to his silver mines in Leadville. And now his newest governess has the nerve to write him and demand he come home, hinting that he is not a good father. His plan was to send her packing immediately, plans changed.A fun story of a New York debutante with a dream to have an adventure. And then settle for the banker who would want to marry her when she returned. Only this adventure and misunderstandings in Colorado change her life forever.Anna Finch and the Hired GunWe met Anna Finch in book 1 of this series. She loved Daniel Beck, but the love was not returned. Now she just wants to live her life and not be stuck in a marriage. She wants to be a journalist, ride horse astride and shoot her gun. Her parents want someone to marry and tame her.Jeb Sanders is a Pinkerton agent who carries a grudge. He just wants to rid the world of Doc Holliday. He does not want to be a nursemaid for a spoiled rich girl, but he his. This fancy gal is much more than she seems, he quickly finds out.I really enjoyed this story. It continued with characters you meet in book one. Added to the mix are Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday, along with an annoying newspaper columnists who writes as he sees it, usually not as it is. A really enjoyable series.The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte BeckCharlotte Beck travels to England with her step-mother so she can be introduced into proper London society. Charlotte is not cut out for that life, she grew up with the likes of William Cody and his Wild West shows.Viscount Alexander Hambly wants a quiet life. Once he meets the spitfire from America, his peace and quiet it gone. The American is a menace who causes havoc where ever she goes and whatever she touches.When Charlotte is called back to America to be with her dad, it’s not soon enough. She leaves a black mark on their family name in England. Trouble just finds her. When Alex arrives in America, her father sees the perfect man his daughter. She don’t, but Alex needs her money. An agreement is made that Charlotte does not want to keep. Instead of trusting in God, she only wants to trust her own leading. What secret has Charlotte running from both God and love?**Received through WaterBrook Multnomah for Review