Review: Wonderful!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2012
I have to say this is not the typical time period that I like to read about.  I got it when it was free and I am so glad I did!The story starts in San Francisco, 1857.  Still a very vigilante society then Della is accused of murder by another apothecary and decides to flee rather than attempt to tell her side of the story.  She sold "medicines" which were mostly harmless elixirs that she had made.  So she seeks passage aboard a ship, with a plan in mind she introduces herself as the wife of Kenton Bradford.Never having met before, Kenton goes along with the charade so as not to be embarrassed in front of a potential investor.  They soon realize that the plan that Della had to secure her way aboard the ship and then buy steerage passage wouldn't work.  His investors think that a wife makes him more settled and that scandal will stop everything.They meet bumps and issues along the way, but the story was quite plausible (which I think is very important) and I enjoyed it very much.  I would definitely recommend!