num_pages: 304
description: Life may have been hard on Addie French, but when she meets friendless Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas to marry a man she has never met. And Emma seems like a lost soul to Addie-someone who needs Addie's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to anyone as a friend, but Emma seems different somehow. When Emma's prospective fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her principles to shelter the girl at her brothel, The Chili Queen. But once Emma enters Addie's life, the secrets that unfold and schemes that are hatched cause both women to question everything they thought they knew. With Sandra Dallas's trademark humor, charm, and pathos, The Chili Queen will satisfy anyone who has ever longed for happiness.The Chili Queen is the winner of the 2003 Spur Award for Best Western Novel.
language: English
title: The Chili Queen
titlecomplete: The Chili Queen
genres: Historical, Novels, Adult, 19th Century, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Chick Lit, Fiction, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 3348
places: Southwest, New Mexico
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Western Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: WILLA Literary Award
category: Historical Fiction (Finalist)
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin