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I feel like squealing about this one, honestly! I'm so happy to see my dear friend Patience's book ready to launch out into the world. I got to hear about all the scenes as they were being written and then got to be a first reader. One of the most delightful feelings when your friend is a writer is expecting the book to be good and then being blown away by how excellent it really is.
There's a poetic life to many of the descriptions, which are vivid without becoming pedantic. There are bad guys worthy of the best sort of John Wayne movie. There are circumstances playing against the MCs that are quite obviously not going to end well. And there are some of the most real, lifelike characters that have crossed a book's page in a long while!
Marion will grab your heart from the beginning as she longs to find a better future for herself. Tragedy robbed her of her family too young, and she is alone in the world. Despite having to support herself at a young age, she didn't give up on dreaming of a better future. She simply had no idea her dream was going to turn out the way it does when she embarks to find it! What if she has to give it up for something else—better or worse?
Anyway, I'll stop now before blabbing any good spoilers. :) Suffice it to say that this story will keep you on the edge of your seat as a strong young woman encounters the Old West with results she never dreamed of and dangers at every turn.