jjares reviewed on 10/13/2018 + 3395 more book reviews

The plot of this novel pivots on the fact that wagon trains did not allow unaccompanied, unmarried women to travel across the country alone. The labor required to handle the animals (oxen, mules or horses) was too taxing for a lone woman. Then there were the additional problems of mechanical breakdowns, inclement weather and problems with Indians. Finally, married women did not like having unmarried women traveling with them for the long months of the wagon train trips.

Our heroine Rebecca Elliott, a Yankee widow, was told by the wagon master that she had to get a husband by the time the wagon train rolled out or she would be left behind. Because Rebecca's husband had been killed by a Confederate soldier, she was horrified to discover that the two men that she could choose from were both ex-Confederates. However, desperate times call for desperate measures; Rebecca got one of the men drunk and married him. The next morning Clay Frasier was enraged to find himself married to a Yankee. The rest of the story is about how Rebecca and Clay found common ground to make a life together.

The story was so engaging that the pages sped by quickly.

Frasers Series

** 1. Frasers - Clay (2004)
2. The Lawman Said I Do (2005)
3. His Boots Under Her Bed (2006)
4. One Night with a Sweet-Talking Man (2008)
5. Holding Out for a Hero (2009)

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