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Dear Ms. McLinn,
I know I’m not the only one who’s bemoaned the fact that not too many publishers are looking for good, old fashioned western set stories. This is a reprinted (re-electroned?) version of your book that was originally published in 1998. Now Belgrave House is allowing us western romance fans another chance to try it and it is well worth checking out.
“Widow Woman” has a great beginning. The first 100 odd pages are wonderful and had me holding my breath. You give us strong characters acting in believable ways, twists on standard plots that had me sitting up to take notice that things just might be different with this story. Would the rest of the book hold up to them or would it trail off and end up disappointing me? Rachel Terhune is a tough woman doing a tough job. She’s clear eyed, logical and has been helping to run her father’s ranch for enough years that after his death and that of her unlamented husband, she and her foreman do a decent job even if still faced with the mountain of debt left to her. Stuck between two much …
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