"She's no Calamity Jane, but someone's shooting up the stage"
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted November 19, 2014
Romance Historical
The Lawmen & Outlaws series brings us historical
westerns. Wyoming in 1874 is the setting for a lively tale
as Jack Sterling is aboard a stagecoach when it's
attacked.
STERLING'S WAY has taken him into several gunfights so he
weighs the options as he talks briefly with the town's new
preacher and a young woman. They arrive in Brown's Point
mercifully unscathed, and Kristen Marsh, who was
travelling
unchaperoned, has already decided to start a whole new
life.
The rugged scenery and handmade buildings are less formal
than Boston, and Kristen stows her purse inside her
corset.
She intends to take up a position at the schoolhouse, but
the town has been going through a drought and she just
hopes there will be enough work. Sterling meanwhile has
his
own beef with the town banker, who has been acquiring
deeds
in the gunman's home town in Kansas. He's come up to
Wyoming to get matters sorted out, as far as his family's
deeds go anyhow. Even if it means starting trouble.
Life is still rough at this time, with Indian raids, mules
for transport and outlaws. I enjoyed seeing the busy life
people led and the hard work that was required of
everyone.
The dance hall girls rooming in Kristen's boarding house
assure her that all they do is dance, and they seem as
eager to broaden their horizons as Kristen herself. Maybe
they can teach one another useful skills. The male
characters are just as genuine, with the preacher's grown
grandson Patrick Godsend taking a shine to the new lady in
town, who seems more respectable than those saloon girls.
Kristen's hiding a past however - and how long will it be
before the past catches up to her?
I had a good time with this historical romance, in which
the characters chop and change and the action comes from
unexpected quarters. The lively story of rugged men and
determined women by Sarita Leone is fast-paced enough to
keep you reading. STERLING'S WAY is great fun for fans of
sweet western romance.
SUMMARY
Jack Sterling isn't having a good day. A swindler has
stolen family property from his elderly grandmother and
Jack has taken the law into his own hands to steal it
back. Only the stagecoach he intends to rob is under fire,
forcing him to rescue the very occupants he’d planned to
rob. One glance at the beautiful woman inside nearly has
him forgetting why he’s there in the first place. Kristen March has fled Boston to avoid an arranged
marriage between moneyed families. She’d rather take her
chances on the untamed frontier than marry a man she
doesn’t love. But the Wild West proves to be more
adventure than she anticipates when her stagecoach comes
under attack.
Not only does handsome Jack come to her rescue, he makes
it clear he plans to court her. But both are keeping
secrets that could tear them apart for good.
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