A bitter wind blows over a small town in the expanding
Wyoming cattle country. Qualified schoolteachers are hard
to attract and the new, golden-haired Miss Morrow, while
popular with the children, has drawn trouble of her own. A
private investigator has followed a woman who supposedly
stole from a wealthy Chicago family, and the trail leads to
Bitter Springs.
In TRUE TO THE LAW Tru Morrow is the attractive teacher
idolised by mischievous young Finn, but the new gambler in
town Cobb Bridger, late of the Pinkertons, is keeping a
professional eye on her. He sits with her over dinner and
they discuss the fact that Bitter Springs has no marshal.
Becoming properly friendly, Tru later tells Cobb how she
narrowly escaped the Chicago Fire. Once Cobb has her
confidence he enquires about a missing brooch - Tru denies
having it. But Cobb, however much he admires the young
woman, still has his job to do.
Jo Goodman writes with expertise about her historical
settings and there is a lot to be learned - Montana was
viewed as outlaw territory at this time, the railroad was
shrinking the distances and towns which began as mining
camps turned to stopping places for cattle drives. Here the
teacher has few restrictions compared to those set by
school boards in other towns, where an unmarried teacher
must not keep company with men or take strong drink, and a
comfortable home is supplied to Tru as an incentive; other
single teachers might have been obliged to board with a
respectable couple. While there is understated tension the
plot is slow to move to the final drama and I did think
that Goodman might have been so interested in details of
frontier life that she forgot to keep up a pace.
TRUE TO THE LAW will be enjoyed by lovers of historical
romance and fans of Jo Goodman, a careful researcher and
assured writer with other western romances to her credit.
He was on the hunt for a runaway beauty “Find her” is the
only instruction that private detective Cobb Bridger
receives from Richard Mackey. The scion of a wealthy Chicago
family, Mackey is desperate to know the whereabouts of the
woman who disappeared from his employ, taking with her
something of great value. Intrigued as much by what Mackey
won’t say about the missing item as he is by Mackey’s
description of the missing woman, Cobb accepts the
assignment. And the one true lie that could destroy them
both Bitter Springs, Wyoming, has a new schoolteacher who
may or may not be exactly what she seems. Upon making the
acquaintance of Miss Tru Morrow, Cobb begins to question the
guilt of this golden-haired lady—and the protective feelings
she stirs in him. His investigation hinges on understanding
where the truth lies. Can he believe in Tru? Or is she just
another treacherous woman out to swindle this hardened
detective’s heart?
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