Desert Breeze Publishing
Featuring: Susan Marie Van Pelt; Digger Van Pelt; Jed Miller
232 pages ISBN: 0149519966 EAN: 2940149519965 Kindle: B00JU27UAC Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Susan Van Pelt arrives in Nevada by coach, expecting to
find her father's big silver mine. We can guess that all
will not go smoothly. In SILVER SWEETHEARTS this self-
possessed young lady learns that her father died a few
months previously, the post taking a long time to be
delivered. He had a partner, Jed Miller, so Susan goes in
search of him... at Lily's. Miss Lily runs a boarding
house, clean and decent, but for men. A girl like Susan is
a rarity in the rough town.
Jed seems relatively respectable but he dismisses Susan's
father as having spent all his money on any woman with a
sob story. She needn't expect to inherit wealth. The girl
has no family to return to in New York however, so she
makes up her stubborn mind to learn the silver mining
trade. Men have been making decisions about her life until
now, so it's time she took charge of her own future.
Learning that the lawyers and town traders make more money
than the miners they serve, Susan starts to absorb lessons
about frontier life. More than one man has his eyes on
her
however - for the sake of the silver in her father's
claim.
This lively tale of past times reminds us all how hard it
was to make a living and how lonely an occupation like
silver mining really was. I chuckled at Susan's lesson in
riding a mule, after donning trousers, when she'd only
been
used to a side-saddle park hack. The local Paiutes terrify
her, though they're friendly. I really had to admire
Susan
for deciding to stick with her plan. Serious injuries,
kidnapping and spurious offers of marriage all come
Susan's
way, and we have to ask if we would deal with each
situation so well.
Author Jackie Leigh Allen describes a land where prickly
pear cactus is planted for a fence line while balloon
travel suddenly presents new possibilities. The rich and
varied contrasts make this a fun read as well as a
captivating story of a girl determined to succeed. I
enjoyed her writing style and will be looking out for more
of her works. Try SILVER SWEETHEARTS for an unusual and
energetic Old West romance.
Susan Marie Van Pelt escapes from the family brownstone in
New York City to join her papa on his silver claim in
Nevada. Jed Miller buried his partner, Digger Van Pelt a
month before Susan shows up.
Jed and Susan must work together to get the silver out of
the ground and keep it out of the clutches of Fox, the
local
lawyer and all around villain. When he sets his sights on
Susan, she proposes a marriage of convenience to Jed.
Can he wed her without bedding her? Can they work the
claim
together with him digging and her cooking--not too well at
first--and go their separate ways? Can Jed keep her safe
from Fox and his henchmen?
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