SALLY'S SWEET SISTER

Author: Sarah Winn ISBN: 0759936501 9/2005 HISTORICAL Publisher: HARD SHELL WORD FACTORY

In the cattle boomtown of Wichita, Kansas, prim preacher's wife, Rachel Stanton, has dedicated her life to her husband's calling, but after five years of a sterile marriage, she's grown dissatisfied. When he's murdered, she's the only suspect and must turn to her sister, a notorious madam, and flashy gambler, Sean Kelly, for help. Can two such ungodly people save her from the gallows? Grateful because she once saved his life, Sean is determined to clear Rachel of the murder charge and return her to the kind of life such a good woman deserves. But when they flee a lynch mob onto the isolated prairie, his devilish attraction to her threatens his good intentions.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

I enjoyed SALLY'S SWEET SISTER. It has an interesting story and Sean, the hero, is fantastic. He's manly and compassionate and I want one just like him.

However, something bothered me about this book—and I'm not saying "don't read this, it's horrible," because I'm not saying that, and it's not horrible...BUT! This book should be titled, Sally's Gullible Sister. The heroine drove me a little crazy. I mean, I get it, Rachel's innocent, but is she loopy, too? Her husband beats her, he tells her she doesn't have sense enough to think for herself because the husband should do all the thinking in a marriage—and she buys it and wants to jump back into bed with him. Hmmm. . .

Still, if you want to take a gander, you'll probably enjoy the story because the author tells a good yarn otherwise.

Cynthia Whitten