Anna Finch and the Hired Gun - A Novel

Zusatztext Praise for Anna Finch and the Hired Gun “Kathleen Y'Barbo has written a high-spirited novel about the kind of woman we'd all like to be: spunky! creative! witty--and a good shot.”  — DiAnn Mills! author of A Woman Called Sage and Sworn to Protect “I love Kathleen Y'Barbo's deft hand combining romance! comedy! and suspense. Her books are pure fun to read. Anna Finch and the Hired Gun was my favorite so far. I was hooked from the first word.”  — Mary Connealy! author of Doctor in Petticoats   Praise for Kathleen Y’Barbo “A fun read. Delightful! engaging! charming! and yes! funny. Humor in the characters! and humor in the events! as she dreams of and heads on an adventure in the west. I thoroughly enjoyed this romp of a read.”  — Lauraine Snelling! author of the Red River series! Daughters of Blessing series and One Perfect Day “With excitement! romance! and humor! Kathleen Y’Bargo spins a tale that captures your mind. The author’s enthusiasm for writing spills out of every scene! creating! as it should! enthusiastic readers.”  — Stephen Bly! award-winning western author of more than one hundred books! including One Step Over the Border ! Paperback Writer and Wish I’d Know You Tears Ago Informationen zum Autor Kathleen Y'Barbo  is a bestselling author of 40 award-winning novels and novellas with over 950!000 books in print. Kathleen is a tenth generation Texan! a graduate of Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School! and the mother of three grown sons and a daughter. She recently enlisted for a happily-ever-after of her own with her hero in combat boots. Find out more about Kathleen at www.kathleenybarbo.com. Klappentext Sparks fly when an aspiring reporter and a Pinkerton detective get tangled in Doc Holliday's story-and each other. Despite her father's attempts to marry her off! Anna Finch dreams of becoming a reporter. A chance encounter with legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday gives her the opportunity of a lifetime! but Pinkerton agent Jeb Sanders is about to ruin everything. Though her father hired Jeb to keep her out of mischief! Anna's inconvenient attraction to her hired gun only multiplies her troubles. She doesn't realize Jeb has a score to settle with Doc Holliday! or that her association with the famous outlaw will affect more than just her marriage prospects. Between her father's desperation to see her wed and Jeb shadowing her every move! getting the story and fulfilling her journalistic ambition just got far more complicated than she ever imagined.   Chapter One   We had a little misunderstanding, but it didn’t amount to much. —Doc Holliday   April 30, 1885, Denver, Colorado   Daybreak found Anna Finch astride her horse, Maisie, heading for the foothills west of Denver. Her father had given her the mare before he decided riding horses across the high plains was not for well-bred women of marriageable age.   As the youngest of five daughters, Anna had always been able to tug on her father’s heartstrings and get whatever she wanted from him, and what she’d wanted was a proper saddle. Not one of those sidesaddle contraptions where a lady had to balance herself and her bustles to avoid falling and injuring more than just her pride. Despite her mother’s vocal protests, Anna soon had exactly what she wished for. That old saddle still served her well, though Papa long ago believed she’d retired it, along with her habit of watching the sun rise out on the prairie, astride a trusty horse.   As an observer of people, Anna had learned by watching her sisters, who’d been forced to give up all but the most docile pursuits, that there would come a day when this would be asked of her too. And once that day came, she’d no longer have ...

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• Autori: Kathleen Y'Barbo
• Editore: Waterbrook press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2010
• EAN: 9780307444813
• ISBN: 978-0-307-44481-3
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 131 mm x 202 mm x 18 mm