Marrying Miss Marshal
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Publisher Description
A Woman in a Man’s Job
Filling the shoes of her late husband as town marshal hasn’t been easy for Danna Carpenter. She’s not only fighting criminals, she’s also fighting to earn the respect of the townspeople. So crossing paths with tenderfoot detective Chas O’Grady is the last thing she needs. He’s hunting a band of cattle rustlers and isn’t used to the rugged Wyoming landscape.
Teaming up is their only option, but when circumstances place them in a compromising situation, the town forces a more permanent partnership—marriage. If they can let down their guards with each other they might find that love is the greatest catch of all.
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Occasionally clunky, chastely Christian, and warmly romantic with a hint of adventure and an unconventional heroine, Williams's 1890s Wyoming Territory debut pairs an illiterate smalltown marshal with a citified detective. Danna Carpenter is doing her best to keep the peace in tiny Calvin, Wy., while trying to find out who killed her husband. Chas O'Grady is on the trail of cattle rustlers when Danna saves him from a stampede. After he offers to be her deputy as an excuse to stay in town and investigate, they end up out overnight and are forced to marry by the town council to preserve the appearance of propriety so Danna can keep her job. They discover a personal connection as their investigations unsurprisingly turn out to be linked. Williams's storytelling style is rough and simplistic, but easy to follow to its cheery conclusion.
