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Desperate, Rebecca “Glory”
Bowen chooses the lesser of many evils and seeks out the proprietor
of the Scarlet Garter for a job in the saloon. He at least doesn’t
require his girls to earn extra money on their backs. Shocking as
working in a saloon is, Rebecca’s determined to preserve as much of
her shredded dignity as she has left. Working with ladies she’d
never spared a glance and dancing with cowboys who reek of whiskey
and the trail is her penalty for believing in a smooth-talking
gambler who has run through her fortune and left her alone and
unable to care for their child. Her search for her no-account
husband is what has brought her to the Scarlet Garter though the man
is no where in sight. Instead she runs head-long into another
handsome gambling man, but no one would claim this one was
smooth-talking. No, this one says what’s on his mind, whether you
want to hear it or not. But it is the pain behind his words that
captivates her as much as his good-looks.
Slater Forrester can’t deny
his interest in the new saloon girl. But he’s vowed never to get
involved with a married woman or any woman for that matter. Scarred
both emotionally and physically from his time in Andersonville
prison, he’s struggling to keep his personal demons at bay. Being
alone suits him but there is something about this woman’s
determination and vulnerability that keeps tugging and won’t let go.
With the past closing in on
both Rebecca and Slater, an untimely and unwarranted murder throws
the two together. Rebecca’s ready to fight for what’s good in the
world, Slater is ready to fight for what’s right. The past haunts
Slater and he fears Rebecca may be his last hope to pull free of it,
while the future may elude Rebecca as she struggles to justify going
against her marriage vows with so much at stake.
Maureen McKade takes the
reader on a sensual and romantic journey where nothing is black and
white and everything comes in shades of gray. McKade skillfully
weaves a rich and complex love story that gets more intense with
each turn of the page making this book a stirring conclusion to her
Forrester Brothers trilogy. |
