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Kirkus Review
From newcomer Mills, a sturdily romantic western about a Chicago girl who finds love and adventure in scenic Wyoming of the 1870's. Doreen Anderson and her Aunt Cary, once from a wealthy family, have fallen into not-so-genteel poverty in Chicago, running a seedy boardinghouse and watching their money dwindle. Twenty-year-old Doreen has just about given up all hope when her gruff old Uncle Jacob out in Wyoming Territory dies and leaves her his Three Rivers Ranch. With no other options, the two women journey by train to the little town of Janesville and settle on the isolated ranch--only to be faced by a number of problems. Their nearest neighbor, ne'er-do-well Englishman Sir Adrian Granscombe-Whitly, wants Doreen's water-rich ranch, and is willing to kill her riders to get it. There's a gang of rustlers about, too, led by the thoroughly nasty Tic Bekkerson, who are stealing everybody blind. Finally, Doreen has to hire a bodyguard, the handsome but mysterious Laramie Smith, who takes care of Sir Adrian in short order, and forces Bekkerson to flee. But Doreen learns that Laramie himself is on the run for having killed two Union soldiers who were trying to rape his mother back in Tennessee at the end of the Civil War. While he now searches for Bekkerson, a bounty hunter named Mattheson inexorably tracks him down. But Doreen fervently writes letters to President Hayes, begging for a pardon. The pardon, Doreen, and Mattheson all arrive in Abilene, Kansas, where Laramie is lying severely wounded after killing Bekkerson in a classic shootout. In a tear-jerking finale, it's Doreen who (just barely) saves the day. Plenty of gritty western versimilitude, strong romance, and shoot-'em-up action. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
When an eastern tenderfoot inherits a cattle ranch in the rugged hinterland of the Wyoming Territory, she is plagued by rustlers and succumbs to romance. While valiantly struggling to maintain her floundering spread, plucky Doreen Anderson finds herself drawn to evasive ranch hand Laramie Smith. Even more disturbing than her powerful attraction to the enigmatic cowboy is Laramie's inexplicable association with a band of unsavory desperadoes. The rather predictable plot is heightened by the tender quality of the ardent love affair. A choice romance embedded in an entertaining western adventure. MF. [CIP] 87-27110
Library Journal Review
Set in Wyoming Territory in 1878, this first novel by a Minnesota author portrays ranch life from a woman's viewpoint. Doreen Anderson leaves Chicago to take possession of her inheritance, Three Rivers Ranch. A tenderfoot, she learns ranching from Laramie Smith, hired to protect her from rustlers. Ultimately they marry and Doreen develops from a prim, proper spinster to a passionate wife. Their marriage is fraught with difficulties, often nearly disastrous. The writing is smooth, enhanced by humor, vivid descriptions, and homey details. Excessive graphic, explicit sex may be distasteful to some readers. Sister Avila, Acad. of Holy Angels, Minneapolis (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.