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 Patricia Lucas White dwells in the wilds of the Oregon Cascades. She is an award-winning, multi-published author, and noted wizard.
"Patricia Lucas White is an accomplished author, and this gem adds to her long stream of successes."
Mary E. Trimble, author of Rosemount and McClellan's Bluff.
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EDWINA PARKHURST, SPINSTER
1-58124-378-2 • 978-1-58124-378-9 Genre: Western Romance Author: Patricia Lucas White Cover art: Rickey R. Mallory Coming soon in audio Trade Paperback, 308 pgs., $14.99 Click on book cover to order from Amazon.com
Edwina Parkhurst has a guilty secret, one that she has lied, contrived,
and connived to keep hidden. Knowing full well that what she does is
denounced as a terrible sin, preached against in pulpits, seen as Satan's
handiwork by the God-fearing people in her world, and especially by the
family she loves and has supported for years, Edwina continues her sinful
ways. She has no choice if she is to keep a roof over her family's heads,
food on the table, and garments suitable to their station.
Everything changes when she agrees to accompany her married sister to
Oregon to rejoin her abusive husband, a trip that takes them through the
wilds of Nevada's High Desert. A trip that has the sister and her daughters
stolen by outlaws and strands Edwina in the desert winter.
Dressed as a boy, driving a buggy destined for a "calico queen," and taking care of a man she thinks is an outlaw, she is hard put to keep on lying to Tal Jones, her
captive, a blind gunfighter. Wanting nothing more than to make enough money to go south where it's warm, Tal agreed to protect the freight wagons, but he didn't expect to get shot in the head, lose his eye-sight, and wind up with a boy who was becoming more attractive every minute. And that isn't right!
"4-1/2 stars! This book left me sitting in utter awe as I closed the cover on the final page. Start reading early, because you won't want to stop until you've finished."
—Lisa Ramaglia, Scribes World Reviews
"Ms. White, with her huge talent for characterization, shows the reader what honor and hardship are. The descriptions in this book are so real that on a hot summer night, I shivered and hid beneath the covers as the icy pogonip gripped Edwina and Tal in its fury. And the romance, well . . . you must read it for yourself."—Kathy Ischomer, Under the Covers
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