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Summary: page turning fun,
Review: I had a terrific time reading this fun series and think most readers will too.
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Summary: Historical fiction/romance the way it is suposes to be
Review: In 1882 Wyoming Territory, Garrick Bateman, owner of the local mines, hires Dayle Dobson, a Lady Pinkerton to keep his wife, Lotta, out of trouble. It seems Mary Stillman Davies, head of a Chinese undergroundrailroad, has recruited Lotta to help free Chinese girls from the brothels. Garrick and the local Tong are responsible for importing the Oriental ladies so that the Chinese laborers are sexually satisfied. The Hooded Sleeper, a notorious anarchist, has soaped the train tracks as a means of protest. Dayle believes that someone traveling with the P.T. Barnum Spectacular circus is the Hooded Sleeper. However, she has no time to investigate the act of anarchy as her assignment is to watch over Lotta. A traveling Shakespearean troupe arrives in town. One of the actors is Harry Bryant, who loathes big business, but in particular the Pinkertons. In his mind, the only good Pinkerton is a dead Pinkerton until he meets and falls in love with Dayle, who reciprocates his feelings. However, Dayle cannot commit to anything long term because she fears that her beloved Harry is the Hooded Sleeper. Jerrie Hurd provides fans of historical romance and historical fiction with one of the top five Americana tales of the year. The support cast of Harry, Garrick, Allan and William Pinkertons, the townsfolk, and the Chinese are very intriguing players who bring dimension and authenticity to the delightful story line. However, in the end it is the moral quandary of their love for their men vs. the immoral actions their men have done confronting Lotta and Dayle that makes this a classic novel. Harriet Klausner
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