Since his death she has finally felt like she is doing something worthwhile by working for Pinkerton. Her husband had kept her under tight control, where she wasn't able to do any of the things she liked to do. Maddie is a widow who is determined to live life on her own terms. He is dismayed to find out that the detective is a woman. There is a gang of train robbers that has been stealing gold shipments that he hasn't caught yet and the bank has hired a Pinkerton agent to help him. He prefers to do things on his own rather than put other people at risk. This turned out to be a better book than I thought it would be at the beginning. Or at least it is for this reader.īut in the end - Johnny is well worth the time to read this story. Drawing the story out just a few more paragraphs is beyond frustrating for the reader. Ladies - when a man pours his heart out to you - you reciprocate immediately. Maddie had to be stubborn and stupid all the way to the end. For the love of God, let the H/h have a little happy time together before you end the story. It is a huge pet peeve of mine when an author draws out the conflict all the way to the very, very end of a story. By the end of the story, I really wanted Johnny to be happy and he wanted Maddie.so I wanted him to have Maddie. Grrrrr.ĭespite that, there were several really touching scene between the hero and heroine that made my heart ache for them.

If you have little to no experience riding a horse, then you have no business riding off into the desert just because you think you should be part of 'the plan.' She was stubborn to a fault. And some of the things that Maddie did were really stupid and turned me off to her character. I was totally on board with a strong-willed heroine detective. His reaction, as described, was more of someone who cares deeply about the other person. The Sheriff clearly was annoyed with Maddie being in town and was plotting to make her leave with very unkind thoughts rattling through his brain, so feeling a “stab of fear” in his chest at the idea of Maddie getting messed up with the gang felt off because he had just met her. The beginning just felt awkward to me - like their feelings weren't genuine. That being said, it took me until almost the midway point of this book to really get into the story. I'm definitely hoping on the train for that ride! How cool is it that there were female detectives back then? And nothing says old west better than a few bad boy bandits who are robbing trains. The whole town loves him dearly and that was really cute. He's that tough guy exterior and all goodness on the inside. Let me start off with what I loved about this story.

The Lone Sheriff by Lynna Banning