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ATDrake · 07-14-2015, 05:18 AM

The Lady and the Lawman by Joyce Brandon is the 1st in her Kincaid Family series of old school f/m historical western frontier romances set in Arizona in the 1880s, this one a suspenseful adventure dealing with social issues as the titular lady gets involved in thwarting the sadly period-accurate riots against Chinese immigrants (Wikipedia) in her small town with the help of the titular lawman who gets caught up in tracking down the murderer who killed the woman he loved who bore a startling resemblance to our heroine*, free courtesy of publisher Diversion Books, who are e-printing it from its 1987 Ballantine Books edition.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK) & iTunes (available to Canadians and many regions worldwide, as Diversion freebies usually are).

If it happens you like this one and wish to read more, several other titles in this series have been re-released, and are couponable @ Kobo as well as being reasonably low-priced to begin with.

And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Pretty much by default, but bonus points for incorporating a relatively obscure-to-most-modern-people-who-never-learn-a-thing-about-the-situation-in-or-out-of-classes point of actual Western history, even if it's only just as an excuse for the inevitable couple to Meet Cute and bond over shared social concerns.

Enjoy!

Description
Life on the Western frontier in the 1880s is filled with risks and danger—a fact Angie Logan quickly relearns upon arriving back at her family's Arizona ranch, home from college back East.

To help quell the riots against Chinese immigrants that have settled in Durango, Angie relies on her education and wits in appealing to the governor for assistance. The governor sends help in the form of Lance Kincaid, a charismatic gentleman who became a ranger to avenge the murder of the woman he loved.

While working to resolve the current upheaval, Lance catches the trail of the murderer. Nothing will stop him from catching the killer and bringing him to justice, except perhaps Angie, the mysterious woman who looks eerily like his lost love.

* Quite frankly, this kind of bodes ill for the relationship IMHO, what with the entire Replacement Goldfish thing and all (warning: that link goes to TV Tropes, where I will not consider myself responsible for the time you will lose link-hopping through the site).

But it's a romance so they're just kind of doomed to live happily ever after with the shadow of a near-identical murdered former flame looming over their love, I guess.

07-14-2015, 05:18 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle/iTunes) Lady and the Lawman [1880s Arizona Frontier Adventure Romance] The Lady and the Lawman by Joyce Brandon is the 1st in her Kincaid Family series of old school f/m historical western frontier romances set in Arizona in the 1880s, this one a suspenseful adventure dealing with social issues as the titular lady gets involved in thwarting the sadly period-accurate riots against Chinese immigrants (Wikipedia) in her small town with the help of the titular lawman who gets caught up in tracking down the murderer who killed the woman he loved who bore a startling resemblance to our heroine, free courtesy of publisher Diversion Books, who are e-printing it from its 1987 Ballantine Books edition. Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK) & iTunes (available to Canadians and many regions worldwide, as Diversion freebies usually are). If it happens you like this one and wish to read more, several other titles in this series have been re-released, and are couponable @ Kobo as well as being reasonably low-priced to begin with. And this has been the selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day. Pretty much by default, but bonus points for incorporating a relatively obscure-to-most-modern-people-who-never-learn-a-thing-about-the-situation-in-or-out-of-classes point of actual Western history, even if it's only just as an excuse for the inevitable couple to Meet Cute and bond over shared social concerns. Enjoy! Description* Life on the Western frontier in the 1880s is filled with risks and danger—a fact Angie Logan quickly relearns upon arriving back at her family's Arizona ranch, home from college back East. To help quell the riots against Chinese immigrants that have settled in Durango, Angie relies on her education and wits in appealing to the governor for assistance. The governor sends help in the form of Lance Kincaid, a charismatic gentleman who became a ranger to avenge the murder of the woman he loved. While working to resolve the current upheaval, Lance catches the trail of the murderer. Nothing will stop him from catching the killer and bringing him to justice, except perhaps Angie, the mysterious woman who looks eerily like his lost love. * Quite frankly, this kind of bodes ill for the relationship IMHO, what with the entire Replacement Goldfish thing and all (warning: that link goes to TV Tropes, where I will not consider myself responsible for the time you will lose link-hopping through the site). But it's a romance so they're just kind of doomed to live happily ever after with the shadow of a near-identical murdered former flame looming over their love, I guess. Last edited by ATDrake; 07-14-2015 at 05:30 AM. Reason: Correct tense, since it's the heroine the old love resembled, not the murderer, though that would be a more interesting book.