They Call Her Mrs. Sheriff by Cynthia Hickey - Reviewed by Carrie Fancett Pagels

They Call Her Mrs. Sheriff by Cynthia Hickey

My Review

When a part-native American sheriff's widow sees the opportunity to restart her life, she hauls her two small children and her mother to a small town known for driving off their lawmen. And I do mean, lawMEN. Because they were not expecting a lady. But a woman is what they got. I love how Cynthia sets up the story so you can see exactly why there is the potential for a "Mrs. Sheriff," as they call her, to her chagrin.

Wilhemina was a delightful heroine full of spunk and the hero was her match! I love spunky heroines and I think they are kind of hard to write so I admire what Cynthia did in developing Willie.

I really enjoyed this ebook! I kept reading this engaging story every night to see what would happen. It was hard to stop reading because there was action in every chapter and great hooks. I kept carving time from my evenings so I could return to the story. So when you buy this book make sure you set aside time to read it through that next week!

Highly recommend!! This book will be on my Best of 2015 List!!!

Blurb

Wilhemina Jackson, widowed mother of two, answers an advertisement in the newspaper for a sheriff in Wild Horse Pass, Montana. She uses the name Willie Jack in order to disguise her identity as a woman and soon receives a telegram saying she’s hired for the job. Along with her children, mother, and a giant of a dog, she loads up the wagon and makes the long ride from Kansas.

Wild Horse Pass is a picturesque town in the mountains with high standards and no law. The people are surprised to see a woman arrive as their sheriff, but are so desperate for someone to enforce the law, they decide to let her stay after she proves to them what a good shot she is with a rifle. All the former male sheriffs have always moved on to bigger and better pastures: especially since the town’s people consider the sheriff’s business their own and have no qualms about saying so.

Thomas Miller, livery owner and blacksmith, is ready for a sheriff to step in and take over law enforcement for the vigilantes, but he’s not excited about the arrival of a leather-wearing, split-skirt, woman sheriff. Especially one pretty enough to grace a tea room back east.

No matter how quaint the town looks, Wild Horse Pass is a wild and dangerous place with many secrets. The folks may seem quirky, eccentric, and God-fearing, but their nosiness causes plenty of problems and feuds, despite the local pastor’s and Tom’s attempts to lead them down the right path.

Can Willie and Tom lay aside their differences to find out what really matters?

Cynthia Hickey made The Lumberjacks' Ball cover  

By the way, Cynthia created the covers for my books The Fruitcake Challenge and The Lumberjacks' Ball (just released, praise God!) and did a great job!

Cynthia is a busy lady with lots of other great books to check out, too, like her Christmas Traditions novella, Handcarved Christmas, which I also loved. I'm looking forward to reading more of Cynthia's books on Amazon! Also check out her website.



GIVEAWAYS: An e-book copy of They Call Her Mrs. Sheriff  PLUS a copy of The Lumberjacks' Ball.