Sara and the Rogue

Quite unusual - the story starts near the ending and continues from there. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Sara Miles has moved there to set up a freighting company, following in the footsteps of her father and brother. She buys out Hamish Goodman. Here she comes up against the wealthest freight company owners - Brody Hawkins, Casey Riggs, Otis Wooten and Lester Gilbert. Much of the conflict is between Brody and Sara as she takes contracts away from them and so he decides to ignore her. This leads to his investigation of her and her previous life. She decides to cut him from her acquaintentses and thereby causes rumors that he has made unwanted advances. So he decides to lay seige to her and to bed her. He is successful [I guess the hormones win every time - I get so weary of these been-hads that the women lose my respect for them]. There is a lot more than what I have run through. The most exciting part is the run in with the Indians with Sara proving that like most women, she is illogical and emotional and dangerous to those around her. Still she is up against Patricia Riggs, Brody's former lover, who was supposed to be responsible for polishing Sara's manner and dress. Excellent story and characters [plot is so so] when will our heroine ever get to fell the mighty oak [man] without becoming victim to her own emotions? Excellent pace to the story. Definitely recommended --M