Jeanette Pierpont flees home to her family's land in Montana to nurse some wounded feelings after a social embarrassment. There, she gradually uncovers a sinister plot with the help of a new friend she's not entirely sure she should trust. But if she doesn't trust him, who can she turn to?
I very much liked Jeanette, but I liked her new friend even more. He was just the sort of solid leading man I tend to like, with a hint of mystery in his past, but no question about where his interest lies now.
Like Foley's last full-length novel Land of Hills and Valleys, this takes place in the early 20th century in the west, not in the cowboy age. While that's not my favorite timeframe for a western, Foley makes it work really well.
Particularly Good Bits:
Perhaps solitude was safer, but it wasn't half as interesting (p. 130).
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG for some scenes of peril and danger and general skullduggery. No cussing, minimal violence, no smut.
This has been the 10th book I've read from my TBR shelves for #TheUnreadShelfProject2022.
I've been eyeing this one recently...
ReplyDelete(The weird thing is, I was convinced I'd already read it, until I realized it was actually a new release and I was confusing it with "Mountain of the Wolf," which I HAVE read.)
Katie, I think she might have released this as a freebie to newsletter subscribers at some point? But as an e-book.
DeleteDefinitely different from "Mountain of the Wolf."
Mmm yes, I loved Keith. He was the reason I needed to have Bridge to Trouble on my shelves instead of just on my Kindle.
ReplyDeleteI completely get that :-)
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