Abstract:
Women were scarce on the frontier, but there was a surprising variety of them: The hurdy-gurdy dancer. The frolicsome countess. The passionate missionary. The haughty hired girl. In Annabelle, an upstairs maid signs on as a dancer for a rowdy Montana dance hall, but is soon on the run to save her life. In Beatrice, an heiress has 6 months before the Will says she must marry. What to do? Go to America, of course, following a handsome performer glimpsed in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. But what to do when her heart tells her to choose between an English estate and a small Wyoming horse ranch?