The Mustanger and the Lady is one heck of a Historical Western. Romance is minimal, as the two barely spent any time together till the end.
Vince is a mustanger who lived by himself on the Hondo mountains. He made a living by roping mustangs, breaking them, then sell them in town. His life changed one day when a saloon girl Julie showed up on his mountain on a lame horse. Despite initial distrust, she eventually accepted his help, not that she had much of a choice, having missed the stage trail and was thoroughly lost. It was clear she was running from someone, and he's going to help her, by creating a fake grave for her. But soon things got very complicated. The Papago indians, working as Army scouts, were hunting the Apache, even as Julie, now named May for a new start, decided to stay with Vince. Then Apache youth took May intending on ransoming her for some of Vince's horses, then gunslingers came looking for Julie's grave... Now Vince has to get her back, or die trying, as he ended up chasing her all across the Southwest...
Poor girl, who changed hands so many times you'd be dizzy keeping track. But this is one heck of a Western tale. But there really wasn't that much of a romance or wooing...
Category: Historical Western
Primary Plot: Western adventure of a loner who need to save a girl (again and again) when a lot of people want her for something...
Tropes: kidnapping, woman in peril, protector, search and rescue
Overall Rating: 5/5
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