No Place for a Lady is a pretty good Historical Western Romantic Adventure that featured a strong female protagonist falling for the foreman.
Cyrstal Clark went west in 1892, leaving behind her Southern belle life in Georgia to visit her aunt Kate's cattle ranch, determined to prove to herself that she has what it takes to make it on her own. While the ranch hands are courteous, she can't help but feel the disapproval from the foreman, Luke, that she's just too prim and proper to be on a ranch. But when tragedy struck and Kate was killed, and a smarmy neighbor wanted to buy out the ranch due to amount of money owed to him, Crystal instead opted to join the cattle drive, the first woman to ever do so, all the way to Denver so they can sell off the cattle and pay back the debt. Crystal felt something for Luke, but Luke was engaged to be married to April, who was the smarmy neighbor's daughter. Arriving at Denver, Luke found a surprise waiting for him, and it will change his plans for the future drastically... and it involves Crystal as well...
The twist was interesting as it was revealed mid-book and it really set the interesting tone for the rest of the book. Rather enjoyed the adventure. Though the Christian references seem a bit too obvious.
Category: Historical Western
Primary Plot: City girl joining a cattle drive to save the ranch fell for the foreman, who may have his own agenda
Tropes: different worlds, fish out of water, ranch
Overall Rating: 4/5
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