GRR Reviews Orphaned, Betrayed & Cherished by Her Foreign Artist by Faye Sonja

Orphaned, Betrayed, and Cherished by her Foreign Artist is a western bride series that really made no f***ing sense if you stopped to think about the plot.

Zelda, Grace, and Elizabeth were sisters. When their parents died, she trusted the wrong man and all were captured and separated. Zelda ended up in the West, as a worker at a brothel, essentially a slave, but swearing to reunite her sisters. One day, she was suddenly told she'll be set free. Then she was dumped onto a wagon, blindfolded, driven to the desert, then dumped. Then another man found her, dragged her onto the horse, then dropped her at someone called Charles, and yelled the debt had been settled. It was clear that Zelda has been traded like property to a man who "won" her at a Poker game. Zelda must work on saving her sisters, as one of them was not far from her. She was also in the wagon with her... But she can't take Charles' help... He's a gambler and God knows what else... but he seems to be the only man that was kind to her...

The story made no sense when you think about it. Why would the gang keep the sisters close (only a town over) for TEN YEARS? What are the chances they'd all end up in the same Utah town? The next two books will be about the adventures of the sisters, but this one basically bored me. Things just happen to this woman. There was no decision, no action. It's all tell, no show.

Category: Historical Western

Primary Plot:  bad things keep happening to the three sisters with a suddenly happy ending

Tropes: betrayal, adventure, protector, woman in peril

Overall Rating:  2/5