Sharpshooter in Petticoats 

Sophie's Daughters #3 

Paperback, hardcover

January 1, 2011

by Mary Connealy

• Paperback: 315 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Books
• ISBN-13: 978-1602601482

Mandy McClellen Grey, has become the focus of a feud thanks to her husband, who made this mess and then died. Far from home, Mandy, the best little rifle woman in the west, has resigned herself to a lonely life under siege rather than call for help and endanger her family.

Tom Linscott is fed up with waiting for Mandy who should have had the sense to come to him as soon as she finished burying her worthless husband. In fact he'd've come fast enough to dig the hole if she'd've sent for him. He goes to round up his little woman and buys into a heap of trouble from a whole clan of outlaws.

Between Mandy's deadly skill with her rifle, her determination to not bring trouble down on someone she loves, and an ever growing crowd of varmints who want to bury everyone named Grey—and anyone who sides with them, Tom may not survive getting himself hitched.

My thoughts:  Catching up on an older book I had in my to-read pile today.  This is the third book in the Sophie's Daughter series, but it stands alone. For those who like to read in order, the books are Doctor in Petticoats, Wrangler in Petticoats, and SHARPSHOOTER IN PETTICOATS. 

If I read the first two in the series (I think I did) I don't remember them, but this book seems to stand alone. It is pure, classic Mary Connealy, romance/western/comedy. Belief is suspended in this story, and there is a lot of kissing -- about the only attraction hero and heroine had for each other.  She talks, he wants to shut her up. She cries, he wants to stop her. He bosses her around like  a mindless idiot and she believes he is one. Sounds like a match made in Heaven.  Plenty of shooting action, too.  Definitely a historical western with a lot of humor. 

If you like westerns, historical romance, or Mary Connealy and you missed this when it first came out, it's still available. Fans will be delighted.  I received this book free. My opinion is my own