Spinster's Folly - Marsha Ward

Book 3 of The Owen Family Saga

Marie Owen yearns for a loving husband, but Colorado Territory is long on rough characters and short on fitting suitors, so a future of spinsterhood seems more likely for her than wedded bliss.

Her best friend says cowboy Bill Henry is a likely candidate, but Marie knows her class-conscious father would not allow such a pairing. When she challenges her father to find her a suitable husband before she becomes a spinster, he arranges a match with a neighbor’s son. Then Marie discovers Tom Morgan would be an unloving, abusive mate and his mother holds a grudge against the Owen family. Marie’s mounting despair at the prospect of being trapped in such a dismal marriage drives her into the arms of a sweet-talking predator, landing her in unimaginable dangers.

Endorsement by Irene Bennett Brown, award-winning author of Before the Lark; the “Women of Paragon Springs” series and “Celia Landrey” mysteries: The harrowing experiences in early-day Colorado of 18-year-old spinster, Marie Owen, the result of her simple wish for a husband, held me spellbound from start to finish. I couldn’t put the book down. An incredible story, Spinster’s Folly is one of the best women’s novels of the west I’ve had the pleasure to read. Ever!

Endorsement by Rod Miller, Spur Award-winning author: From family drama to neighborhood conflicts, cruel abuse and budding romance, a runaway bride and the suspenseful pursuit of a craven criminal, Spinster’s Folly is a wide-ranging novel of the Old West. Author Marsha Ward populates the story with characters both likeable and despicable, and follows them through situations both dramatic and revealing. We feel the harsh sting of a nasty slap, the softness of a feathery kiss, the pain of a shattered heart, and the dueling passions of decorum and desire. You’ll chase through the pages of Spinster’s Folly with all the speed and intensity of a determined cowboy in hot pursuit of stolen love.

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