Donna MacQuigg The Price of Pride

The Price of Pride

Donna MacQuigg

Five Star, Jun 2006, $25.95

ISBN: 1594144648

In 1892 reporter Sarah Brighton strongly believes in women's suffrage hoping to one day be a role model for future female journalists to follow. However, she puts on hold her dream of becoming a star reporter in order to travel to New Mexico to settle the estate of her recently deceased cousin who died in a fire.

Marshal Ira Farrell is also in town investigating the suspicious death of a lawman and the fire that he assumes was arson that killed his brother and Sarah's cousin. When the two outsiders meet, an attraction erupts immediately between them. They initially investigate separately as she has become suspicious about the fire that killed her relative. However, Sarah and Ira soon team up as they uncover a conspiracy that involves must of the local leading citizens.

THE PRICE OF PRIDE is an exciting western romantic suspense story starring a solid strong lawman and an independent courageous heroine. The story line uses a late nineteenth century frontier police procedural with an amateur sleuth investigation serving as the matchmaker between the lead couple. Though Ira seems a bit too modern with how easily he acquiesces to Sarah's suffrage demands, fans will enjoy a look at the early stages of the women's rights movement.

Harriet Klausner