Paulette Kennedy's Reviews > The Last Woman Standing

A spellbinding western for women starring a spunky real-life pioneer woman: Josephine (or Sadie--as she's later known) Earp.

When young Josephine Marcus comes to Tombstone on a cramped stagecoach, her head full of romantic notions concerning the man she's betrothed to, she isn't expecting all of her innocent dreams to crumble at her feet. Her fiance, Johnny Behan, is certainly handsome and charming--too charming. It doesn't take Josephine long to discover he's a smooth-tongued, lying philanderer full of empty promises. But then she meets Wyatt Earp--tall, stoic, with a strong moral compass set towards justice, and Josephine's whole world tilts on its axis. With the reputation of being the most beautiful--and envied--woman in Tombstone, allies are hard for Josephine to find and jealousies run hot as the Arizona sun, erupting in a cataclysmic showdown at the O.K. Corral.

Carried along by Thelma Adams' clever, witty prose, you'll fall for Wyatt right along with Josie. This is at once a love story and an inspiring ode to strong-willed women like Josephine who made the Wild West their own.