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"A refreshing western romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 6, 2001

In the nineteenth century out west, Sophie Madrigal makes a living by telling fortunes, but her real motive is to bring Ivo Hardwick to frontier justice administered by herself for the murder of her son. Pinkerton undercover agent Gabriel Caine also seeks Ivo, but being a quasi- member of the Read more...

"Entertaining and Intriguing!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted November 9, 2001

Gabriel Caine is in a train station in Laredo, Texas waiting for the train. He works for the Pinkerton Agency and has been hired to hunt down a man to bring him back to be tried for murder and assault. Gabriel's interest is piqued when he notices Sophie Madrigal Read more...

Summary

When Sophie Madrigal sets out to exact vengeance on Ivo Hardwick, accompanied by her aunt Juniper, her pug dog Tybalt, and the dwarf Dmitri, she doesn't expect to stumble over Gabriel Caine. Gabriel, a Pinkerton man who is also out to get Hardwick, wants to bring the villain to justice. To Sophie, the only justice appropriate for Hardwick is death. Administered by her.

It doesn't help either Sophie or Gabriel that, while on their individual quests, they keep bumping into the magic they inadvertently create whenever they get together. Sophie's family has been in the spiritualist business for ages. Sophie's always reviled the family business, believing it to be so much hokum -- until now.

As for Gabriel, the son of revivalist preachers, he's as cynical as a man can be -- until he meets his fate in Sophie.