"Second book in the Wife Lottery series is lively and entertaining."

Sam Gatlin and Sarah Andrews are now married after Sam put his name in the hat and Sarah drew it out. She said she'd marry him if he paid her fine, even though he couldn't imagine anyone wanting him. When Sam first saw Sarah, he thought an angel had escaped from heaven.

Sarah's first husband died of smallpox while they were traveling west, so she was abandoned by the wagon train. Her life has been very hard up until now, and she refuses to lose Sam. So it seems Sarah has to keep patching up her bounty-hunter husband whenever he gets shot or stabbed, which is often.

This second book in Ms. Thomas' Wife Lottery series stays lively and entertaining as Sarah gains strength and confidence in herself, and Sam realizes he no longer has to be a loner. I loved this story!

Reviewed by Delia Larkins
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted October 29, 2003

Summary

It all started when she got thrown off the wagon train. Now, a crook is dead and Sarah Andrews has been raffled off in a "Wife Lottery." That seems bad enough—until she discovers her new groom with a knife in his back.

He just barely survives—and now if Sarah doesn't get him out of town fast, someone is going to make sure Sam Gatlin doesn't live long enough to enjoy the honeymoon. No matter what he may have done, or how many enemies he has, Sarah feels she owes him. After all, he saved her from a life in prison. But never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that this dangerously attractive Texan would steal her heart and make her want to take the biggest gamble of all....