Carrie Sue is newly married. Her past as part of a group of bandits has placed her and her husband, Thad, on a ranch where they can't get it started until he has fulfilled his promise to be the local marshall for an undetermined amount of time. He has put his reputation on the line for her and her brother, so while they were bandits, they were mild ones. Christmas is approaching and the couple faces the fact that Thad is going to have to leave and go after dangerous bank robbers.
The story is totally from Carrie Sue's point of view and thus was pretty boring. She is hiding the fact that she is pregnant because she does not want to distract Thad while he is pursuing these men. Thad hides the level of danger that he will be in because he doesn't want to worry her.
Seeing as we're basically stuck in the cabin most of the time with Carrie Sue while she knits or sews, sometimes she goes out to the barn and milks the cow, the only other real action is when she visits a neighbor and finds out who exactly her husband is chasing. She decorates the house for Christmas by herself, so that wasn't really very exciting either...
All in all, I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a short sequel on some other characters that Janelle Taylor wrote in the past, and the best part was that there was a happy ending. I wasn't real impressed with the book and wouldn't recommend it to others.
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