Stagecoach Woman — Dorothy Dowdell

SHE FOUND HER DESTINY IN A WILD DANGEROUS LAND

If her father was determined to move his stagecoach business to California, Jessie Henderson was determined to get there, too. But his infuriating new partner, Tonio Maquire, wouldn't take a fragile female out west, so she traded her gingham for a pair of britches and disguised herself as a boy, determined to learn to handle a six-horse hitch as well as any man.

Hell-bent on besting hotheaded disturbingly handsome Tonio, Jessie was unprepared for the wild, dangerous ride across the plains, fighting buffalo stampedes, Indians, bandits, and deadly sandstorms -- and for her own disturbing feelings for Tonio.

Owned by no man, she embraced beautiful Sacramento and its unlimited opportunities. She was a legend in her own time, a woman who drove across the untamed frontier when dreams were bold, the future was for the taking, and love was as grand and triumphant as America itself...