Woman wants to go west by taking a wagon train. She is a woman doctor and needs to go to her father in hopes of treating his consumption. She marries the wagon master (in name only) and starts the journey. Needless to say the marriage doesn't stay in name only long. The characters were strong and likable. The story rolled at a good pace and the idea that she had to travel by wagon train, when she needed to get there in such a hurry, didn't ring all that real with me.

This book was excellent, well though out plot with a likable hero and heroine. Addie is the feisty female lead, a doctor in a time when such things are unheard of in the territories. Determined to reach her father before he dies, Addie embarks on a journey to reach Baker City with a westbound wagon train. Because she is female and unmarried the wagonmaster reluctantly agrees to marry her to avoid problems with the other travelers.

Experiencing life on the frontier with Addie and Jos More...

Best book I've read in a long time...

Winner of the 2009 Laurel Wreath Award for Best Historical.