Book Review ** Gunpowder Tea

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Gunpowder Tea by Margaret Brownley. This is book three in the Brides of Last Chance Ranch series. Here you can read my reviews of the first two books, Dawn Comes Early and Waiting ForMorning.  It is an easy read that you don’t want to put down until you have finished the book.  The characters are well developed and there is a bit of mystery surrounding the hero and heroine that makes you wonder how things will work out.

Miranda Hunt, is a Pinkerton Detective, using the assumed name of Miss Annie Beckman, is on assignment in Cactus Patch, Arizona Territory at the Last Chance Ranch to discover who the Phantom is that has been terrorizing the area for more than a year, robbing banks and rustling cattle. She arrives as Ms. Eleanor Walker’s latest heiress and the train is robbed just before arriving in town.  The marshal has been tipped off that the train robbery is taking place and arrests the perpetrators upon arrival in Cactus Patch; however one of the robbers, Jeremy Taggart, isn’t what he seems. Known as Branch to the ranch hands, Jeremy Taggart is actually a Wells Fargo Detective who was hired by the banker to work at the ranch and uncover the secret of the Phantom. Will Miranda and Jeremy continue their suspicion of each other or will they decide to work together when their true identity is revealed to each other?

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