Life's been hard on Addie French, but when she meets Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's horrible brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas, New Mexico, to marry a man she has never met, and Emma seems like a lost soul -- someone who needs Addies's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to a stranger, but when Emma's prospective husband fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her own rules and offers her shelter at the Chili Queen, a brothel. Once Emma enters Addie's ...
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Life's been hard on Addie French, but when she meets Emma Roby on a train, all her protective instincts emerge. Emma's horrible brother is seeing her off to Nalgitas, New Mexico, to marry a man she has never met, and Emma seems like a lost soul -- someone who needs Addies's savvy and wary eye. It isn't often that Addie is drawn to a stranger, but when Emma's prospective husband fails to show up at the train depot, Addie breaks all her own rules and offers her shelter at the Chili Queen, a brothel. Once Emma enters Addie's life, the secrets that unfold and schemes that are hatched cause both women to question everything they thought they knew.
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Add this copy of The Chili Queen to cart. $7.03, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Center Point.