PositiveHistorical Novel SocietyWhile the grit and fortitude of these women never come into question, the validity of their background often does. Was it really necessary for each and every one of them to have a traumatic, scarring past? These women may be tough, but it seemed excessive for all of their backgrounds to be inexplicably awful ... This story is written at a gallop, with so many plots overlapping, that the reader will be fully engaged ... a Wild West epic, with heroes that have largely been written out of history. For readers that want to see minorities, of both the west and today, represented with personality, I recommend this book to you.