The Best Man

What might have been an ordinary western romance of three sisters trying to win their inheritance by joining a cattle drive becomes, in Maggie Osborne's exceptional hands, a knock-out good read that will win even those who generally prefer European-set romances. Freddy, Alex, and Les--so named because their father wanted sons--hates cows even more than each other, but their real problem lies in their self-defeating attitudes and misconceptions. Dal Frisco, the foreman they hire, who needs this chance as much as they do, just won't let them quit. Their hard-won transformation--into skilled cowgirls and into women of strength and courage eager to embrace the future and their newfound loves--is thoroughly convincing and remarkably satisfying. --Ellen Edwards