Deliverance Drive [Paperback]

Suzann Ledbetter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

Desperate to free herself from her late gambler husband's debts, Jennie French takes a job leading a herd of cattle through a previously uncrossed wilderness and finds help from a handsome drifter, a hard-case cook, and an ex-prostitute.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In the 1870s, when news of gold strikes in British Columbia attracted hordes of prospectors, a man named Dooley, knowing the men would have to eat, herded his cattle 160 miles across brutalizing Canadian wilderness to perform the task. Ledbetter, the author of the Spur Award-winning Nellie Cashman: Prospector and Trailblazer, has used that story as inspiration for her own tale. Jenna French's late husband managed to make one (and only one) legal transaction before meeting his maker?the purchase of a herd of longhorns. Jenna plans to drive the "passel of beeves" across 120 miles of Canadian wilderness to the gold fields at Dease Lake, and she needs seasoned cattleman Dan Brannum to help her. Dan may be a "stubborn, surly, arrogant son of a bitch," but he's not stupid: the way he sees it, the 60/40 split of the profits will allow him to buy back the Texas ranch his foolhardy brother has lost. Intricate background detail, a gutsy heroine and fine use of period vernacular add up to a read that's "finer than fur on a frog's ass."
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Signet (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451188608
• ISBN-13: 978-0451188601
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 3.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,655,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Suzann's mother taught her to read at age four, assuming a tomboy couldn't have her nose in a book and get into trouble, simultaneously. It didn't work, but somehow, Suzann's insatiable curiosity, smarty-pants mouth, tendency to make up stuff and love of Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden novels became the basis of a diverse writing career.

Suzann (www.SuzannLedbetter.com) is a Writers Hall of Fame of America inductee and received a Western Writers of America Spur Award for her biography, NELLIE CASHMAN, PROSPECTOR & TRAILBLAZER. Suzann was an editor-at-large for Family Circle magazine for over a decade and is a client of Greater Talent Network, an international talent agency.

In April 2006, Suzann's short story "How To Murder Your Mother-in-Law" will appear in Avon's DEADLY HOUSEWIVES anthology. May marks publication of her latest suspense/caper, ONCE A THIEF (Mira) and in August, SHADY LADIES, a biographical collection of 19th century nonconformists is due out from Tor/Forge.

Suzann and her husband share their Missouri Ozarks home with three retired racing greyhounds, two morbidly obese cats and way-more books than the children's library her mom hoped would tame the ornery streak Suzann allegedly inherited from her father's side of the gene pool.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book. It was well written., June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Deliverance Drive (Paperback)

This book was spectacular. I really enjoyed readingit. I could not help laughing when she thought he was after her, to kill her(I can not recall what the characters names were). I also thought it was funny when they had there fight at the end. I can not wait to read other books by Mrs. Ledbetter