The Ruby Queen by Lori Beasley Bradley Hardback Book 9784867509166

This book contains graphic sex and violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18Mattie Wallace is rejected by her family and her community when she refuses to marry one brother because she loves the otherampnbspLabeled a trollop and run out of town she finds herself on the road with meager possessions and little moneySoon Mattie meets Roxana a woman in the TradeampnbspMattie is impressed with Roxies confidence independence and her lovely wardrobe and also with the fact that Roxie has made herself a life that is not dictated by a manMattie joins Roxie on her way to a new and profitable life in the West where women are few and men are willing to pay for their companyampnbspMaking her way to Abilene Kansas a cow town where cowboys spend their money on whiskey and women Mattie soon learns the ways of the women in the Trade and the hazards of the west