Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Adventure fiction: Westerns

SAWBONES

Melissa Lenhardt

Commercial and gut-wrenching, Sawbones shows a world where there are no rules except survival. It’s a Western for the female reader: gritty, realistic, and action-packed, hailed as: "thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new subgenre: the feminist Western” (Lone Star Literary Life). Fans of Diana Gabaldon (this is Outlander minus the magic), Sandra Dallas, and Jane Got a Gun, will love these books.

When Dr. Catherine Bennett is wrongfully accused of murder, she knows her fate likely lies with a noose unless she can disappear. Fleeing with a bounty on her head, she escapes with her maid to the uncharted territories of Colorado to build a new life with a new name. Although the story of the murderess in New York is common gossip, Catherine’s false identity serves her well as she fills in as a temporary army doctor. And in a land unknown, so large yet so small, a female doctor can only hide for so long.

Melissa Lenhardt is on the board of directors for the North Dallas chapter of Sisters in Crime, as well as a member of the DFW Writers Workshop. She lives in Texas with her husband and two sons.

Available products
Book Published 2017-04-11 by Redhook
Book Published 2017-04-11 by Redhook

Comments

Sawbones is a thoroughly original, smart and satisfying hybrid, perhaps a new subgenre: the feminist Western.

This action-packed western (first in a proposed trilogy) introduces a courageous new heroine—one that readers won’t likely forget.

Frisco author Melissa Lenhardt didn't like what she saw in Westerns, so she wrote her own Read more...

Raw, gritty and sometimes graphic, Melissa Lenhardt has crafted a page-turner. In Sawbones, the women are smart, brave and at times 'incorrigible.' The plot twists, unique characters and intriguing story of passion and betrayal make this a book well worth discovering.

You will fall in love with Catherine, as I did, as she struggles to assert herself in a violent and treacherous world, fighting not only prejudice but evil. Melissa Lenhardt's heroine is a passionate, compassionate woman, who must deal with Indians and bounty hunters, fear and injustice—and even love.

Packs a big punch with grit and raw passion. There is mystery, murder, Indians, bounty hunters and intrigue. The women are brave, intelligent and don't take crap from anyone. Lenhardt is a talented, creative writer; she has a grand slam out of the park with Sawbones.

Melissa Lenhardt’s SAWBONES was nominated for a Reviewers’ Choice Best Book Awardin Historical Fiction at RT Book Reviews.

Absolutely loved it! I couldn't tear myself away from Sawbones. An epic story of love and courage that sweeps from east to west, Sawbones will rip right through you.

Melissa Lenhardt has given us an amazing heroine and sent her on a thrilling journey from the teeming streets of New York City to the vast wilderness of the Texas frontier. Dr. Catherine Bennett's adventure will keep you turning pages long into the night!

It was damn brilliant and I absolutely loved it!...Mix of loveliness with the book's vicious, ruthless side that made Sawbones so compelling...You can be sure I'll be devouring [Blood Oath] as soon as I can get my hands on it.