A historical fiction book for me. Also, a look at two people from different walks of life. First professor Jessie Reeves is blazing her own trail especially since her parents took her around the world. It is now her turn and she is working with the Smithsonian about the lives of Native Americans and of plants from the desert. Frist wanting to draw different plants and also categorize she plans a trip into the Texas desert. Without her knowledge her Uncle a Senator requests an escort from the Texas Rangers.
Enter Ranger Benjamín Edwards, he is getting ready to leave the Rangers shortly and is assigned to escort a Professor into the desert. He was not expecting a woman. Also, not one who is fairly self-efficient. They banter back and forth and for the most begin to like each other’s company until one faithful day when they are kidnapped. They are later rescued but he is hurt severely and she treats his wounds. After this they return and then she leaves back for Washington D.C. she is later surprised when he arrives wanting her hand in marriage.
Here is a story of a powerful woman who has her own ideas in a time when women were not thought of that way. And the way the two of them worked through each other’s different thoughts was very interesting. They each could be stubborn, but each wanted to be with the other one.
I really liked Jessie since I grew up with a Grandmother who graduated college before a woman could vote and even then, she was given a certificate, not a diploma. That was 1916. Overall a good book.