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| − | [[Category:RITA Winning Title]] [[Category:1997 Releases]] [[Category:Historical - United States]] | + | [[Category:RITA Winning Title]] [[Category:1997 Releases]] [[Category:Historical - United States]][[Category:Kick-Ass Heroine]][[Category:Road Romance]] |
* '''Author''': [[Maggie Osborne]] | * '''Author''': [[Maggie Osborne]] | ||
* '''Publisher''': [[Time Warner]] | * '''Publisher''': [[Time Warner]] | ||
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* '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446604410/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Promise of Jenny Jones] | * '''Amazon Listing''' - [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446604410/ref=nosim/103-3685024-2000659?n=283155 The Promise of Jenny Jones] | ||
| − | In this tearjerker, tough Jenny Jones is sentenced to die in Mexico. When another woman offers to trade places in exchange for a promise from Jenny, Jenny believes she's gotten lucky. But Jenny's promise, to deliver the woman's child her father in California, requires more effort and heartache than Jenny anticipates. | + | In this tearjerker, tough Jenny Jones, a muleskinner who dresses like a man, drinks, fights, cusses and shoots, is sentenced to die in Mexico for killing a soldier who was trying to rape her. When another woman offers to trade places in exchange for a promise from Jenny, Jenny believes she's gotten lucky. But Jenny's promise, to deliver the woman's child her father in California, requires more effort and heartache than Jenny anticipates. The woman's family in Mexico want the child dead, and the child's uncle from California is also looking for her to bring her home. |
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
* [[1998 RITA® Winners|1998 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Long Historical]] category | * [[1998 RITA® Winners|1998 RITA®]] in the [[RITA®: Best Long Historical Romance|Long Historical]] category | ||
| + | * Winner of the [http://www.likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=5958 Romantic Times 1997 award for Best Innovative Historical Romance] | ||
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| + | == Reviews == | ||
| + | * [http://www.romantictimes.com/books_review.php?book=1417 Romantic Times 4 star review] | ||
Revision as of 07:44, 31 December 2006
- Author: Maggie Osborne
- Publisher: Time Warner
- Year: 1997
- Setting: Mexico, California.
- Amazon Listing - The Promise of Jenny Jones
In this tearjerker, tough Jenny Jones, a muleskinner who dresses like a man, drinks, fights, cusses and shoots, is sentenced to die in Mexico for killing a soldier who was trying to rape her. When another woman offers to trade places in exchange for a promise from Jenny, Jenny believes she's gotten lucky. But Jenny's promise, to deliver the woman's child her father in California, requires more effort and heartache than Jenny anticipates. The woman's family in Mexico want the child dead, and the child's uncle from California is also looking for her to bring her home.
Awards
- 1998 RITA® in the Long Historical category
- Winner of the Romantic Times 1997 award for Best Innovative Historical Romance
