"Great storytelling"
Reverend Randall Howe died while poking Lizard Flats' only
prostitute Letty Murphy. She turned to town drunk Eulis
Potter for help in hiding the corpse by offering him
unlimited use of her body. To further their deception,
Eulis posed as a preacher, which he got away with for
awhile because no one remembered him dressed up and not
drunk. Shockingly, Letty gains religion and Eulis enjoys
his sobering role though no pokes occur. The twosome tour the local Kansas towns as a preacher and
his spinster sister even while violence between supporters
of the south vs. that of the north have led to a Cain and
Abel killing environment. They continue into Colorado
preaching the Lord's Word and beginning to find more than
solace with one another. Unmasked, they decide to seek
gold in the Rockies, but Letty and Eulis who have
reinvented themselves into ethical giving people love one
another in the biblical way, but both remain reluctant to
tell the other because they need the camaraderie and
companionship as much, perhaps more, than the adult love
they hide. With the sequel to wonderful WHIPPOORWILL, sensational
Sharon Sala shows why she consistently is among the best
authors of historical romance. THE AMEN TRAIL is a
terrific look back at a troubling time in American history
when "Bleeding Kansas" continues into the Civil War. Ms.
Sala enables her audience to observe vividly the righteous
defend their side in God's name through what the born
again Eulis and Letty see. The crafty romantic subplot
augments a fantastic late 1850s early 1860s trek into the
former Kansas territory. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 14, 2004
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