I LOVED The Confidential Life of Eugenia Cooper by Kathleen Y’Barbo! If you’re looking for a fun weekend read, THIS is the book for you! I really enjoyed the book within a book style which had each chapter beginning with a few paragraphs from the dime-novel the main character is reading. I found myself anxiously looking forward to the next chapter to see what was going on in the dime-store novel as well as in the lives of this book’s characters! It was really an enjoyable twist! I enjoyed all of the characters and the 1880’s wild west setting.

Publisher’s Summary: The future is clearly mapped out for New York socialite Eugenia “Gennie” Cooper, but she secretly longs to slip into the boots of her favorite dime-novel heroine and experience just one adventure before settling down. When the opportunity arises, Gennie jumps at the chance to experience the Wild West, but her plans go awry when she is drawn into the lives of silver baron Daniel Beck and his daughter and finds herself caring for them more than is prudent–especially as she’s supposed to go back to New York and marry another man.

As Gennie adapts to the rough-and-tumble world of 1880s Colorado, she must decide whether her future lies with the enigmatic Daniel Beck or back home with the life planned for her since birth. The question is whether Daniel’s past–and disgruntled miners bent on revenge–will take that choice away from her.

Author’s Bio: Kathleen Y’Barbo is the best-selling, award-winning author of more than thirty novels, novellas, and young adult books, with more than a half-million in print. A graduate of Texas A&M University, she is currently a publicist with Books & Such literary agency.

I don’t have one of these books to giave away, but if any of my local friends would like to borrow my copy of this one let me know.