Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt (Hachette Audio) 5*

Publication date 26/10/21for audio book. book and ebook published 2018 480 pages

Any picture with horses on really makes me want to read it and i love a good western. The tag line that an all girl outlaw team that was almost deleted from history because the male outlaws felt embarrassed just had me hooked for I even started reading or listening as it was an audio book. I must say thank you to Netgalley and Hachette Audio for allowing me to read/listen to this book. This audio book has a full cast and is truly amazing. I hope you all love this book as much as i have. It also fits the following prompts for Ladyreading365 reading challenge on Facebook. Prompt #9 historical fiction, #16 multicultural interest, #20 audio book, #31 woman's fiction, #37 set in North America, #2 hold your horses, #39 western and #48 a 450+ page book.

Synopsis

They were the first and only all-female gang in the American West. Though the newspapers refuse to give them credit, their exploits don't go unnoticed. Now, they've got a rival male gang on their trail and an old score to settle.

Margaret Parker and Hattie LaCour never intended to turn outlaw.

After being run off their ranch by a greedy cattleman, their family is left destitute. As women alone they have few choices: marriage, lying on their backs for money, or holding a gun. For Margaret and Hattie the choice is simple. With their small makeshift family, the gang pulls off a series of heists across the West.

Though the newspapers refuse to give the female gang credit, their exploits don't go unnoticed. Pinkertons are on their trail, a rival male gang is determined to destroy them, and secrets among the group threaten to tear them apart. Now, Margaret and Hattie must find a way to protect their family, finish one last job, and avoid the hangman's noose.

My Review

I loved this book so much. I listened to the Audio book and it has a full cast, which really brought this book to life. The cast was just perfect to create the most brilliant sense of atmosphere. It almost seemed and felt like a non-fiction book, the author claimed the this story was found by a friend at an antiques fair. Which told the story of an all woman outlaw team. It was wrote as a set of interviews telling this story which I found very interesting element of the book. It made the book exciting, gripping, with a brilliant sense of atmosphere and tension. The story-line was brilliant from the start all the way until the very last moment. The author really does have a knack for adding those little details that really bring the story to life. I could not put this book down (or at least press pause lol) sleep felt less important while reading this book as the level of action just captures you, ensnared the mind, its such a brilliant historic fiction / western. It was amazing that it follows a group of women outlaws, who found it too embarrassing to admit that they did a better job than the male counterparts. I will be looking forward to reading more books by this author in the future.