Posted in 5 paws, Giveaway, Historical, Novella, Review, Short Story on January 21, 2022

 

 

 

 

Shoot Like a Girl (A PreQuel Novella to Girl With A Gun)

 

by Kari Bovee

 

Category: Adult Fiction (18 + yrs), 84 pages

 

Genre: Historical Fiction, Cozy Mystery

 

Publisher: Bosque Publishing

 

 

 

Synopsis

 

She would do anything for her loved ones, even if it meant she’d be lost to them forever.

Young Annie Oakley never expected to be saddled with responsibility so soon. Following her father’s sudden death, the spirited girl finds herself shipped to a nearby county working for a couple promising a good wage. But when she discovers they are not what they seem, Annie suddenly fears her life may be in peril.

Determined to help her mother and siblings, she endures the hardships and mistreatment from the couple. But when that cruelty is targeted at the beautiful Buckskin horse who is her only friend, Annie decides to take matters into her own hands.

Will the spunky teen return to her loved ones, or will her decision land her in jail?

​Shoot like a Girl is the prequel novella to the Annie Oakley mystery series. If you like a fiercely loyal heroine who won’t be anyone’s victim, then you’ll love Kari Bovée’s thrilling story of America’s best-loved sharpshooting sensation.

 

 

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Review

 

If you decide to delve into this series featuring Annie Oakley, make sure to read this prequel first. I didn’t read it before I had read Girl with a Gun and wish I had because it gives us a better understanding of why Annie decided to enter a shooting contest and then join up with Wild Bill’s Wild West Show at the young age of 15. We learn the back story of how she obtains Buck (the horse) and how she had a rough few years helping another family.

I felt for Annie in this story and what she had to endure. This couple was selfish and what she had to do for them was akin to slavery but only slightly better. Annie has a big heart but could only stand so much abuse from these people.

I was so glad to see her escape her tormentors and return home. Many truths were discovered at that point about the home that trained her and the couple that employed her.

While the rest of this series fits into the cozy mystery genre, this one isn’t much of a mystery but provides the backstory of Annie.

I am a fan of Annie’s and can’t wait to finish the rest of the series. We give this 5 paws up.

 

 

 

 

About the Author

 

When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white-sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Bovee writes the award-winning Annie Oakley Mystery Series and the Grace Michelle Mystery Series and has more ideas than time for many, many more.


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Giveaway

 

 

Enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card courtesy of the author of the Annie Oakley Mysteries! (one winner) (ends Feb 11)

 

GIRL WITH A GUN (Annie Oakley Mystery) Audiobook Tour Giveaway