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"She Was Sheriff" - Book 1

"All She Wanted Was a Gold Band—What She Got Was a Tin Star"

For as long as she could remember, Maud Overstreet figured she’d grow up, get married, and have a house with a white picket fence and a brood of kids. Now, in 1872, she’s tired of being the bank president’s spinster daughter and equally tired of washing, ironing, and cleaning. When out of the blue, Dry Creek’s town council offers her the job of replacement sheriff, she accepts. And her sheltered world explodes.

For the first time, Maud enters a saloon, tastes whiskey, learns to shoot, learns to ride a horse and drive a stagecoach, arrests people, and leads men in search parties. Yet she still has time to dream about her long-errant boyfriend, Elijah J. Goodman, off—somewhere—for the past few years. She is convinced they will marry when he returns and hopes it will be soon. But the discovery of gold brings all sorts of unsavory characters to her town, including the threat of the notorious James Mooney Gang. There are rumors of an impending bank robbery. Maud enlists the help of Mayor Seth Critoli, but it’s up to her to save Dry Creek from disaster.


- Reviews -


"A light-hearted look at a woman who gets a job nobody else wants and makes it her own. Maud is a spunky, likable heroine who comes into her own . . . as the town's protector of law and order." 

—Anne Hillerman, NY Times Bestselling Author

"A well-written thoroughly entertaining romp through the Gold Rush country with a reluctant officer of the law who discovers an aptitude for a job most thought only a man could do." 

—Chris Enss, NY Times Bestselling Author of 20 books on the subject of women in the Old West,


She Was Sheriff by Melody Groves

Published by Five Star Publishing

Book Awards

New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner
NMPW Zia Book Award Finalist
  • New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner
  • NMPW Zia Book Award Finalist
  • New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner
  • NMPW Zia Book Award Finalist
  • New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner
  • NMPW Zia Book Award Finalist

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