The Ruby Queen

<p><strong>This book contains graphic sex and violence and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.</strong></p><p>Mattie Wallace is rejected by her family and her community when she refuses to marry one brother - because she loves the other. Labeled a trollop and run out of town she finds herself on the road with meager possessions and little money.</p><p>Soon Mattie meets Roxana: a woman in the Trade. Mattie is impressed with Roxie's confidence independence and her lovely wardrobe and also with the fact that Roxie has made herself a life that is not dictated by a man.</p><p>Mattie joins Roxie on her way to a new and profitable life in the West where women are few and men are willing to pay for their company. Making her way to Abilene Kansas - a cow town where cowboys spend their money on whiskey and women - Mattie soon learns the ways of the women in the Trade and the hazards of the west.</p>