The Governor's Daughter
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Last published Tue, May 5, 2020
Devil Anse Hatfield is desperate. The McCoy's are attacking his family and only the law can put an end to it without killing everyone. He writes the Governor of West Virginia, Emanuel Wilson. Lydia Jean Wilson, the Governor's daughter, finds the letter and decides she needs to help. She has always been passionate about helping others and wants to follow her Father's footsteps and study law. What happens when Lydia goes to meet the Hatfields? Does she meet the respectable family she was expecting or a bunch of rowdy killers?
Rankings:
#720 in Historical Fiction!!!! Around October 2017
#212 in Historical Fiction!!!! Around December 2018
#9 in Bloodshed!!!! 5-11-18
#2 in Cotton!!!! 5-11-18
#15 in Feud!!!! 5-11-18
#22 in McCoy's!!!! 5-11-18
#24 in Cap!!!! 5-11-18
#1 in Ellison!!!! 3-13-19
#27 in Hatfields!!! 11-20-20
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