Charity MacCay and the Saintly Wives

By Helena Soister

Charity MacCay knows how to get into trouble, and how to be trouble for anyone who tries to hurt her or the man she loves. It's 1868, and Charity now has money and property in Manhattan. But she still doesn't have Hugh Sommer. When he leaves for San Francisco and her engaged mother moves to the Utah Territory, Charity decides to head West too. Once there she catches the eye of Mormon leader Brigham Young, who's tempted to add her to his collection of forty (and counting) wives. But when she breaks a law while reuniting with Hugh, she must face Brigham's wrath and choose between the hell of prison or the purgatory of a polygamous marriage. FROM THE BACK COVER: The second installment of the rollicking memoir of a daring woman It's 1868, and things aren't looking up for Charity. Although she now has money and property in Manhattan, she still doesn't have Hugh Sommer. He's about to leave for San Francisco, while her mother is moving to the Utah Territory where she'll marry her Mormon fianc?. To add to her woes, Charity suffers an illness and injury. She recuperates at the Oneida Community, where Bible-inspired group marriage is the rule and where Charity causes such an unholy distraction the members expel her. Free and on her own again, Charity resolves to escort her mother to the West and afterwards be reunited with Hugh in California. Once in Utah, however, Charity catches the eye of powerful Mormon leader Brigham Young, who wants to add her to his harem of forty (and counting) wives. When Hugh arrives on the scene, she gives in to temptation and breaks the Territory's fanatical laws on sexual relations. Before she can escape with Hugh, she finds herself under arrest and facing a polygamous marriage to avoid prison. Soon she has no choice but to get her money, get a gun, and spend a treacherous winter plotting to get back with the man she loves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692792570
• ISBN13: 9780692792575
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Lafayette Books
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.1" x 5.3"