Claudia Cravens

In the summer of 1877, Bridget is orphaned when her unreliable father succumbs to a snakebite as they are crossing the Kansas prairie. Arriving in Dodge City as a penniless orphan, she's quickly recruited for work at the Buffalo Queen brothel and befriends her bookish mentor Constance, securing her home and employment as the favourite of Sheriff's Deputy Jim Bonnie....