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The Plus Size Sisterhood in 1890s: "Three Women, One Sisterhood, and Love Unexpected in the Old West"
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Series: The Curvies(tm), Book 3
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 28 2025
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into 1890s Guthrie, Oklahoma-a frontier town bursting with gossip, grit, and more sass than a church picnic on a hot July afternoon. Three women, all plus-size, all overlooked by men who thought them too much woman, form an unlikely bond that would shake the dust off the prairie and make history in ways no one expected.
Meet Maggie Turner, thirty years old, white unmarried, and running a boardinghouse left to her by her late parents. Her sisters moved west long ago, leaving her with peeling wallpaper, bills, and a whole town whispering that she was destined to remain a spinster. Men admired her face and hair but made cruel jokes that they couldn't feed Maggie and their livestock too. Still, she kept her chin high and her heart tucked behind faith and stubbornness.
Enter Ahyv, a Native woman with jet-black hair, skillful hands, and a gift for cooking savory stews that could make a trader weep with joy. Though her tribe moved deeper into Indian Territory, Ahyv remained in Guthrie, determined to keep her trade alive. She struck a deal with Maggie-room and board in exchange for stew that the boardinghouse tenants swore was heavenly. Behind closed doors, she and Maggie laughed at the townsfolk who thought Maggie had suddenly become a master chef.
Then there's Clara, a big-hearted, colored woman with big-boned woman from a farming family who baked pies so good they could bring peace to a feud. After losing her job at a bakery, she struck her own deal with Maggie. Together, the three formed not just a household, but a sisterhood-plotting business ventures, praying for God's favor, and laughing their way through every slight the town threw at them.
But Guthrie wasn't ready for what came next.
Maggie found herself entangled with Josiah Jones, a tall, educated lawyer with striking looks, progressive views, and a heart for justice. Their romance sparked hope, but just as their wedding bells were ready to ring, disaster struck. Out of nowhere, Josiah was arrested at the altar-dragged away in front of the entire congregation. His crime? Breach of promise. Turns out, when Josiah was twelve years old, he supposedly promised to marry Mary Stuart, a girl he barely remembered. Add to that another wealthy rival, Marion Blum, waving papers of her own, and the scandal was hotter than Clara's oven on pie day.
The courtroom turned into a circus. The sheriff struggled to keep order. Maggie fainted. The Jones family stormed in from Kansas, furious that their golden son intended to marry a boardinghouse keeper who shared her roof with a Native woman and a colored woman. Yet through the chaos, Josiah stood tall and declared: A man who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the Lord (Proverbs 18:22). His good thing, he insisted, was Maggie.
What follows is a whirlwind of courtroom drama, gossip wars, midnight prayer meetings, and laugh-out-loud schemes as the Plus-Size Sisterhood fights lies, prejudice, and injustice. Along the way, love surprises them all-Maggie with her defiant lawyer, Clara with a Buffalo Soldier who can't resist her pies, and Ahyv with a striking new federal trader who sees her beauty and her faith before anything else.
This isn't just a romance. It's a tale of courage, humor, and women who refused to shrink back-literally or figuratively. The Plus-Size Sisterhood proves that God's plans are often wrapped in laughter, trials, and a healthy helping of stew.
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