Touch of Lace — Margaret Brownley

PINT-SIZED, PRETTY...
Small as she is, Abby Parker holds her head high and her shoulders square. A real lady isn't supposed to throw a knife, swear like a sailor, or come-to Colorado alone -- Abby does all three. She is searching for her missing traveling-salesman uncle, and a little thing like propriety isn't going to stop her as she arrives in Dangling Rope (pop. 12--if you don't count the buzzards).

AND PURE TROUBLE
Tracing her uncle's route, Abby takes his stock of cosmetic preparations and becomes a peddler too. The trail ends in this mining town, and a whirlwind of feelings begin. Causing a riot at the bawdy house, and cajoling warpaint recipes from the Indians, she is the wild, new woman of the Old West, tempting the sheriff to throw her in jail -- or into his bed. Now desire and danger are like a powder keg in Dangling Rope -- and this intrepid traveling lady is the explosive flame...