She was beautiful and exasperating, a little hellcat with barnyard manners. If anyone was to make a lady of her, it would be Marshal Travis Kincaid, and even with outlaws overrunning his town, he swore to silence her sassy mouth with his lips and unleash all her wild Sweet Fury.
Severity reflects intensity, not value — “central theme” means a warning is a core part of the book, not that the book is bad.