The issues with the writing involved multiple weaknesses in continuity. It is a love story with a depth and breadth not usually seen in romantic fiction. Then there is beautiful Julia who has both an emotionally abusive father who was pushing her to marry for a business deal to a man who raped her which is why she decided to run away from home, First she works in a inn cooking in the kitchen while she starts corresponding with an interfering but loving neighbor of Everett’s (Rachel) and encourages her to leave Boston for Kansas to become a mail order bride. The main story involves Everett who has lost 3 brides to other men and one who died on the train ride to meet him so four brides lost. I enjoyed this book, for it has some excellent strengths for example the author’s use of the Story of David threads into the story of the book helps with her character development and moves the story forward. Inspirational books are especially calming and I do enjoy listening to authors in this genre. I have read and listened to something in every category in Audible. Solid first book in a series worth a credit Can two people accustomed to keeping their distance let the barricades around their hearts down long enough to fall in love? When, despite their hesitations, they agree to a marriage in name only, neither one is prepared for the feelings that soon arise to complicate their arrangement. Having run out of all other options, Julia resorts to a mail-order marriage in far-away Kansas.Įverett is skeptical a cultured woman like Julia could be happy in a life on the plains, while Julia, deeply wounded by a past relationship, is skittish at the idea of marriage at all. Having finally worked up the courage to leave her life in Massachusetts, she's determined to find a place where people will value her for more than her looks. Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiancé. She's the prettiest woman he's ever seen, and it's just not possible she's there to marry a simple homesteader like him. When a well-meaning neighbor goes behind his back to bring yet another mail-order bride to town, he has good reason to doubt it will work, especially after getting a glimpse at the woman in question. Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won't humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate ever again-not after being jilted by three mail-order brides.
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