Author: Melissa Jagears
Genre: Historical Fiction
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group, 2013
Pages: 336
Rating: Do Not Recommend
Synopsis: Everett Cline will never humiliate himself by seeking a mail-order bride. Not again. He's already been jilted by three mail-order brides and figures a wife just isn't in his future. However, a well-meaning neighbor hasn't given up on seeing him settled, so she goes behind his back to bring yet another woman to town for him.
Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. A mail-order marriage in faraway Kansas is a last resort, but she'll do anything to leave her life in Massachusetts and the heartbreak she's experienced there.
Although Everett doesn't see how a beautiful, cultured woman like Julia could be happy sharing his simple life, he could really use a helpmate on his homestead. Determined to prove she's more than just a pretty face, Julia agrees to a marriage in name only. Faced with the harsh realities of life on the prairie and hesitant to explore the tentative feelings growing between them, can Everett and Julia ever let each other in long enough to fall in love?
Review: Trite, cliche, and quite fluffy, it's still a cute story and readers who love this genre will be quite happy with how the plot unfolds. This was a one-day read for me and I quickly moved on to the next book. I do not feel compelled to continue reading this series.
I didn't feel emotionally invested in any of the characters, nor was I drawn into their world. It's a nice, pleasant read and not much else.
If you want a little more depth to your novels or character development, skip this one.
I didn't feel emotionally invested in any of the characters, nor was I drawn into their world. It's a nice, pleasant read and not much else.
If you want a little more depth to your novels or character development, skip this one.
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