BOOK REVIEW- A BRIDE FOR KEEPS- 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. 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. 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.
Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. 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. Having run out of all other options, Julia resorts to a mail-order marriage in far-away Kansas.
Everett 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. 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. Can two people accustomed to keeping their distance let the barricades around their hearts down long enough to fall in love? AMAZON I'M GIVING IT 3 STARS
The story was okay, there just seemed to be times that it dragged on. Both Julia and Everett had so much pain and where so busy trying to protect themselves in different ways. You couldn't help but like them, hoping that they would both have a HEA. Hopefully, together. As beautiful as Julia was it seemed to do nothing but cause her pain. Even though she was afraid, she still wanted to be loved for herself. Both had experiences were they felt it was proved that they weren't good enough, for even worthy of the things that most of us see as normal needs.
I did like that later in the book, God and his desire for us to know Him and his love for us was introduced.
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