Description
Hazelanne Pitts dreams of more in life than the
responsibilities of raising her five younger siblings to assist a sickly
mother. Secretly, she corresponds with a rancher in Wildcat Ridge, Utah
Territory, who wants a mail-order bride. When the money for the
stagecoach ticket arrives, she sets off to be married. But a week later,
a mine explosion claims the life of her new groom. Struggling to tend
the ranch chores on her own, she becomes injured and doesn’t know if she
can ride to town for help. A pretty sweet-natured passenger, Hazelanne,
caught stagecoach shotgun rider Brice MacAndrew’s eye when she traveled
to Wildcat Ridge. Hearing she was the mail-order bride of Clay
Oliphant, a known drunkard, didn’t sit well. After the mine disaster,
Brice goes out to the Oliphant ranch and finds an injured Hazelanne who
is on the edge of collapse. The only way he can help is to offer a
marriage of convenience. Can the ranch become the haven both are looking
for? AMAZON 4 STARS
What a good look we got when it came to the life Hazelanne had before she sent to be a mail-order bride. She had a huge weight of responsibility on her shoulders. But I've got to admit that when I read the response from her soon to-be-husband, it didn't look any better. Sounded like he just wanted a housekeeper that he could work hard. One that he could sleep with. Yuck right? It didn't take long to see she was jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
Brice also had a hard life striking out on his own to survive at a young age. And despite that he was still an honorable man. An honorable man who was running from anything that smacked of permanence. Not wanting anything to tie him down. Too bad that he had all those unwelcome yearnings towards Hazelanne. They had one strange marriage until things hit the fan and he finally has to face some things.
I did enjoy the fact that the author included the information about a certain homemade dumpling noodle that Hazelanne was making. It was called, "Spätzle" and it made me smile. Why? Because ran across that recipe that I've used for several years now. Of course, I think the one I have is a simplified version that adds butter and doesn't have the nutmeg and has a slightly different spelling...Spaetzle.
This book had fewer chapters than some books but they were chock full of emotions that kept the story going forward. It didn't end up feeling too small at all.
By the way, what a sweet eBook cover, I really liked it.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
What a good look we got when it came to the life Hazelanne had before she sent to be a mail-order bride. She had a huge weight of responsibility on her shoulders. But I've got to admit that when I read the response from her soon to-be-husband, it didn't look any better. Sounded like he just wanted a housekeeper that he could work hard. One that he could sleep with. Yuck right? It didn't take long to see she was jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
Brice also had a hard life striking out on his own to survive at a young age. And despite that he was still an honorable man. An honorable man who was running from anything that smacked of permanence. Not wanting anything to tie him down. Too bad that he had all those unwelcome yearnings towards Hazelanne. They had one strange marriage until things hit the fan and he finally has to face some things.
I did enjoy the fact that the author included the information about a certain homemade dumpling noodle that Hazelanne was making. It was called, "Spätzle" and it made me smile. Why? Because ran across that recipe that I've used for several years now. Of course, I think the one I have is a simplified version that adds butter and doesn't have the nutmeg and has a slightly different spelling...Spaetzle.
This book had fewer chapters than some books but they were chock full of emotions that kept the story going forward. It didn't end up feeling too small at all.
By the way, what a sweet eBook cover, I really liked it.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
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