The Marshals Mail Order Brides Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

Cynthia Woolf has another good book here. I enjoy the mail order bride stories as well as ones from history. This mail order bride story has a couple of twist that made me smile. I also felt for Rachel the bride as she has some hills to climb to get what she wants.

Rachel Mailand was married off at age 16. Her husband who was much older just died, and she found out he left her in major debt, so she had to sell everything to pay it off. Now she must decide what to do for her future as she is still young. She chooses to become a mail order bride. She packs up what she has left and heads west to Carson City. When she gets there the man, she was to marry has run off but there is another surprise for her if she wants it.

U.S. Marshal Joshua Egan just lost his wife and mother of his children to a stagecoach robbery. He wants justice for her murder and does not want to love again because of this.

Joshua meets Rachel and tells her about the man she was to marry, but he does not stop there he offers to marry her as he someone to take care of his young children. She agrees as she does not have many other options.

Now has they build a life together trouble comes calling. Can Joshua keep Rachel and his children safe? Can Rachel keep her new family safe? Will Joshua and Rachel love each other?

* I received a free advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily providing my honest review.