Hot Assets: A Dognapping, Second-Chance, Late-in-Life Romance (Dallas Debutantes)

 Hot Assets: A Dognapping, Second-Chance, Late-in-Life Romance (Dallas Debutantes)

Cynthia has done it again!

What happens when Andrea's crush and one nightstand shows back up in her life? She helps him solve a case. Oh, did I mention he is a detective now. For Zake he found the one that got away. Back in college he wanted to date Andrea, but it never was the right time.

Andrea (Andi to her friends) is the neighbor to an elderly Lillian a woman that lives alone with her dog Baxter. When Lillian falls in the middle of the night, she calls Andi for help. So, when they take Lillian to the hospital, she asks Andi to watch Baxter. What Andi thought would be easy turns out to be tougher as someone is trying to take the dog.

Don't worry the new neighbor Zake is on the case. He likes Lillian and Andi and will do anything to help keep Andi and Baxter safe.

Do they find out who and why someone is trying to take Baxter? Can Andi make up her mind on what she wants from Zake? Can Zake win Andi back?

Her Mysterious Cowboy Billionaire A sweet, contemporary western romance novel; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Her Mysterious Cowboy Billionaire

 

A sweet, contemporary western romance novel; by Cynthia Woolf

 

To tell the truth when I first started this book, I thought oh my am I going to like this book. By then end of the book I was like why I did even question if I was going to like this book.

I loved how the child was more or less the center of the story. He and is father had to change their names and go into hiding. This 5-year-old boy did it with only one issue, he would not speak to anyone. The love story on the side was good and I was pulling for them, really I was.

In this story there is just so much being hidden from others. It shows us that to have a good relationship all cards (or truths) need to be on the table. This little boy that has the biggest secret (truth) of all could have stopped everything if he had told someone, but he was scared. His father could have helped the teacher / girlfriend if he had told her how dangerous this really was. I could go on, but what if and should haves can’t be looked at as it is over and done. Hindsight is always 20/20.

You might see I don’t have any names in here, that is because the son and father had to change their names with the went into hiding. So, I left out all names. You will have to read this awesome book to learn them.

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

Nora Brides of the Oregon Trail 9; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Nora

Brides of the Oregon Trail 9; by Cynthia Woolf

Cynthia has another great book here! I loved seeing Ben and Nora again, and the rest of Bens family that we meet in Rebecca and Charlotte books earlier.

Ben fell in love with Nora on the Trail moving to Oregon but, Nora was a mail order bride and promised to another. She refused to break that promise.

Now time has passed, and a lot has changed. Nora is a widow with a baby and trying to make it on her own. She is also very independent now.  Ben is determined to marry her and not let her get away this time, as there is no other man in the way. So, when a misunderstanding happens, he marries her right away. She is mad and going to make Ben work for this marriage. However, trouble comes knocking on her door from Nora’s late husbands’ family and Ben promises to keep them all safe. Can Ben keep the family he has wanted for so long safe, or will he lose it all?

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

Heart of Stone A Heart Wish Mail Order Bride, Novel 1; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Heart of Stone

A Heart Wish Mail Order Bride, Novel 1; by Cynthia Woolf

I very much like this book. I felt I could totally relate to Caitlyn when it came to how one lives in 2020 to how one lives in 1880.

We start by meeting Caitlyn Larrabee in a waiting room, she is there to meet with Gabriel. Caitlyn is hoping to get her wings and move into heaven. However, Gabriel has other plans for her. He is sending her back to Earth to marry a man named Lucas Ramsey. Lucas made a heart wish, and she is to answer it. There are just some things she cannot talk about. First, she was killed in 2020 by her husband, second, she is an angel with angel hunters stalking her, third she has seven days for Lucas to fall in love with her. Caitlyn agrees and is sent back to 1880.

Lucas Ramsey is a cowboy in Golden, CO in 1880. He lost his wife and children to influenza six years earlier. He thinks he is ready to move on so, he orders a mail-order bride. When he picks Caitlyn up from the train station, he thinks there is something special about her but cannot put his finger on it.

Now the clock starts.

Will Lucas fall in love with Caitlyn? Will the Angel Hunters find her first and kill her? Will she be able to keep her secret, or will she lose all her angel powers?

 

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

Olivia Matchmaker & Co. book 5; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Olivia

Matchmaker & Co. book 5; by Cynthia Woolf

I really wanted to knock Olivia into next week from the start of this book.  She made me mad. However, I did like the book.

Olivia is the manager of the Matchmaker Company. Her good friend Maggie is the owner and not too long ago married a client in Colorado. Olivia was finding mail order brides for men in the west. What got me about her is she deceived one of these men by posing as a bride. She was going to use the money to help her dying sick mother, but before the money got there her mother did die. She tells Maggie that she never intended to be a bride for the man and Maggie told her to get on the next train. She agrees and leaves the next day. However, a twist happens on her way to the train and she really does not think about it.

Tyler is looking for a wife as he is a widower and has a young baby, like months old. His wife died in childbirth. He needs to run his ranch and he cannot run it well this a baby on his hip. He sends money to Olivia so she can move to Colorado and become his new bride. He marries her and brings her home. Now the fun begins.

As they live and work together their feeling might be changing to love. Once the trouble that Olivia did not think much about catches up with her, she will have to make some choices. First does she tell her husband and ask for help. Second does she leave or stay. If she stays will all be ok? Once Tyler knows can he keep his family safe? Does he finally tell Olivia he loves her?  Will they make it out of this, or will they lose all they have worked for?

 

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

Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook by Lorelei James

Cowboy Bites: A Rough Riders Cookbook

 By Lorelei James

This is my first time reading a cookbook and I was not sure what to expect when I started it. However, I loved it. It has some very cute and lovely stories from the McKay family. I was so happy to read more about them. The recipes in here sound very good and I think there are a few I will try (I am a very picky eater.)

The Silver City Bride The Marshals Mail Order Bride 3; by Cynthia Woolf

 

The Silver City Bride

The Marshals Mail Order Bride 3; by Cynthia Woolf

This book had so many unexpected twists that I just wanted more.  I was incredibly sad to hit the end of this book. This book also had me laughing and wishing I could be a fly on the wall there.

I have been trying to write this review but each time I start telling you all about what happens, and I do not want to ruin the story for you. I want you to read it. So, I delete what I wrote and start again, then I delete it again as I am giving too much away.

So here is what I will tell you….

Eve Coleman is a widow that needs to leave town and lay low, so she becomes a mail order bride. She brings along a woman named Brandi that becomes like a sister to her.

Cameron Neal is a marshal in Silver City and only wants to make is dying godfathers (the town Judge) wish come true. (The illness that the judge has is not real as he just wants Cameron married.)

Silver City Judge named Earl posts an ad for a mail order bride. However, it is for his godson not him (but that piece of info is missing in the ad.)

There are 3 bad brothers after Eve and Brandi and the brothers want the women dead.

Can a woman gambler and a marshal find love together with all this fun going on in their lives?  Will Eve and Cameron’s marriage survive when the truth comes out about Earl’s illness? Will the brothers find Eve and Brandi? If they do will they be able to kill them?

Marriage is not easy when everything is easy can Eve and Cameron last through all this or will it be the end?

 

 

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

The Virginia City Bride The Marshals Mail Order Brides Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

 

The Virginia City Bride

The Marshals Mail Order Brides Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

I loved all the twists and turns in this book! Cynthia did a great job here.

Angelica Riley heads west to be a Mail Order Bride, as she is ready to move on from her 1^st husband’s death.  Her husband to be is a Mr. Jared Winslow and her travel is normal until the last leg. On that leg she meets a man Clay Stockton. Clay becomes obsessed with Angelica right away. Angelica wants nothing to do with him.

Jared Winslow is the current U.S. Marshall in the Nevada Territory. He should be trying to clear his mane in Chicago, but he ordered a bride. As soon as he meets Angelica, he knows it is right and becomes protective of her. They both want a family and a home. He does tell Angelica about his past and that him and his friends are working on clearing his name in Chicago.

When there is a murder in town of a woman that looks like Angelica, Jared and his friends step things up to keep her safe. Can and will they be able to stop anyone from hurting or killing her? Is this something from Jared’s past and will it help or hurt? Can Angelica and Jared work together to come through all this?

 

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

Adele Angel Creek Christmas Brides Book 18; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Adele

Angel Creek Christmas Brides Book 18; by Cynthia Woolf

I really did enjoy this book. Cynthia has a way of bringing the past to life. I also love how she merges people into families.

Adele Jensen is running from New York and a man she thought she loved but after 10 years knows she does not. She wants so much more in life, a husband, and children. So, she is on her way to Montana as a Mail Order Bride. She just needs to keep her past a secret, and hope no one comes looking for her.

Edward Warton is a single father because his wife ran off with another man and died before they got out of town. Now he is looking for a woman to be a mother for his seven year old daughter. He is only looking for someone to be there for her and ease his need but not his heart. He will never trust a woman again.

Richard Douglas cannot believe Adele ran from him. He gave her everything and as far as he is concerned, she belongs to him. Therefore, he will bring her back to New York. When he finds her and lets, he tells her she is going with him he does not like the answer No. So now if he cannot have her no one will.

Will Edward see he needs Adele as much as his daughter does? Will Adele be able to stay with Edward and his daughter? Will Richard take Adele back with him?  Will someone be killed in all the plotted moves? Remember there is more at stake here than just these people and their love.

 

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

Emma Rose Brides of the Oregon Trail 8; by Cynthia Woolf

 Emma Rose

Brides of the Oregon Trail 8; by Cynthia Woolf

When I started this book, I thought I had already read it, so I double checked and saw no I had not. Then I kept reading and soon found no I really had not read this book yet. The more I read the more I liked the story. This one grew on me, by the end I really did love it.

 

Meet Emma Rose Murphy. She has lost her Father, Brother, Fiancés, and then most recently her Mother, now a year after that she is going to move on and accept her Aunt and Uncle invitation to that the wagon train to Oregon with them. When the train leaves, she is sure of three things. 1. She will never fall in love again. 2. She will never trust a man with a gun. (she has lost too many loved ones to men with guns) 3. She will make it to Oregon. However, fate has another plan. See soon after they leave, she is attacked, and a Mr. Parker saves her. He is also the first man to stir any feelings from her in a long time.

 

Noah Parker wants a change in life. He was a Pinkerton agent, then a Deputy Marshal, but now he wants to be a Marshal or town Sheriff. So, he decides to move to Oregon. He joins the same wagon train that Emma Rose and her Aunt and Uncle have. He has no idea what is going to happen. First, he rescues Emma Rose from an attack and then finds her walking in the middle of then night by herself. When he brings her back her Uncle demands they marry as he will not have Emma Roses reputation ruined.

 

Now Noah and Emma Rose are married. She is not happy with his gun but in the long run it will be needed. There is a stocker after her and Noah will find and kill the man. Noah also needs to get Emma Rose to trust him if their marriage is going to be real and last.

 

Can Noah keep Emma Rose safe and earn her trust? Will Emma Rose let go of her past fears and move forward with her life and with Noah? Will they fall in love or will everything fall apart?

 

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

Lanie Cupids and Cowboys 2; by Cynthia Woolf

 

Lanie

Cupids and Cowboys 2; by Cynthia Woolf

Cynthia Woolf did an awesome job with this story! I love how Lanie is careful about her future but willing to open her heart.

She takes us back to Colorado and to the Monroe’s ranch. Lanie is the daughter (ok adopted daughter) of Carter and Samantha (that story is in Carter). They love her so much and want to know her future is set. So, when a boy (man) that they helped raise calls for help they jump to do that. That man is Ben Carleton, and he needs someone to watch is son while he hunts down the murder of his late wife.

Ben is a U.S. Marshal now (but only because he is looking for the killer of is wife). Just before she was killed, he found out that she was not being faithful, then she was dead. The man he thought killed her was her lover. Ben has followed him to Golden, CO where he grew up. He asked for help from the people that raised him and he considers friends and they said yes. He thought that he would leave is son with them for a bit and finish his man hunt. What he got was that a new wife, and in-laws.

Lanie is very headstrong. She wants the ranch she has grown up on to be her future. What she does not plan for is a husband, especially after her ex-fiancé left her for a saloon girl. Then up rides her childhood crush Ben and she did not recognize him and sent him away. When she tells her father, he lets her know he was waiting for Ben and that when he comes back, he wants to see him. Now she is embarrassed at not knowing who he was, and not sure why he is here.

Ben comes back and this is where both find out Carters marriage plan. Now Ben will track down the killer, Lanie will watch her new son and they will together save the ranch for Lanie’s future, Right? Ok maybe it is harder than that. Life is all good and Love wins all? Guess you need to read and find out.

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

Hot SEAL, Confirmed Bachelor SEALs in Paradise; by Cynthia D’Alba

Hot SEAL, Confirmed Bachelor

SEALs in Paradise; by Cynthia D’Alba

Oh, I so loved this story. I also really did not want it to end.

Meet Master Chief Benjamin Blackwell. He thinks that he has the life he wants. He is hot, a SEAL, and in control of his life. He can smile at a woman and they will chase him to bed, or car, or bathroom, or wall…..what more could he want?

Meet Holly Maxwell. A widow, mother, teacher, and a daughter of a Coronado cop. She is happy with her life. Her family wants her to move on and remarry as it has been over 10 years since she lost her husband.

Holly comes up with a plan to keep her family from setting her up with anyone. Little did she know it is about to backfire on her. She tells them she is dating a man and describes Benjamin to them. Then as the girls are having a ladies night out they run into him. Now her family invites him to all the family events. She had asked him to play along but how long is this going to last?

Benjamin goes along with Holly as he has a lot on his mind this summer. He has some big decisions to make and does not want any distractions. Little does he know that he now has a big one. One that he just might want to keep.

Can Holly and Benjamin find love? If they do will it last more than the summer? Do they even want to make these changes?

* Free copy of book provided by author for an honest review.

Want You to Want Me(Want You #2) by Lorelei James

Want You to Want Me(Want You #2)

by Lorelei James

I had a hard time with the beginning of this story. If this were not a Lorelei James book I more than likely would have stopped. However, it was a Lorelei James book, so I pushed on. When I set this book down the second time, I was like what is wrong with me? I love these books. So, I thought on that and realized it is the feelings at the start of the book that I was having a problem with. See I love to read to escape the unhappy part of life, and the beginning of this story has some hate and dislike and that was my problem. Now that I have that out.

By the time I finished the story I was wanting more. I fell in love with Gabi and Nolan.

Meet Gabriella (most call her Gabi) Welk. She is a hockey player. Also meet Nolan Lund. He is the future CEO of Lund Industries. These two hated (or at least really disliked) each other on sight. It is almost like they cannot be in the same room. Then Nolan witness Gabi being dumped by her boyfriend and things start to change for him.

Gabi gets a job interview for her dream job and is in need of some big help. Everyone she would normally call is out of town, so she turns to Nolan (he knows how to dress). He agrees to help her. Now they are spending lots of time together and getting to know each other. The hate they had for one another turns into respect, then to like, and then do I dare say Love?

Now can what they have built with each other last the storm that is coming? Can a female hockey player and a next CEO of a billion-dollar company find common ground?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

The Carson City Bride The Marshals Mail Order Brides Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

The Carson City Bride

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.

Silver-Tongued Devil Rough Riders Book 0.5; by Lorelei James

Silver-Tongued Devil

Rough Riders Book 0.5; by Lorelei James

Oh My GOSH! Lorelei just keeps writing books that are AWESOME!!!! I LOVED IT! This is another cannot miss book! No, you do not have to read the whole series as this one goes back in time to see where the McKay’s started, and what caused the big feud with the West’s. However, I will say that if this is the first book of the Rough Riders series that you read you will not stop with just this one.

Silas and Jonas McKay were sent west on the orphan trains. They ended up in Denver and were taken on has hands for Cow train runs. With this they learned about cows and raising them. When they were older, they went their separate ways for a bit. Silas moved to WY and Jonas became a bounty hunter.

In 1897 Silas owned land in Crook County and Jonas was a Deputy.  During this time Silas met a new schoolteacher named Dinah Thompson. Dinah also helped the Doc out as an assistant. Silas started courting Dinah and asked her to marry him, but he did not have a ring for her yet. She is ok with that but the people around her are not so sure about the engagement.

Enter Zeke West. From the first time Silas meets Zeke there is a hatred aimed at Silas. Silas is not sure why this is. Zeke starts fights all the time with Silas. The big question is will it go to far or ever stop? (You will have to read this book to find out).

As for Jonas he is a strong moral man that loves his brother so much he will do anything for him (did I tell you they are twins?) That being said. Trouble comes, and Jonas has a plan. What is that plan? Again, you need to read the book.

I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

A Husband for Adeline Golden City Brides book 3; by Cynthia Woolf

A Husband for Adeline

Golden City Brides book 3; by Cynthia Woolf

I very much enjoyed this book.  Cynthia Woolf did a great job with Douglas and Adeline. I keep thinking would I be as clam as Adeline if I were her.

See Adeline leaves her father in Carson City to start a new life. To do this she must travel to New York first, then she can travel to Central City in Colorado. When Addie (that is what everyone calls Adeline) reaches Central City she is met by Douglas Latimer and not her husband to be. Douglas informers her that the man she was to marry died a couple of weeks ago as did his wife. Now Addie has a choice to make.

Douglas Latimer’s wife and best friend die in an explosion at their mine. He thinks it was murder but cannot prove it. He now has his newborn baby to take care of and needs to run the mine. Oh yeah, he needs to meet his best friend’s mail-order bride and send her away, but then he meets her. Now he thinks they can help each other. He offers to marry Adeline if she agrees to take care of his daughter so he can work the mine. He tells her he cannot love her but at some point, will want more children.

Addie agrees to marry Douglas and take care of his daughter. She fell in love with the baby at first sight. As they live together as husband and wife, they start to care about each other.

However, when they find out there was a murder and that both Douglas and Addie are in danger now. They need to come up with a plan to stay safe and stop the one trying to kill them. Can they come to love each other and rely on each other? Or will this tear apart their family they are making?

I will say that there are a few other twists, but you need to read it to find out what they are.

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

Miss Janie's Girls By: Carolyn Brown

Miss Janie's Girls 

By: Carolyn Brown

I want to start by saying that I took longer to read this book than normal because I had to take breaks. See Carolyn Brown did such an amazing job with this book that I felt every emotion they felt in the story. I am not an emotional person and it takes A LOT to make me cry but this book had me crying almost every time I picked it up, and because of this I needed breaks. When I finished Miss Janie’s Girls I was in love with the book! 

Miss Janie is dying and wants to see her girls one more time before she is gone. She misses them so much. She has enlisted her nephew that is a private investigator and a lawyer to help her. Now Noah is in a race to find and bring them home.

Teresa and Kayla left Birthright and Miss Janie ten years ago, and when they left, they went their own ways. Not once did they look back, the only good memory was their foster mom Miss Janie.

First Noah finds Teresa and she agrees to come home to care for the only Mother that loved her. Now she is living in her old room with Janie downstairs and Noah in another room.

With the help of Teresa Noah finds Kayla and sends a message for her to come home. Kayla is willing to come home and see what she can do to help as she is down on her luck.

Now all of them are living in Miss Janie’s house helping her as much as they can. Miss Janie has good days and bad days, and Teresa, Kayla, and Noah must work through them. They also need to face the past to move on to the future. This time together might be just what everyone needs to heal and start new.

Be sure to have some tissue nearby, you will need it.

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

Amanda Brides of the Oregon Trail 7; by Cynthia Woolf

Amanda


Brides of the Oregon Trail 7; by Cynthia Woolf


I again enjoyed this book by Cynthia Woolf. 


When a woman signs up to be a mail order bride, she is never sure who will be waiting for her on the end of the trip.  This book has a twist to the mail order bride story that had me pulling for the man I really wanted her to end up with.

Amanda Winters was engaged to be married once but her fiancé ran off with another women and left her by herself. Not sure what to do now she chooses to become a mail order bride. She is going by wagon train to Oregon City and has made a new friend with the other bride (Jeanie) she is traveling with.  The Groom Jeanie was to marry was also traveling with them in the wagon behind them. Jeanie meet some other man and broke things off with Jamie.

Jamie Kilbride ordered a mail order bride and went to meet her and bring her home to Oregon City. However once there and they are getting ready to go his bride changed her mind and wanted someone else. He was good with that has he had just met the woman he wants. This woman’s name is Amanda, the traveling mate of his ex-mail order bride. Now he just needs to convince Amanda that he is the better choice for her.

As they travel Jamie learns Amanda is engaged to a man named Lewis Baxter, and he knows that Lewis is a very evil man. He tries to warn Amanda, but she is set to meet and marry Lewis. However, Jamie has put doubt in Amanda’s mind about Lewis so she going to tell Lewis she wants to wait and get to know him before they marry. Lewis is not good with this plan and attacks Amanda saying now she has no choice but to marry him. Jamie finds out about the attack and is willing to do anything to keep Amanda safe, as he has fallen in Love with her.

Will Jamie be able to keep Amanda safe? Can he also get Amanda to marry him and fall in Love with him? Will Amanda be able to stay alive and maybe find a happy every after life?

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

A Husband for Cordelia Brides of Golden City Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

A Husband for Cordelia


Brides of Golden City Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

This book is just as good as the last book in this series. Cynthia Woolf has done a great job here. I look forward to the next one.

Cordelia Jameson is a strong woman that needs to plan for her future. He brother has died, and she now has no where to live as she has been living with him. She has no other family so what will she do? She does have the $5000 her brother left her but that will not last forever. With nothing else in New York for her and she hopes to have a husband and children someday, she decides to become a mail-order bride and go west. Just before she leaves her brothers ex business partner finds her and threatens her as he wants the money her brother left her. When she says no, he hits her good and just might have killed her if not for one of the other brides showing up. She hopes this move will keep him away.

David Thomas is a widow now that his crazy wife is dead. She was hung for kidnapping and attempted murder. He moved west after all that and is starting new. He does have a daughter that needs mother that will care for her. He also would like more children, but he is not looking for love again. He doesn’t want to go through that pain ever again.

As soon as she arrives Cordelia and David are married but not before he sees has had been beaten. He askes about it and she tells him about the trouble from Richard (her bothers ex business partner).  

Later when Cordelia, David and his daughter are in town they run into Richard. He still wants what he thinks is his. Richard gets the drop on Cordelia and almost kills her again. David is now protecting her and his daughter.

So, will Cordelia be able to stay alive with Richard in town?  Will David be able to keep her and his daughter safe? Will Cordelia be loved by David or will this all end badly?

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

A Husband for Victoria Brides of Golden City Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

A Husband for Victoria

Brides of Golden City Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

I love reading books that take me back in time. Cynthia Woolf did a great job of that in this book. 

We go back to the 1870’s and start the journey in New York City. Here we meet Victoria Coleman a Governess that was attacked and is now with child. Her employers are divided on how to handle this. Mrs. Thomas is a threat to Victoria and her child as she thinks it is her husbands. Mr. Thomas is worried for Victoria and sends her away to a friend that finds brides for men out west. Victoria is now a mail-order bride on her way to Golden City in the Colorado Territory. She is worried that her husband will not accept her if she tells him about her attack and child, so she keeps that a secret for as long as she can in hopes he will love her.

Andrew Mayfield is a rancher in the Colorado Territory that lost his wife and infant son six months ago. He needs a wife for his two-year-old daughter and turns to a mail-order bride service to find his new wife.  He picks Victoria up and goes right to the pastor for marriage, then it is home to start their live together.

However, Mrs. Thomas is not done with Victoria or her baby and still wants them dead. She is willing to travel to Golden City to take care of the “problem”. Mr. Thomas finds out what is wife is planning and sends word to Victoria. 

Will word reach Victoria in time?  Will Andrew keep her when and if he finds out the truth about her past? Will Andrew keep her safe if he keeps her? Will Mrs. Thomas get what she wants? Will Victoria make it though all of this with her and her child’s lives? Will Victoria and Andrew find the love they both want?

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