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.