Leah Townsend,
whose father had pledged her to a man for business, she hears her fiancé’
plotting to kill her after the wedding.
He wants the inheritance she’ll receive after she reaches 21. She knows she needs to get out of Richmond
and find a place to hide, and so she decides to answer a request for a bride to
a God-fearing young rancher in the Montana Territory. She sends a notice as to the date she’ll
arrive, and she gets on the train. When
she arrives, she finds her intended husband was killed by a grizzly. The other people left on the ranch are a
bitter older brother and a younger sister who loves that she’s there. Gideon Bryant who looks like a mountain man
who is big in stature and has a full beard.
He is going to take her to another town so she can go back where she
came from, when she has a fall and brakes her leg. He can’t make her leave
then. Everyone that Gideon has cared
about he’s lost to the mountain. They’ve
died including his late wife. He is just
not wanting any woman in his life. The
longer Leah stays around the more she tries to learn how to do things in order
to keep busy and to help the household.
Eventually she breaks down Gideon’s barriers and he sees that she loves
the mountain, she certainly doesn’t hate it and she never wants to leave. It isn’t her choice in the end……you’ll have
to read the book to see how things turn out.
I really enjoyed this book, it’s a fast read and I received it as an
e-book in exchange for an honest review.
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found on Good Reads:
Leah Townsend,
a recently orphaned heiress, flees Richmond after discovering her fiancé’s plot
to kill her after their wedding. She needs a safe place to hide, and finds
herself accepting a newspaper marriage proposal from a God-fearing young
rancher in the Montana Territory. But when Leah arrives at the mountain ranch,
she learns her intended husband was killed by a grizzly, leaving behind a
bitter older brother and a spunky younger sister.
When Gideon Bryant finds a city girl standing in his log cabin, his first thought is to send her back where she came from. He’s lost too many people to the wild elements of these mountains––his parents, his wife, and now his brother. His love for this untamed land lives on, but he’s determined not to open his heart to another person.
But when an accident forces Leah to stay at the ranch for seven more months, can Gideon protect his heart from a love he doesn’t want? Has Leah really escaped the men who seek her life?
When Gideon Bryant finds a city girl standing in his log cabin, his first thought is to send her back where she came from. He’s lost too many people to the wild elements of these mountains––his parents, his wife, and now his brother. His love for this untamed land lives on, but he’s determined not to open his heart to another person.
But when an accident forces Leah to stay at the ranch for seven more months, can Gideon protect his heart from a love he doesn’t want? Has Leah really escaped the men who seek her life?
