I
just finished this book. I really liked it.
I do enjoy a good mail order bride story! This one didn’t disappoint me. I had never
read one where the bride was a bounty hunter in her past life. She decides as she captures the man who
murdered her family and takes him in, that she is going to settle down, find a
husband and have a family. She does
stretch the description of her abilities a bit!
She does arrive and she marries Sheriff Sam Longworth of Hope’s
Crossing, only to find out that the criminal that she captured got loose and is
out looking to kill her. She also
doesn’t have any clue that Sam, before being a Sheriff, was a bounty hunter
himself. They just never crossed paths. The book is packed with action, has some
scenes that pull at your heartstrings a bit and of course has a happy
ending. What happens? You have to read the book to find out. Will Sam keep her? Read the book.
I
received this book free in kindle format from the author in exchange for an
honest review. This is that review.
Description
as found on Good Reads:
Five years ago, a band of
outlaws murdered Josephine Shafter's parents and younger brother. Desperate for
vengeance, Jo has spent every day since serving the law as a bounty hunter. But
the trouble with justice served is that now that her family's killer has been
brought in, she has nothing to do and no one to hunt. She decides it may be
time for a new life and a fresh start. She longs for the arms of a strong man
around her, and for a child of her own. But the Chicago dandies don't know how
to kiss a woman who is tougher than they are. Jo decides her best chance at
happiness is to head out West, to the wild Montana territory, to start a new
life as a mail order bride. Sam Longworth has been the Sheriff of Hope's
Crossing, Montana for two miserable years. He was much happier roaming the
untamed plains as a bounty hunter, bringing outlaws to justice. But that was no
life for a husband or father, and his wife wanted him home, safe and sound,
every night. Forced into marriage, theirs had never been a love match, but he
thought warming her bed every night would be enough. Instead she left him and
took a stagecoach to rendezvous with her childhood sweetheart. She vowed never
to return, and died on the journey. Plagued by guilt over her death, Sam
doesn't need a woman's love, he just needs a wife. He orders a mail order
bride, a woman who won't make too many demands, who can build a home and give
him children. Josephine fits his life perfectly, until danger follows her to
her new home and he realizes she's keeping secrets that could get them both
killed. Trust is a hard road for two lost souls used to keeping secrets, and
their new and fragile love might not be strong enough to survive what's coming.
