After debarking from the train, the bride must report directly to the Espousal Alliance Office on Monroe Street, to be appointed lodgings and details about her husband-to-be.These were the only instructions Anna Winters had received upon getting herself into this mess—or her new life, rather. But the bottom line is she’s running, pure and simple, from her warm, protected life as a young woman of … a young woman of upstanding birth in Concord. Now she’s about to become bride to a man she doesn’t even know, but at least it isn’t to that dastardly rake who ruined her for any other good man.
Only, the bigger problem is she’s arrived on the wrong date and the office isn’t ready to receive her. Also, she has no husband-to-be yet assigned, and there are no lodgings.
William McCoe is the owner of the best saloon in Topeka and he’s about to invest in the Santa Fe Railroad as well, which should make him a millionaire by the time he’s thirty. His aspirations are larger than his reputation for living fast and loose, so to even things out, he’s on the lookout for a woman to toy with. When he sets his sights on a sweet little miss with her nose in the air, his intrigue leads him to open communications, only to discover she’s only available if he’s in the market for marriage.
Which he absolutely is not. Not ever…
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“Anna” (The Bridal Train Book 1) by Emberly Hart is a terrific start to this new series. I enjoyed Anna and William’s story. This is a sweet historical read, with romance, entertaining characters, and more. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next in this series. Highly recommend to all fans of historical romance, and series.
Sweet Historical Romance!
A wonderful beginning to this new series ‘The Bridal Train’. Anna Winters travels to Topeka Kansas to meet her husband sight unseen only arrives too early. Anna falls for a most unlikely gentleman as she endures several setbacks waiting for the correct date. An engaging cast of characters in this clean romance with twist HEA ending. Enjoy!
I received an arc copy and am happy to leave my honest review.
What a great start to a new series! This story brings you back to simpler times in some ways.
Anna is a woman who’s parents feel like it was in her best interest to board the bridal train and find a husband in a town away from them because of a scandal and the shame she brought upon the family. In the beginning of the book, Anna was sort of excited about this arrangement after she got over the embarrassment. However once she arrives in Kansas, the date, the arrangement and the lady in charge are not how she thought it would be.
William is a business man who doesn’t really care much about what people think about him. I found his character to be very interesting. He was written as a man who is a saloon owner with looser morals than a gentleman. However, he knows that Anna is different and his protective instincts kick in whenever she is around. He likes to push her buttons but he seems to know the line at what is improper.
The part that I liked the most about William had to be his take on how a man will treat Anna once she is married. He knows she is really smart and has an opinion and that the man she marries will smother that. He sees this and likes this part of Anna. I liked the character of William before this but yet this part made me love him.
It was just a kiss.
Anna travels by train to become a bride to a man she doesn’t even know of course this did not go well and she ends up having to work for a bit of a rake till a husband can be found. You will find there are characters you will like and others that are horrible even if they say they are doing a good thing. This is a book suitable for all age groups. I enjoyed the story it was a good mail-order bride romance. Emberly Hart is a new author for me but I will be looking for other work by her.
This was a cute sassy tale. I loved the interactions between the two in the gardens. I would have liked more to their story but in all it was good.