Impatient to meet her intended groom and help him grow his general store, mail-order bride Eliza Cantrell sets out on her travels a week early. But her plan goes sadly awry when her train is held up by robbers who steal her dowry and Axel, her groom-to-be, isn’t even in town when she finally arrives.Axel’s business partner, William Stanton, has no head for business and would much rather be a … rather be a doctor. When his friend’s mail-order bride arrives in town with no money and no groom in sight, he feels responsible and lets her help around the store — where she quickly proves she’s much more adept at business than he ever will be.
The sparks that fly between Will and Eliza as they work together in close quarters are hard to ignore, but Eliza is meant for Axel and a future with the store, while Will is biding his time until he can afford medical school. However, their troubles are far from over when Axel finally returns, and soon both Will and Eliza must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to chase their dreams — or if God has a new dream in store for them both.
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A Bride in Store is a worthy follow-up to the first novel in this series. In fact, I believe that her characters are even more developed, the writing more finessed and the plot tighter. I was especially taken with the unique plot points that she included in the story. Bereft of the store she used to run for her father, Eliza Cantrell travels to …
Eliza was NOT my favorite person (I nicknamed her Ms. High and Mighty) so it made it a bit of a challenge to read. Will was great and I enjoyed reading about him and his willingness to help everyone even when it cost him personally. The medical problems he dealt with (without any real training) took little bits of him especially when someone …
I loved this book. Being a mail order bride and starting with nothing because she was robbed on the train, and when she get to meet her intended he is not there. And she works at his business and starts to fall for his business partner. And starts her own business but figures out that the guy she is suppose to marry is really a bad guy. And she …