Wade and Royce are two very different men with a similar way of dealing with their naughty women: a good switch and a steady hand.
Liz will do anything to get away from her evil guardian, even disguise herself as a boy and head west. When Caroline, a stranger on the train next to her, sees through her disguise and begs her to take her place as a mail-order bride, Liz doesn’t hesitate long … as a mail-order bride, Liz doesn’t hesitate long before saying yes. It had to be easier than working on a ranch, and as a married woman with a new name, she’ll be out of her evil guardian’s clutches forever.
Wade Malone has been looking forward to his new bride for months, but when “Caroline” finally arrives, things don’t exactly add up. For one, she was supposed to be twenty-four years old, and the woman who came off the train doesn’t look a day over sixteen. He has a strong aversion to liars, particularly in a wife. But he’s also a man who keeps his promises and whoever the woman is at his side, he’s made a commitment to have and to hold. That doesn’t mean he won’t blister her fanny if it will keep her safe. Even with his firm hand, Liz starts to fall for the no-nonsense rancher and his children. How will she ever keep him from finding out the complete truth about the switch? And if he does find out, will she have to leave the ranch she’s come to love?
Caroline can’t follow through with the mail order marriage she had agreed to. Anxious to get home, she has more reason to hurry when she receives a wire relaying a family emergency. Traveling with the Union Pacific across the mid-west is a long, hot trip and Caroline’s temper flares at the man who takes responsibility for the railroad’s many disappointments. Her temper isn’t the only thing flaring, her bottom also feels the heat when Royce Ashby had had enough of her bad humor. A man’s patience can only take him so far and it is quite obvious to him that Caroline is in need of a keeper.
Two old favorites, rewritten as one, with a special, bonus chapter.
Publisher’s Note: This sweet, action-packed historical romance contains a theme of power exchange.
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A romance duet that will heat you up!
Here are two stories that intertwine to make one awesome romance. Two young ladies meet on a train. One is on the run and the other is supposed to meet her mail-order husband. Along the way, they end up switching places and that is when the fun starts.
This does deal with domestic discipline but it fits well with the timeframe it was set in, so if that’s not your cup of tea, you might want to pass on it.
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Since this is the first book I’ve read by this author I had no idea what to expect from the world-building or characters and their interaction with each other. After reading the teaser I was intrigued, after all, it’s set back in the day with mail order brides AND includes domestic discipline. Patty Devlin has thoroughly surprised and delighted me with these two couples. From the beginning conversation on the train between Caroline and Liz, I was pulled into the story and literally couldn’t put it down until it was finished. Emotions run high, lies told, secrets kept, unbridled chemistry mixed in with domestic discipline. This was a great introduction for me to the author and her writing style. I’ll absolutely be looking into more of her work.
From beginning to end I found this to be a very entertaining read with a subtle undercurrent of suspense that kept me turning the pages.
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This is the first book by this Author that I have read, and I will be looking for more by her. This is a story of two women and the two men who come into their lifes. Elizabeth/Liz and Caroline switch places, Liz goes on to meet Wade as his mail-order bride, but she does not tell him. Caroline on her way back to Chicago on the way there she meets Royce Ashby. Both these men believe that a spanking will keep their women in line. There is suspense, drama, danger, twists, turns, kidnapping, and love for both of these women. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
What a fabulous idea for a story! I loved this book. It’s the tale of two women, both runaways.
Elizabeth is out of her element and finds herself taking Caroline’s place as a mail-order-bride. She makes it a whole hour before blowing her own cover in this hysterical scene where she comes clean to her new husband. How will he deal with his new bride?
Caroline. Makes her way back east finding peril along the way. She also finds a handsome stranger. Will he help her find her way home?
When Caroline and Elizabeth meet on a train neither woman could imagine the decision they would make would turn everything upside down in their lives. What they learn is that making decisions can be hard but everything happens for a reason.
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This is 2 stories previously released as separate books, but with the 2 female main characters meeting and changing places in the first chapter and then meeting again in the last. The formatting of alternating chapters I didn’t like at all. I would have prefer the more common duo, first one story than the other story. I found it hard to focus and frankly annoying. I agree with another reviewer, I read the even numbered chapters and then the odd numbered. Both women have little sassy attitudes and both men believe strongly in domestic discipline. The stories were well paced, interesting, and overall fun reads. I just didn’t like the formatting at all!!
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Enjoyed reading these two mail order bride stories with Liz and Wade and Caroline and Royce. This was a little hard for me to follow and keep the stories separated but each story was very interesting with the men in their life’s bring their own form of punishment.
Caroline and Elizabeth meet on a train in the most stressful of times for each of them. They see the value in switching places. Elizabeth quietly marries Wade to keep herself from having to deal with an overbearing and evil guardian. Elizabeth apparently isn’t as good at telling lies as she thought she was and Wade warms her bottom to teach her a lesson or two. Caroline on the other hand butts heads with Royce, a young train conductor who isn’t going to take any lip from a mouthy woman such as Caroline. Through a few half baked decisions, Caroline puts herself in danger…which Royce must save her from. Like Wade does with Elizabeth, Royce puts Caroline on the straight in narrow with a heavy hand to the backside.
The characters were written well, as was the story. And although there was spanking within both women’s tales, this western romance was a clean read. My only complaint was that the alternating chapters sometimes made it hard to switch gears from chapter to chapter. Overall, good book.
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This book is a compilation of two books that were already published, The Chicagoan Switch and Mail Order Switch. Elizabeth and Caroline meet on the train. Caroline is a widow who is going to be a mail order bride. Elizabeth is escaping from her uncle who wants her so he can keep her inheritance. After Caroline gets cold feet, she persuades Elizabeth to take her place and Caroline goes back to Chicago. It is a fun book that goes back and forth chapter by chapter with each woman. Elizabeth and Caroline get their HEA and at the end the two couples come together.
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