2014 Carol Award Winner for Historical RomanceMichigan, 1880Annalisa Werner’s hope for a fairy tale love is over. Her husband failed her in every way and now his death has left her with few options to save the family farm. She needs a plentiful harvest. That, and a husband to help bring it in. Someone strong, dependable. That’ll be enough. A marriage for love…that’s something she’s given up on. she’s given up on.
So her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom.
Then a man appears: Carl Richards, from their home country of Germany and a former schoolteacher–or so he says. He’s looking for work and will serve on the farm until her husband arrives.
With time running out, she accepts his help, but there’s more to this man than he’s admitting. He’s also gentle, kind, charming–unlike any man she’s ever known. But even as Carl is shining light into the darkness of her heart, she knows her true groom may arrive any day.
“Swiftly becoming a well-known contender in the world of Christian historical fiction, Hedlund skillfully taps into her own German heritage to develop this tale of Old World romance and masked identity set against the backdrop of a nineteenth-century German American community.” — Booklist
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Let me start by saying I can tell how time and research Jody Hedlund put into this story. I started the book knowing next to nothing about German immigrants in Michigan during this time period and the author did a wonderful job of informing without taking away from the beautiful story. This was my first read by this author and now I cannot wait to …
This is the second book in the Michigan Brides series by Jody Hedlund and it is a wonderful story of a young woman who is left basically penniless by her no good husband when he is murdered. Annalisa Werner’s father requests a groom be sent to marry Annalisa and take care of her and her little girl. Along comes Carl Richards whom everyone thinks …
3.5 Stars. When I’m in the mood for a well written Christian Romance, Jody Hedlund is one of my go-to authors.
This story is set in Michigan in the mid 1800’s when a lot of German immigrants settled to try to farm land when mining didn’t work out as planned. Even though they left Germany to escape oppression, during this time and in this culture …
I love when a story takes me to a different time & place, and I really feel transported there. The descriptions of Annalisa’s hardships on her farm and within the community were fully realized for me, as was the developing relationship between her and Carl. Carl Richards is actually a nobleman that ran away to America to keep his life, and though …