Marty Dandridge Olson is ready to leave behind the pain of the past.Answering an advertisement for a “Lone Star bride,” she leaves her Texas ranch and heads to Denver to marry a man she doesn’t know.Jake Wythe is the man waiting for her.Burned by love, he marries now simply to satisfy the board of Morgan Bank, which believes a man of his standing in society should be wed. Together Jake and Marty … be wed. Together Jake and Marty agree they are done with romance and love and will make this nothing more than a marriage of convenience.
When missing money and a collapsing economy threaten his job, Jake’s yearning to return to ranching grows ever stronger, much to Marty’s dismay. But a fondness has grown between them, as well, further complicating matters.
What will happen when their relationship shifts in unexpected ways…
and dreams and secrets collide?
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I really liked the book. Like others mentioned, it was open ended and basically no conclusions. I’m sure the other books will clear it up, but it’s annoying to “finish” a book that should it with “to be continued”. I would have rated a 4 if it wasn’t for the lack of telling where the next book is headed.
I loved this book, but felt like it left too many open ends and too many unanswered questions at the end. It would have been okay if there was a sequel following.
I have loved all of her books and can’t wait to read all the rest of them.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book but was left with a few questions. Of course I realize that it is part of a series and that my questions will most likely be answered in one of the next stories. So keeping my fingers crossed because it’s fun getting to the answers with Tracie Peterson.
Interesting turns
This was the first Tracie Peterson I ever read. Loved it so much!
I enjoyed this more than I thought, adding Tracey Peterson to my continue to read her books list. Entertaining
An enjoyable, clean romance. I love characters whose faith is challenged and who come to faith.
sorry, I didn’t get very far into this one. Honestly, pretty tired of female heroines. I am a 79 year old woman and know I am in the minority, but not for me on such a grand scale.
Too much about preaching
I love her books
Predictable
This book has some story line but then it gets dropped and never completed. Most disappointing waste of time I have read in a long time. Don’t wait for it to get better. It won’t.
I liked the main characters, but it would have been nice to have had more conversations between them depicted.
I enjoyed. Realistic without the bad language. Good Christian Romance.
A delightful mail order bride book. Marty struggles with a repetitive sin that is an abysmally apparent flaw in American culture. The author processes this in a credible and grace-filled way that may encourage others to address this or any similar stronghold.
Great read. A marriage of convenience that becomes so much more.
I usually like Tracies books and this was no disappointment.well written and plausible I really enjoyed it
Not realistic and moves too slow
very good