Imogene Wigg has loved her life at the foundling home where she was raised. It gave her a loving family and the skills to better her mind and her future. When she finds out that they all have to leave their home, she doesn’t want to go, but Madam didn’t raise her to be a shrinking violet. So, while everyone thinks she’s headed to Bower, Colorado to be a Mail-Order Bride, she’s actually going … there to apply for a job… in a print shop. There is nothing in the world so exciting to Imogene as the creation of the printed word and she wanted to help create it.
Printer Silas Hix has been advertising for an assistant, but the one man who inquired about the job hasn’t shown up. Instead, he meets a young woman with a keen mind and an interest in his work. It’s just too bad that a bachelor can’t hire an unmarried woman to work alone with him. What would people say? But sometimes it’s hard to remember his reservations when he realizes that Imogene is probably the only person in the world he’s ever had an easy time being with, or wanted to spend more time with just to see her smile, or hear anything she has to say.
Well, it turns out that Mother Nature has plenty to say about the two who share a love for printing machines and don’t mind ink stains on their fingers. She’s not above stacking the deck in their favor and suddenly the future’s out of both of their hands and in front of the Pastor.
What does fate have to say now that they’ve met someone who is just their ‘type’?
This book, the ninth in “The Alphabet Mail-Order Brides” series, and is connected to my “Bower, Colorado” Series.
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Oh, how I enjoyed this book. I feel like I am placed back in time. Imogene’s Ingenuity is realistic. I can see the town, the church, the Boarding house. Imogene Wigg is leaving home. It is time for her to spread her wings. Imogene is a fan of the written words. Books, books and more books. Any kind of book will suffice. Imogene has even taken to helping out at the type setters office. There is a store keeper in Bower Colorado that needs an assistant type setter. Imogene has decided she will go to Bower to see if she can be of assistance.
How will Silas Hix treat the newcomer in town? She had made Silas believe the telegrams that she sent were from a man and not a woman. Would Silas be angry?
I find Silas an amazing man that previously had nothing important to say. Now that Imogene is here, Silas opens up and shares his thoughts and impressions of the town as well as the trip to Bower Colorado.
This book made me feel good on the inside. I was hoping that Silas and Imogene would be a match made in heaven. Since they both have a love for the printed words. I highly recommend this sweet romance.
Imogene’s Ingenuity
I loved the story of Silas and Imogene. She wants to work at his print shop but if she does it could ruin her reputation. So she tries not to spend to much time there. She does love working with the press.
Actually she was coming to town to be a Mail order bride but she actually just wanted a job at the print job. Read and see what happens. Love the different spin on mail order bride.
Imogene’s story is fun, surprising and thoroughly enjoyable. Her relationship with Silas develops slowly and is very sweet. I also really enjoy how the various townspeople react to Imogene and her relationship with Silas. This was a delightful continuation of a fun series written by an incredible group of authors!
I absolutely loved Imogene’s Ingenuity. Imogene and Silas are such heartwarming characters and perfect for each other. I love the setting of the book in a small Colorado town. The people there are caring and welcoming to Imogene when she comes to settle into her new home. I think it’s great that Reina brought back characters from a previous book. It also happened to be a book that I enjoyed and it was fun to see the continuation of their story, too. This is a great, sweet read, especially on a cold snowy night. I couldn’t put it down. I highly recommend it!
A most excellent historical romance! Although I am not a real fan of the historical romance genre Author Torres has completely won me over. Her romances are like a breath of fresh air from the other genres I read. I loved this story set in the time of mail order brides. It is beautifully written with wonderful characters. Imogene, who is traveling west is not looking to be a mail order bride as Madam Wigg intends but rather to find a job in the profession of printing. Silas Hix believes he is corresponding with his new employee, “Gene.” When Imogene arrives in Bower, all bets are off. A wonderful friendship turned romance with the perfect HEA.
A completely delightful story about a engaging and witty woman ahead of her time.. Loved this sweetly engaging, emotional, fun and exciting romantic adventure that kept me page turning to the very end and enjoying every moment. Great read.
A sweet, wholesome story, part of the alphabet brides series.
Imogene Wigg has spent her life among the orphans at Mrs. Wiggs foundling home. She longs for nothing more than the smell of ink and the clink of type, so she answers the ad of Silas Hix, a printer looking for an assistant. once she travels to Colorado, she realizes that the fates have conspired against her. How can a single man have a woman as an apprentice? And why must her stomach flutter when Silas is near? After all, her goal is to remain a spinster.
A lovely story of unexpected love in the old west.
This book was not at all what I expected. I though Imogene would get off of a train and meet her groom. There would be complications to the relationship like are seen in so many books of this trope. But no! Reina Torres surprised me in a delightful way. I don’t want to give away the story so suffice it to say this book is sweet, clean and oh so interesting. The story’s plot is very well written and the characters seemed like people I would love to live around. I wish I could find that small town and move in! I strongly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a sweet, satisfying western historical romance!!!
This is a sweet historical romance between Imogene Wigg and Silas Hix. Imogene travels to Bower, Colorado to get a job not a husband like she told Madam Wigg and the girls at the Foundling school where she was raised. Silas owns the printing shop in Bower and is quiet and keeps to himself. These two are perfect for each other and I loved the connection they have with a love for printing. The writing is perfect, the characters are amazing and the story is beautiful. Reina Torres is a fantastic author that always pulls me into the story leaving me wanting more and I look forward to reading anything she writes.
A lovely historical romance. I enjoyed the storyline and the interesting and well-developed characters. Reina Torres consistently delivers wonderful sweet historical romances that leave you happy you read them.
I love these characters. Sweet and engaging. Made me feel like I was reading about old friends.
The story made the location so believable and made it easy for me to picture the town. It was filled with information to bring the charters personalities to life.
Reina is amazing at building beautiful historical stories that keep the reader engaged.Reina Torres
This is the first book I’ve read in the Alphabet Mail-Order Brides series. Imogene’s favorite quote is, “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” from Ecclesiastes 3:1. I totally believe this and found it perfect timing to read this sweet book. Being the first book I’ve read in this series, it is special and it is a plus that I loved the story-line. When Imogene finds her match in a print shop, it becomes a partnership for life. Imogene and Silas love their work, their friends and specially each other.
Imogene was raised by Madam Wigg at a Foundling School. She is now ready to move on in her life and travels to Bower Colorado. Madam Wigg and the other girls at the school, whom she considers her sisters, believe she is to be a Mail Order Bride. But Imogene has other ideas. During her stay with Madam Wigg Imogene became acquainted with print setting and dreams of working in a print shop. But she knows that, as a woman, the chances that happening as miniscule.
Unbeknownst to her adopted friends and family she has been corresponding with Silas Hix about his need for an assistant in his print shop in Bower as Gene. But Silas only knows of Gene and has no idea that Gene is a woman. After traveling for days and arriving in Bower, she seeks out the print shop, but does not let Silas know she is Gene. Silas is drawn to her and enjoying speaking with her. He is surprised at her ability but lets her know that he cannot hire her as it would not be appropriate for her, a single woman, to work with a single man. Others in the town are surprised when Imogene tells them that Silas speaks with her. It is not something he readily does with others. An unexpected snow storm strands Imogene at the print shop for a night. Silas and Imogene now have a decision to make about their future.
This is a delightfully sweet book that has all the right characters. Two unattached people that believe they are destined to be alone. An adorably cute couple that run the boarding house and are very supportive of Imogene. A curmudgeon of a man that is interested in Imogene. And other townspeople that help carry the story.
All of this is brought together by the words of Reina Torres. She weaves a wonderful tale in this latest installment of the Alphabet Mil-Order Brides. Spend an evening with Imogene and friends. You’re sure to enjoy it.
I thought it was a sweet and heartwarming book. My heart went out to Imogene and Silas.
I never read any of the other books prior to this book.
For sure most read.
This is the ninth book in The Alphabet Mail-Order Brides series.
I loved this story that has one of the adopted girls, women now,
from Miss Wigg’s home as she adopted those girl babies or little girls, that were left at the church or orphanage. She adopted many who she loved, raised, gave them good education, then sent them off as mail order brides.
Imogene was the ninth mail order bride to be sent off and she was going to Bower, Colorado.
One thing she didn’t tell Miss Wigg when she was going to leave was that she didn’t really have groom waiting for her in Bower. She had answered an ad to be a type setter at a printing shop. This was a job she loved to do. She was lucky to spend time in her local print shop and found it was really suited to her.
She was settled into the boarding house so the next day she went to visit Mr. Hix the printer she applied to for the job.
She really liked him and his shop.
Then she went back to the boarding house and there were so many men there she didn’t understand as they weren’t boarders. She found out word travels fast in a small western town where there aren’t many women and so the men came to check her out. This happened every night.
She kept returning to the print shop everyday and one day was a bad day to get distracted.
All I can tell you is this is a very good book to read and I don’t want to spoil it from here on. So, I encourage you to read this story and I am very sure if you love historical western romances you will love this story. For someone that didn’t want a husband Imogene found many things good about the town of Bower, CO.
I received this ARC from the author and I was not asked to leave a review. I did so with out compensation but because I loved this story and wanted to review it.
This was just a delightful Historical Romance! The love Ms. Torres has for the time period she writes about shines through in her books. Her characters are very likable and easy to relate to even through the time distance. This was a totally lovely clean romance.
Imogene was a very interesting character. She could have felt pity for herself in regards to her upbringing, but she embraced it and felt nothing but love for those around her. She wanted to do type setting for a newspaper and she went after the job.
I really liked Silas, too. He was the strong silent type with strong morals and dedication to his work. I loved the way he reacted to Imogene, which seemed out of character for him the rest of the time. He had a special reaction to her from the start. The HEA ending was just as sweet and special!
I was given this book by the author. All thoughts are my own.
Imogene Wigg told all of her sisters and Madam Wigg at the Foundling School where she was raised, that she is traveling to Bower, Colorado to become a Mail Order Bride. A condition of Madam Wigg was to have each of the girls she raised move into the world as Mail Order Brides and to open a school that would follow her way of teaching in their chosen city.
Imogene has other ideas… She plans to get a job and live on her own. She has been in contact with Mr. Silas Hix, owner of a print shop. She corresponded with him as “Gene” and is planning to follow her dream of working there. She has always loved all the intricacies of a Print Shop. One of her favorite things to do is set type. He has no idea what he is in for in the coming days!
Arriving in Bower, She procures a place to stay, and heads out to meet Mr. Hix. She doesn’t have the heart to tell him she is “Gene.” She is also the talk of the town and all the eligible young men in town, flock to the boarding house for dinners. Silas is also drawn to her. She is the first Woman he feels comfortable talking to.
A surprise snowstorm that dumps a ton of snow pushes Imogene and Silas to make some big decisions.
An obnoxious character, A cluster of women totally unique and different from each other make up a delightful cast in this delightful return to Bower.
You don’t want to miss this installment in the Alphabet Mail Order Brides.
I received an ARC of this book. I am choosing to leave an honest review.
Ah what a sweet, sweet romance. Imogene, the heroine, who is traveling west, not to find a suitable husband or to be a mail order bride, but to find a job and be her own woman, stumbles upon a new friendship that helps foster her love of printing. Will that new friendship turn into love? Well, it is a romance so yes it probably will but you’ll have to read this story to find out all the details. And you know I only read stories with an HEA so this story will have that for sure but it was also just so cute that I had a smile on my face throughout the reading. Reina Torres definitely knows how to write a sweet and totally clean romance that will leave you with a happy sigh when you’re done reading.
Imogene’s Ingenuity(The Alphabet Mail Order Brides Book 9) by Reina Torres takes us back to Bower, Colorado. Imogene Wiggs doesn’t want to be a mail order bride! She wants to work in a print shop,so when she sees a advertisement for a printer assistant in Bower, Colorado she applies. Silas Hix own a print job and he needs help, so he advertises for a printer assistant, but the one man who applied and he offer the position to hasn’t shown up! Or has she? Even through Silas can’t hire Imogene these two people can’t seem to stay away from each other. Old man winter does his part by sending a massive snow storm that ends up keeping them both in the print job over night. Will a “shot gun” wedding make these two realize that they both can have it all? I so enjoyed getting to go back to Bower, Colorado and meeting up with old friends. This book is a stand alone. Home To Roost is set in Bower, Colorado. It is also a stand alone book.