New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jane Porter kicks off her brand new cowboy series with a modern twist on an old-fashioned way of finding a wife.After the only woman Joe Wyatt ever loved marries another, the Montana rancher swears off romance. He’s done playing the game. Only problem? He needs a wife, and kids he can pass the Paradise Valley cattle ranch to. So Joe takes the same … Joe takes the same no-nonsense approach to marriage as he does to running his family’s business…he places an online ad for a mail-order bride. The ad is a lot like Joe, straight-forward and to-the-point: Wife Wanted.
When Sophie Correia is left at the altar after her groom runs off with her maid of honor, she wants to get as far away from California and her dairy farming family as possible. Sophie doesn’t need hearts and flowers, but she’s fed up with men who can’t commit. And at thirty, she’s more than ready to start a family. When she comes across Joe’s ad, she thinks she’s found the perfect solution — head to Montana, get married, and move forward.
Can a contract for marriage lead to love, or will the arrangement cost them their hearts?
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Love a good mail order bride book, or in this case, email. Joe wants a wife, one who can handle the ranch life, strong, and love wasn’t necessary if they got along. Sophie seemed perfect, and when she arrived, teary-eyed, he wondered if it would all work out.
Sophie, brokenhearted from a recent breakup, is ready for marriage. Life on a Montana ranch didn’t sound all that different from the dairy farm in California. She didn’t count on it being so remote, Joe’s mother being difficult, and their regimented life. Had she made a mistake?
Marrying in secret meant bending the truth which was hard when Joe’s mom wanted to plan a beautiful country barn wedding. Sophie had to find her place on the ranch, and Joe had to learn to let down his guard. Slowly, but surely, the slow burn turns to love. But is it enough to sustain their marriage?
A delicious new start to a series.
Montana Cowboy Romance by Jane Porter
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Jane Porter kicks off her brand new cowboy series with a modern twist on an old-fashioned way of finding a wife.
After the only woman Joe Wyatt ever loved marries another, the Montana rancher swears off romance. He’s done playing the game. Only problem? He needs a wife, and kids he can pass the Paradise Valley cattle ranch to. So Joe takes the same no-nonsense approach to marriage as he does to running his family’s business…he places an online ad for a mail-order bride. The ad is a lot like Joe, straight-forward and to-the-point: Wife Wanted.
When Sophie Correia is left at the altar after her groom runs off with her maid of honor, she wants to get as far away from California and her dairy farming family as possible. Sophie doesn’t need hearts and flowers, but she’s fed up with men who can’t commit. And at thirty, she’s more than ready to start a family. When she comes across Joe’s ad, she thinks she’s found the perfect solution — head to Montana, get married, and move forward.
Can a contract for marriage lead to love, or will the arrangement cost them their hearts?
This is Sophie Correia and Joe Wyatt’s story.
Her gaze scanned the crowd and, as she impatiently pushed a long strand of dark hair back from her forehead, she reminded him of a California movie star, young, glossy, pretty. Almost too pretty, and he felt a kick of disappointment because he had a sinking suspicion that she’d hate the ranch. The Wyatt ranch was remote, high in the Gallatin mountains, thirty minutes from anything.
He cut through the thinning crowd. “Sophie? I’m Joe Wyatt.”
She looked up at him, lips curving into a smile. “Nice to meet you in person, Joe Wyatt.”
Joe Wyatt rocked on his heels, trying to stay relaxed as he waited for his soon-to-be bride to enter the terminal. One hundred years ago, he would have been
It’d been three months since he’d placed the ad that he was looking for a wife, three months since strangers began answering the ad. Three months where he’d questioned himself even as he explored options, but the questions and doubts were behind him. Sophie had been his first, and final, choice and he, apparently, was hers, as the daughter of California dairy farmers would be stepping through the arrival gate any moment.
He knew what she’d looked like. Medium height, brown eyes, high cheekbones, a strong brow, and dark brown hair. They’d had a half-dozen calls before they had their first FaceTime conversations, and then two more FaceTime conversations after that where they discussed what they wanted, and expected, and how they’d break the news to their families if they really went through with it.
I highly recommend reading.
Montana Cowboy Romance by Jane Porter is a wonderful well written 5 star book.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy.
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Taming of the Sheenans
The Taming of the Bachelor
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A Christmas Miracle for Daisy
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The Tycoon’s Forced Bride
The Lost Sheenan’s Bride
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Paradise Valley Ranch
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Miracle on Chance Avenue
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Take a Chance on Me
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Wyatt Brothers of Montana
I loved this story; reading it in one day!! Words fail to describe how much I truly loved reading Joe and Sophie’s story of a modern take on a mail-order marriage in Montana Cowboy Romance by Jane Porter, the first book in her Wyatt Brothers series. Placing an online ad for a mail-order bride gives Joe an opportunity to find a woman who could tolerate the isolation of living on a ranch, far from neighbors and town, who might be able to love him in the future, and have a family with him; children to pass his Paradise Valley cattle ranch to. Sophie was unsettled and in desperate need of a change. A few days before her wedding was to occur her fiancé called it off; only to marry her younger sister a few weeks later. Sophie is not a romantic, needing hearts and flowers. At almost thirty she is more than ready to start a family. Seeing Joe’s ad is the perfect solution; move to Montana from her home in California, get married, and move forward. Arriving in Montana, Sophie finds that life is not going to be as easy as she expected. This contract for marriage they have might lead them to love or it might just cost them their hearts.
Ms. Porter, an amazing story teller in her own right, wrote a wonderfully sweet, emotional and moving story that is definitely not to be missed. This story is filled with sexual attraction, fun dialogue, and endearing characters, giving Joe and Sophie a future they only dreamt of happening. I highly recommend Montana Cowboy Romance to other readers.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book.
A modern day twist of a mail order bride, loved this book from the first page to the last, I could not put this book down. Pure Jane Porter romance with plenty of family drama. Joe needs a wife, so he puts out an ad for a wife. Sophie answers and is soon on a plane to Marietta. With a few bridges to cross in the next coming days you know they will have their HEA.
Loved these characters both with previous heartache they both need to overcome. Joe is a rugged cowboy but has the biggest heart, and it’s all about family and his ranch. Sophie has so many changes in her recent past and now to pick up and move away from her family and friends. Loved Joe’s mom, Summer!! She has a mind of her own, comes across very cold but inside her heart she just wants what is best for her son.
This is the first book in the series but I can’t wait to read more of the Wyatt brothers. I highly recommend this book!!!
This book is Montana Cowboy Romance: book #1 in Wyatt Brothers of Montana series. It is a brand a modern twist on an old-fashioned way of finding a wife.
Joe Wyatt is a Montana rancher. He loved a woman, and she ended up marrying someone else. He swears off romance and the game playing. Needing a wife and kids to pass the Paradise Valley cattle ranch, he takes a no-nonsense approach to marriage. He places an online ad requesting a mail order bride with a forward and straight to the point request: Wife Wanted.
Sophie Correia works on a family dairy farm in California. She was left at the alter by her groom. He ran off with her maid of honor, which happens to be her sister! She doesn’t need hearts and flowers and she is fed up with men who won’t commit. Being 30 years old, she is more than ready to start a family. The thinks she has found the perfect solution when she reads Joe’s “want” ad. She can quit her job, sell her condo, move to Montana, get married and move on with her life.
When she arrives in Montana, she is a bit unsure how things will turn out. Joe seems straight-forward, but he also has a certain something about him that makes her heart flip flop.
Joe is surprised when he goes to pick up Sophie from the airport. She is stunningly beautiful but he worries that this remote place might not be all that she could want.
Can their contract for marriage lead to love or will it break their hearts?
Such a great, fun, romantic story from the one and only Jane Porter. Her writing grabs you in from the first paragraph and once you start, you won’t want to stop. Cannot wait to read the next in the Wyatt Brothers of Montana series.
Another great book set in my favorite fictional town of Marietta, Montana. A contemporary mail order bride with all the trials and tribulations that go into that situation. Lots of issues and baggage with both main characters. But as in any good romance novel we get our HEA delivered to us. Can’t wait for the next in this series.
I really enjoyed reading about Joe and Sophie’s storyline surrounding the online ad for a wife .I grew up watching westerns on tv with my dad, I was always attracted to the strong silent type like the cowboys they portrayed ,so I was attracted to Joe Wyatt right from the start.Strong hard working ,don’t have time to coddle and because there’s work to be done.Joe needs a wife to be strong as well ,and self-sufficient,cook ,clean and have babies raise the next generation of cowboys because his granddad is getting up in years.I highly recommend this book.I can’t wait for the rest of this series to come out.
Interesting take on the mail-order bride theme. Some parts were really enjoyable while a few places became mired in trite points that added little to the story as a whole. Would have liked to see a little more interaction with Sophie’s family or at least something about why no one was in communication with her while in Montana.
There was plenty of family drama coming from Joe’s side of the family. This adds conflict to the story as the new couple try to work things out. Naturally, Joe and especially Sophie have plenty of baggage to unload an work through. Living on a ranch leaves little time for romance. This unfortunately left me wishing for more of that – after all “romance” is in the title.
Overall a good book if you’re looking for a deeper storyline and a more intense relationship with the characters.
I received an advanced reader copy from the publisher in exchange for my volunteer review.
This is book #1 of Wyatt Brothers of Montana series and I was given an advance reader’s copy in exchange for my review.
Joe and Sophie’s modern day mail order bride love story ( we have the internet now) touched my heart, made me forget my troubles and took the troubles of the world ( pandemic) away and let me escape into the pages of the wonderful book to the Montana mountain side and revisit the town of Marietta.
This one just held me enthralled I hated to even have to sit it down. In the end it stole my heart and left me with the warm fuzzies, I for one cannot wait for the second book of the series.
I highly recommend this Jane Porter book along with all the other books of hers I have read, she is a favorite author.
Montana Cowboy Romance (Wyatt Brothers of Montana Book 1) by Jane Porter
This story starts out with Joe Wyatt and he’s just meeting Sophie in person at the airport.
She had answered his wanted bride ad and they spent some time online getting to know one another.
She moves to the nearby town because of the cold welcome from his ailing mother who lives with him at the ranch along with Grandad.
She gets to know the area well as she has a lot of time on her hands as Joe is so busy with calving season and tending to the ranch and all house chores including cooking for everybody.
She ends up friending a few and gets a job at the salon answering phones and making appointments. As her time with Joe comes to several weeks and she slowly moves back to the house with the reluctant agreement to allow his mom to help with wedding celebration..
They had each wanted just a quick and easy ceremony. They each have major secrets they have to share to clear the air…
Enjoyed this read because it brought us to a familiar area and it’s learning about people in the area more deeply. Love learning about the calving and all the details.
Didn’t see them staying together and love hearing of the detailed descriptions of the area.
Can’t wait to read more about the other brothers from this series, we had just met them for a quick glimpse.
Can be read as a stand alone.
Received this review copy from the author and this is my honest opinion.
What a wonderful start to new series.
Sophie was dumped before her wedding.
Joe’s latest girlfriend, didn’t want to leave on his ranch, so he decided to put an ad for a wife on the internet, where he meet Sophie.
Finally day came, when Sophie comes to Montana, to meet in person and get married.
Will keeping secrets and trying to please everyone, be a good start to a marriage?
Loved this story, loved Sophie and Joe. Can’t wait for other books in series.
Joe Wyatt gave up a successful rodeo career to run the family cattle ranch in Paradise Valley. His grandfather is getting up in years and said he needs help. Joe accepted that this was his duty as the eldest son. I liked his sense of responsibility but felt sorry that he had to make this sacrifice. Joe was lonely. He wanted a wife and children, but the ranch took all his time. He had no social life which is why he advertised online for a wife. When Sophie answered his ad, they made an agreement to marry for convenience and practicality. Now that she’s in Montana, their relationship hits a few bumps. Their chemistry sizzles which unsettles Sophie. She’s been hurt by an unfaithful fiancée. She’s afraid to believe in a HEA, but she’s fallen in love with Joe. I wanted them to share what’s in their heart, but they’re afraid to be open. I was pulled into their romance. Jane Porter wrote a wonderful story. Her characters are relatable. I was drawn to them and wanted them to find the love and happiness that they sought. It’s always a special treat to visit Marietta and the Paradise Valley. I love the caring people who live here. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the Wyatt brothers find their future.
This is the first book of the Wyatt brothers series, and also the first book I read by this author.
This modern day “Mail Order WIfe” centers around Joe Wyatt and Sophie Correia who meet when Joe places online a “want ad” for a wife.
Joe’s been hurt before in the matters of the heart, but since he wants a wife and children to leave a legacy to the future generation, he decides to forgo love and advertise for a wife.
Sophie, whose heart was crushed and betrayed right before she was due to marry, answers the ad, leaving California for Montana. Neither is looking for love , but both want a spouse and children.
But Sophie’s reception when she meets Summer, Joe’s mother, and his grandfather, was not what she had hoped for. Imagine if they found out the truth?
Each with their own personal baggage attempt to overcome the obstacles unaware that fate has it’s own agenda.
It was an entertaining story to be enjoyed in an afternoon of leisure.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Tule Publishing. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
Five Stars!
I was privileged to receive an advanced copy of Jane Porter’s Montana Cowboy Romance. It is book #1 in her new Wyatt Brothers of Montana series. The story is set in and around our favorite town of Marietta, MT. Joe Wyatt is the oldest of Summer Wyatt’s four grown sons. Joe’s father was tragically killed when Joe was a young boy. Afterwards, Summer and her boys moved back to her father-in-law’s huge ranch. Summer, and the boys had a hard time adjusting to ranch life… life without her husband, without the boys’ father. All four boys grew up to be champion rodeo cowboys, but six years ago, Joe left his brothers and returned to the ranch to help his ageing grandfather, and his arthritic mother. It was his duty. He was the eldest… the ranch had been in the Wyatt family for generations.
Years before, Joe had been in love, but she would have never been satisfied living on a remote ranch away from town or city life. It ended badly, and Joe swore he would find a practical woman to marry. Enter Sophie Correia, daughter of a California dairy family. Sophie had recently been left at the altar by her longtime fiancé. Who needed love? Certainly not her. One online advertisement for a wife by Joe, and an answer by Sophie, and our story begins with an awkward first meeting at the Bozeman airport. What follows is their mutual attractions, their emotional walls coming down, a resistant mother-in-law, an all-knowing grandfather, a secret plan, more suspense than most espionage novels, unexpected love, and two weddings!
I thoroughly enjoyed this heartfelt story. I was “hooked” from the first sentence. It was great to be back in Marietta. The Main Street Diner, Married in Marietta, the Graff Hotel, and the Bramble House Bed and Breakfast all make appearances. Jane’s depictions of Marietta always soothe my heart. There is so much to love concerning this story… Marietta, the dialogue, the storylines, but especially the characters. Sophie is a gem: beautiful, compassionate, and strong-willed. Joe is John Wayne in print form… big, strong, hard-working, duty-filled, and not afraid to take a stand! Grandfather Melvin Wyatt… just think Charleston Heston, Gregory Peck, or Henry Fonda. Summer Wyatt has her physical struggles, but she proves she is no pushover.
I usually foresee most storylines as I progress through a story. That was not the case with this book. The ending was the icing on the wedding cake… or maybe it was the topper! I loved this story!
A modern twist on a mail order bride story.
It all started with a “Wife Wanted” ad placed by Joe Wyatt in which Sophie Correia answered. Joe was tired of his mother asking when he would marry and have a family. He didn’t have time for dating and it was hard to meet women when he spent most of his time working on his family’s cattle ranch high in the Gallatin Mountains overlooking Yellowstone River. His previous relationship ended because the girl didn’t like living so far from her family, friends and the excitement of town. When Sophie answered Joe’s ad, Joe thought she was perfect for the businesslike arrangement he was seeking. Sophie came from farming family, so Joe knew she would understand how hard ranch life could be.
Sophie wanted a new start far away from California. Far from her family and ex-fiancé who broke her heart when he betrayed her. Sophie didn’t plan on falling for Wyatt, but it happened, and it happened fast. But life wasn’t exactly as Sophie had pictured it. Wyatt’s mother and grandfather didn’t want anything to do with her and she didn’t get much alone time with Wyatt. The days were full of frustration and tension for Sophie and Joe, especially when Joe’s mother decided to start planning their wedding. It will either make them or break them.
This was such a good book and the perfect start of a new series. I really enjoyed seeing how Joe and Sophie worked through every obstacle that was thrown in their path until they finally got their happily ever after. I look forward the books that will follow this one and learning more about the Wyatt brothers.