Enjoy Bestselling Author Karen Witemeyer’s Terrific New Romance!Men are optional. That’s the credo Emma Chandler’s suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women’s colony in Harper’s Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all. A man who can fight–and she knows just the one.Malachi Shaw finally … one.
Malachi Shaw finally earned the respect he craved by becoming an explosives expert for the railroad. Yet when Emma’s plea arrives, he bolts to Harper’s Station to repay the girl who once saved his life. Only she’s not a girl any longer. She’s a woman with a mind of her own and a smile that makes a man imagine a future he doesn’t deserve.
As the danger intensifies, old feelings grow and deepen, but Emma and Mal will need more than love to survive.
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Christian Historical Romance
When God puts two people together, He’ll move heaven and earth and even a criminal to make His will succeed!
What a cute book. Some humor and romance and mystery all in one. The story starts out when Emma Chandler finds Malachi in her Aunts barn. He is cold and wet and she gives him her coat and clothes and shoes. They become childhood friends and her Aunts let him stay. He always protected her and watched over her. H really cared for her. He had to leave because of a problem he had when he tried to protect her from a rich boy. He had to leave or face charges. Then the book shows them grown. He is a blaster for the railroad and she started a town for women who were abused and mistreated. The town she started was being attacked by someone and she needed his help. When he got her letter he rushed to help her. He called her his angel but never felt he was good enough for her. She always cared for Malachi and when he comes to help the town from a bad guy there love for each other develops. Can not wait for book Two to come out. Love her books.
Such a lovely romance and unique storyline! A must-read!
A good Western Romance. The setting is a little improbable: a town for women only, with the goal of helping women who have been hurt by men. In the wild west? But I enjoyed the way the women pulled together in a threatening situation, and ended up accepting a trustworthy man to stay as sheriff.
I truly enjoy Karen’s writing style. I love the characters, humor, and hope that are written into the novels, especially this novel. When I begin reading a novel by Karen, I tend to not start reading it, unless I have time to read most, if not all, of the book. I tend to lose track of time, and the ability to remember that sleep is important to function.
Specifically to this story, I love that the characters persevere through things. Life isn’t simple, but there is hope. The characters and plot of this story are good reminders.
One of the BEST stories I have ever read! The aunties, Emma and Malachi were by far my favorites but each one of the ladies found a place in my heart too. My favorite part was in the beginning when little Emma tells young Malachi “the aunts said I can keep you”. I’m not going to forget that part for a very long time. Thank You Ms. Witemeyer for a FANTASTIC story.
Author Karen Witemeyer writes an entertaining western with a twist. A town for just women? That’s a recipe for trouble. And trouble shows up in the form of a man. No, this isn’t a story against men. This is a story about women who have been hurt and are seeking healing. I enjoyed it.
Witmeyer’s books always make me smile. Her characters are well developed and mostly charming. I always fall in love with them. In this case, I’d love to visit Harper’s Station. The town is so well described I’m sure I’d be able to find my way around.
With intrigue, danger, romance, and plenty of chuckles, this book is sure to please anyone who enjoys a light, clean western.
A women’s colony was a unique idea 125 years ago, but in Texas it was a novel idea. Women were free to achieve their potential in professions otherwise limited to men. Their colony had symbiotic relationships with surrounding communities, providing goods and services and received the same from them. However, trouble began from a strong and unknown source. This book tells how the colony protected itself. If you are into women’s issues, you’ll enjoy this novel. I recommend this book!
Any time I am looking for a new book to read, Karen Witemeyer is a go-to author! Always enjoy reading her books!
Just DAW!!!!! Emma and Malachi have a long history of helping each other out of rough situations, but when Emma’s town is beset by a villain it may be more than Malachi can handle alone. Luckily for him, the women of Harper’s Station are a tough breed. The little town is Emma’s dream of a safe haven for women looking for a way out of tough situations. When an outlaw threatens their lives, Emma and Malachi have to put their heads together to figure out who the villain is and how to stop him and his mysterious accomplice who seems to be one of the residents of the town. This was a sweet story with a quirky cast that will make you want to time travel your way out west! Loved it!
I love this author and her charactors.
Great read I love this authors books
This is a cute love story. Emma, lady banker and leader of an all woman settlement contacts Mal whom she hasn’t seen in 10 years to come protect her group from an unknown man intent on driving them off their property. Mal and Emma rekindle a love that started when they were kids. It has action, suspense and a love story with a happy ending.
This was a really good book. It kept me wanting to keep reading it.
Very practical for the real world we live in.
A while back, I read and enjoyed the novella that comes between books one and two in this series, so I’m not sure why it took me so long to pick this one up, but I’m so glad I did! I don’t know the historical accuracy of a woman’s colony in the late 1800s, but it’s an interesting concept. Karen Witemeyer filled her town with delightful characters, and I quite want to meet the aunts in particular. The storyline was good, the actions believable, and her ending was superb.
After reading Head in the Clouds, I had a feeling Karen Witemeyer would become one of my favorite authors. She hasn’t disappointed me yet. Her historical romances include a variety of settings and circumstances, which creates unique conflicts and plots. No Other Will Do is no different.
I’m not sure if women’s colonies actually existed, but I love Witemeyer’s ability to take a topic that’s still relevant today and create a setting and situation that’s believable in a historical time period. This allows her to create characters like Emma and Malachi, who may be considered revolutionary in their time, but still maintain a traditional set of values that helps everything stick together.
I also love Witemeyer’s ability to craft sweet romances that the reader can watch unfold and blossom. I’ve read several books that made me wonder why the guy and girl ever wanted to be together, but you can always see the thread of romance in Witemeyer’s books, and this one is no exceptiong.
If you enjoy a historical romance, I highly recommend Karen Witemeyer, and No Other Will Do in particular. Fans of Mary Connealy and Melissa Jagears are sure to enjoy this novel.
This was such a great story! It took me a couple of chapters to begin to really connect with the various characters in this book, but once I did I was thoroughly invested in what would become of this little town.
This story dealt with a town that was a sanctuary for women who needed to escape some type of bad situation. However, I appreciated that it was not a “man-bashing” type of book. There were varying degrees of traumatic situations that the women had experienced and their reactions to men were reasonable based on their personal trauma.
I really liked the main characters, especially Malachi. He was such a great hero for this story. He overcame a very hard childhood, loved God, had a sacrificial love for Emma, and was a man that would do whatever it took to help the women of Harper’s Station.
I am now looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
(4.5 stars)
Loved this book! Ms. Witemeyer does an admirable job of creating the women’s colony and showing the need for a safe haven for the women who have come there. There were a lot of characters named in the book and it took me a bit to keep them all straight, but as the book progressed and I began to get to know the characters better, I was able to distinguish more quickly who was who. I also enjoyed the quirkiness of some of the characters, namely the aunts. They were such a great addition to the story and to each other. I loved how they helped to balance each other out. Overall, the dynamic in the women’s colony was wonderful and I loved reading about it. I appreciated how Ms. Witemeyer dealt fairly with the issue of the struggle women had, especially at the time, in making their way in the world. She did so without taking it to an extreme, though a few of her characters exhibited some of the more extreme viewpoint, she was careful to have scenes and people that showed that men should be valued as well and that not all men are men intent on keeping women downtrodden.
And let’s not forget the chemistry and fire between Mal and Emma. I adored their relationship and watching their feelings for each other grow even stronger as they saw each other again after so many years apart. I loved both Mal and Emma as individual characters and as a couple. Mal was so great at encouraging Emma and helping her find her feistiness when she had moments of doubts about what she was doing. I loved watching them come together. Great, fun read!
It was good and not good at the same time. I loved some of the author’s other books so much, I didn’t think that she could go wrong. I don’t fully like her Harper’s Station stories. They all have so much potential though. The female characters in this series have been made to be too manly, and even though mosty of the male characters start off manly, the female characters are allowed to push the males around without any complaints from the male characters. It’s a bit emasculating for the men. I love the male characters but I don’t love the female characters as much because they can be too self centered and unflexible with the male characters.