From the day she was born, Rita Baxter’s mother encouraged her to follow her heart. Filled with innocent dreams and faith that her hard work training to be a Prima Ballerina on New York’s bright stage will lead to fortune and fame, Rita is crushed when she loses her mother and must take a job dancing in a burlesque chorus line to keep a roof over her head. Witnessing a brutal murder is the … last straw. The policepromise to keep her safe, but Rita has learned to be a realist. Determined to escape the Irish gang that wants her dead and start a new life for herself, Rita heads to Colorado Territory as a mail-order bride.
Jack Colton struck gold in his Central City mine, but the dark recesses of the mine mirror the lonely, dark places in his heart. He longs for a wife and family, but the only women in town interested in a hard former soldier like him aren’t really interested in him at all. Tired of being pursued for his newfound wealth, Jack decides to take a chance on a mail-order bride from New York. She’s supposed to be petite and beautiful, a dancer who will bring color and warmth into his cold life.
Sparks fly when they meet, both hopeful for a bright future. But murder is a poison and it followed Rita all the way from New York. Jack thought his killing days were over, but when an assassin arrives to destroy everything Jack will stop at nothing to protect his new wife…no matter the cost.
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I don’t like this so much!the plot is very usual _ heroine running away after witnessing murder got married to protective hero etc etc.
It was alright. Not the best nor the worst thing I’ve ever read.
Cynthia Woolf doesn’t write a bad book. I look for her books to read
Multidimensional characters were a refreshing change from the cardboard cutouts so often seen in novels nowadays. The plot twists and detailed period setting make the Dancing Bride a winner.
Fun western
The reason for the low rating is that I was allowed to read the first 35 pages and then was locked out from continuing. Tried various times to bring it up in my playbook library with same results…I would have liked to have completed the book
and surely would have given it a better rating……what happened?
I have always loved her books this one was no exception
Fun easy entertaining love story.
enjoyed, would recommend
Very good love story
A good rainy day read
Poorly written. Story weak. did not enjoy at all.
Did not particularly like this book
I love the mail order bride books. Always entertaining.
fun read