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On a harsh future Earth where corruption rules and women are few, cold realist Hudson Land must purchase a wife to comply with the Elders’ laws and save his farm. Instead of an auction, he witnesses the start of an … auction, he witnesses the start of an execution. With his first look at a beautiful woman in years, Hudson knows he has to have her–no matter the cost.
Lake, a chemist and a rebel fighter, is resigned to her death, but when some back-hill farmer rescues her from the chopping block she has no intention of simply becoming his wife. She’s pledged her life to the Rebellion and being bought for some stranger’s bed doesn’t change a thing, even if his soft caresses are damn distracting.
As lies and secrets build between them, can they trust each other enough to stand against the two warring factions in a world where only the strong survive?
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This first book got me hooked. Such great world building!
Lake, was taught by her father to be a chemist, a free thinker and now is a rebel fighter. After finding a computer in her home, she is sentenced to death. She is rescued from death by a farmer. Hunter is determined have a wife and she is determined to be free. There are so many secrets build between them that it is hard to imagine can they will be able to trust each other enough to stand together against the battling forces of this dark and harsh world.
This book has been classified as an action-adventure romance, a science fiction romance and a dark romance, but mostly it is just the beginning of a great romantic saga. It is book one in the Dark Future Series, and what a great start. The characters are entrancing, well developed with Interesting personalities complete with strengths and weakness. The are engaging and draw you into their story. Both are strong, determined and the chemistry between them is palatable. The narrative is well crafted with great details of events and scenery and providing insights into the characters’ emotional state and motivations. The gritty storyline flows smoothly and quickly. It I is action packed, filled with danger, betrays, touching romantic moments and suspense. As this is just the beginning of their story, you will not get the happy ever after but you get a great introduction into this dark work, the characters and the fight happening between the opposing factions. If you like science fiction romances with action, you will like this book. I hope to be able to read the next book soon.
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Women are very few now and it a man wants a wide he has to buy her. She had been sentenced to death but when he sees her he wants her. He saves her but she wants nothing to do with him. There will be many how and down between them. Can they make it together? Will she leave him behind? See what happens to them
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Family, honor, a possible future, the prevailing old ways
—>>> Hudson Land gives a good portion of his fortune to purchase a wife, sold the very moment he had set eyes on her on the executioner’s chopping block. But this woman is much more than just a pretty face. Her name is Lake, a woman on a dual mission, and nothing is going to stop her when she has already made up her mind, not even Hudson’s intent to make her his wife in all ways. Intriguing first installment into this Dark Future series!
Discovered that although I had already read this book some time back, that I never left a review, so I re-read it and liked it even better than the first time. In this first of a series (free on your favorite buy site) we have a world where women and therefore children are few. In order to have a wife she must be purchased through auction. This is the story of one man’s illogical purchase of a woman as she is being prepared for execution. What the man doesn’t know is that this woman is willing to do all she can to save her last family member and she can’t do that if she’s someone’s wife. An exciting start to a great world building series filled with wonderfully detailed description of it’s characters, the pain they suffer and the wonder of discovering there is more to living, under the yoke of oppression, than the sweat of hard work and the drive to overcome the hopeless. I’m picking up the second in the series right now.
I am in love with how the book is written. I could picture the world that Lake and Hudson are in and visually see how the book plays out to the 2nd book.
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Short dystopian book that is the start of a series. I enjoyed the way the author built this future world and the characters. This is a great introduction for me to this author and to this new series which looks like it’s going to be wonderful.
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A crazy post-apocalyptic Earth.
This sci-fi story was a very interesting set on a world where women have become property Hudson saves a young woman from execution she, in turn, tried to kill him not a great way to start married life. It is a good set up for the next book in the series you want to know about this whacked out world. There is some action at the end that was great reading. I will have to check out the series. I did receive a free copy of this book and voluntarily chose to review it.
Good story – as far as it goes
KC Klein introduces a grim and dangerous dystopian world ruled by a mysterious and powerful religious warlord elite. The Way is the only way to live, and all follow the Way or face the consequences. Of course free, injustice and oppression abound. Of course there’s a Rebellion, a clandestine revolutionary group. And when Hudson, a Way-following landowner, must acquire a wife or lose his family’s land, then bride price of a beautiful condemned rebel woman seems like the best of all the bad alternatives he has. So he acquires a uniquely rebellious young woman who dares – DARES – to negotiate a modicum of freedom for herself before her claiming. And of course she promptly escapes. Hudson is incensed that his bride is so lacking in honor, and goes after her. He’s a man with integrity and intelligence, and he’s way more hip to the reality of his world than he lets on. He’s a man who attains his objectives. And when he catches up with the runaway wife, she goes back with him. It isn’t the end of the story. It isn’t HEA, or even close. It’s an abrupt halt, and a to-be-continued, and it’s irritating as all perdition. I hate it when s potentially good book devolves into yet another reader/marketing opportunity. If you have a high tolerance for this kind of chain-jerking, you many well enjoy To Buy A Wife. I don’t, and I didn’t, and I’ll wait for the finished box set before reading any more of this. I received an ARC of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.