Book Review: Mail Order Bride: ADELINE: The Strong-willed Bride for Her Lonely Farmer (A Frontier We
Synopsis:
It's 1870, California, and in this series love flourishes in the simple town of Goldrush when three fraught sisters flee New York, desperate to start new lives. What will happen in a marriage when two hearts committed to a strict-no-love policy? Could Adeline like this ever grow to love a man like James? Join strong-willed Adeline Archer as she conquers frontier life and the frozen heart of farmer James Blair. Tall and graceful Adeline Archer is twenty-five and she is DESPERATE! She needs to run from the luxury she's known in New York. It's either her or one of her younger sisters commanded to marry the awful man who makes her skin crawl. Their grand New York house is to be sold and their affluent lifestyle is at an abrupt end now her father has taken his own life and left Adeline as payment for his gambling debts to the man she hated most! Resourceful Adeline has six months to get them far away from the clutches of Lex Baxter, so she answers a MOB advertisement with a strict no-love policy. Perfect! She has plans for her mother and sisters to follow later. Travel with her to the town of Goldrush, in rural California, and meet the robust and handsome James Blair who has a frozen heart, heart-breaking secrets, and is on the verge of being forced off his land. God has a plan for Adeline and James, but it's almost over before it starts with these two butting stubborn heads and hearts. Will two bruised and battered souls become one in the healing light of love and faith? Should they go through with the annulment they think they want?
My Thoughts:
Adeline is headstrong and determined to find a solution to the problem that their deceased father left to them. Apparently one of his gambling debts was that one of his daughters was to marry the collector of the debt. Adeline came up with a plan to sneak away and become a mail order bride. Adeline’s plan is to marry for security and not for love and children. What Adeline didn’t plan on is the heart wanting what it wants.
This is a short story of a typical mail order bride. It was a good read if you like a good love story. It was an enjoyable quick read however I wish it was a little longer with some additional detail.