In Want of a Wife by Jo Goodman Review
SHE HAS NOWHERE LEFT TO TURN
Jane Middlebourne needs a way out. In 1891, life in New York is unforgiving for a young woman with no prospects, especially when her family wants nothing to do with her. So when Jane discovers an ad for a mail-order bride needed in Bitter Springs, Wyoming, she responds with a hopeful heart.
HE HAS EVERYTHING TO LOSE
Rancher Morgan Longstreet is in want of a wife who will be his partner at Morning Star, someone who will work beside him and stand by him. His first impression of the fair and fragile Jane is that she is not that woman. But when she sets out to prove him wrong, the secrets he cannot share put into jeopardy every happiness they hope to find….
Review
I have a number of Jo Goodman titles on my To Be Read pile. They are all going straight to the top.
I am a sucker for mail order bride stories. I adore them. I love the circumstances of the couple that make such a marriage necessary and all the couple time we get with a married couple makes for good romance.
As the this book opened, I was impressed with the setting of mood and mystery. Once our hero and heroine meet, the wit of both of them jumps off the page.
We get a ginger hero as a bonus. The book settled into with great secondary characters and a layering of happenings that never tipped into melodrama. I love the bone deep practicality of each couple.
I was thinking that this book was good and enjoying it. Then, the book got simply excellent.
The secrets unfold without rancor or misunderstandings. The action speeds up and the characters develop is such amazing and engaging ways. I fall in love with both of them.
I can't give the book's secrets aways but it is a grand, moving, and witty romances worth your every minute.
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