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Title:
Lonesome Bride

Author:
Megan Hart

Published By:
Amber Quill Press

ISBN:
1-59279-076-3

Copywrite:
2003

Format:
Electronic

Caitleen O'Neal is running from East Frankton, Pennsylvania to Lonesome, Montana as a mail order bride. It isn't that she couldn't find a husband in Pennsylvania. She probably could although her choices are limited by her father's reputation of a drunk and gambler. It is the gambling part that has Caite in her present circumstances. Her very own father gambled her away in a hand of poker and lost. Caite decided that she would rather take her chances with a perfect stranger rather than marry a womanizing drinking gambler such as Drake Hammond. Thus, Caite joined the Baptist bride program to escape Hammond's clutches. Caite is sent by the program to Montana to marry Jed Peters.

When Caitleen gets off the train in Lonesome she meets Jed Peters. He is young, handsome and very rude. But the attraction that flares between them from the start is amazing. Caite feels she has made the best choice when she became a mail order bride. After all, she could live with a rude man that was so appealing better than she could a rake like Drake Hammond. And to show herself and her new husband-to-be just how well suited they could be, on the two-day trip from Lonesome out to Peters' ranch, Caite gives into the sexual attraction. After all, they were as good as married...or were they? It isn't until they reach the ranch Heatherfield that she learns that the man that she traveled with and made passionate love with isn't who she thought he was.

This book is jam packed with wonderful heart endearing characters and even one or two that aren't so endearing. Megan Hart created wonderful personalities for the characters and they are very believable. The plot has many twists and turns that will keep the reader guessing. Caite is a beautiful heroin that you cry and rejoice with. Jed is a strong male that will do whatever it takes to win his heart's desire. This reviewer was rejoicing when these two found out that Caite wasn't going to marry Jed's father after all. Now they just had to find their way into each other's arms, which is a rocky road indeed. Will they make it or will outside forces such as the men that Caite is running from destroy their one chance at true love. Ms Hart has a very well written book in Lonesome Bride. The story flows like a smooth piece of glass from start to finish. The detailing, descriptions and feeling that is in this book makes the reader feel they have been transported into Caite and Jed's life. Definitely a must read for Megan Hart fans. This reviewer couldn't stop reading and would recommend it as a good read. Curl up with a hot cup and settle in for wonderful afternoon in Caite and Jed's world. This is a keeper and one to be read again and again.

Reviewed by:Penny