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Aspen Hollow Brides #2

The Fallen Bride

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The frontier tests her strength, but love tests her heart.

Once a shimmering star of Boston's elite, Caroline Hamilton finds herself plunged into a wild, uncultivated world when her family's name is tarnished by scandal. Without a penny to her name, she ventures westward, binding her future to a man she's never met.

A stoic gold miner, Benjamin Thompson is wealthy in the currency of the frontier but poor in the ways of love. A widower, his heart is as well-mined as his claims until he's confronted by his mail-order bride, the dazzling and spirited Caroline.
Navigating the treacherous new landscape of marital expectations proves challenging for Caroline. Fumbling with the realities of frontier life and the unspoken depths of Benjamin's heart, misunderstandings ensue, weaving a barrier that seems insurmountable.

A malicious enemy descends upon Aspen Hollow, threatening to seize Benjamin's mine and Caroline's life. Benjamin is overwhelmed when Caroline shows her true courage. Can Benjamin fight for their love as fiercely as he fights for his land?
In The Fallen Bride, the rugged Colorado wilderness will test a socialite's resilience and a miner's heart. Will their love strike gold, or will it crumble like the dust of a spent vein?

118 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 11, 2023

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2,649 reviews17 followers
September 23, 2023
Benjamin and Caroline

This is a sweet mail order bride tale. Caroline is forced to leave her rich and privileged life style. Her financial adviser has stolen her blind and she is now without financial means and all of her supposed friend have abandoned her. She has accepted the advertisement of a young miner in the west. She is unable to do the most of the skills a frontier wife requires , but this is her future. You will enjoy discovering how they find their happily ever after.
1,253 reviews2 followers
September 15, 2023
Caroline and Benjamin

I do not like the repetition of the facts that keeps showing up in these books. Is this done just as a way to add more words to make the book longer?
I did enjoy reading the descriptions of the countryside.
788 reviews5 followers
September 11, 2023
where love was found

Can fandango world find love in the old world setting with no servants, no cooked meals or clothes washed except by your hands? Enjoy!!!!!!!
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1,482 reviews7 followers
September 22, 2023
This second story in the series that I've read is more interesting to me than the first. Caroline really faced issues that affected her belief in herself but I loved how everything happened for her.
1,233 reviews1 follower
November 6, 2023
great book

This was a great book. I love this author. I highly recommend this book and author. I cannot wait to read the next book by this author.

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