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The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride
A Clean Historical Western Frontier Romance
The New Frontier was the key to get rich quick. Most men went in search of gold, but the Pearse family went to build The Phoenix Alehouse. It was soon known for the best whiskey west of the Rio Grande.
Cole Pearse, however, did not work at the Alehouse. Instead, he was the sheriff of Bloomingfield, a town whose male population outnumbered the female population five to one. Naturally, this made getting a wife very difficult.
Cole was thirty-five, single and ran the risk of being a bachelor forever. Eventually, Cole finds no other solution other than posting an ad in a Boston newspaper. He prays that a woman would respond his ad and become his wife.
Luckily, Claudia Finch answered.
They were quickly married but Claudia and Cole became like oil and water.
There were secrets between them.
Would these secrets tear them apart?
Or bring them together?
*Contains FREE bonus ebook: The Cowboy's Lover*
This free bonus is a sweet Western romance story that contains lightly explicit material.
The New Frontier was the key to get rich quick. Most men went in search of gold, but the Pearse family went to build The Phoenix Alehouse. It was soon known for the best whiskey west of the Rio Grande.
Cole Pearse, however, did not work at the Alehouse. Instead, he was the sheriff of Bloomingfield, a town whose male population outnumbered the female population five to one. Naturally, this made getting a wife very difficult.
Cole was thirty-five, single and ran the risk of being a bachelor forever. Eventually, Cole finds no other solution other than posting an ad in a Boston newspaper. He prays that a woman would respond his ad and become his wife.
Luckily, Claudia Finch answered.
They were quickly married but Claudia and Cole became like oil and water.
There were secrets between them.
Would these secrets tear them apart?
Or bring them together?
*Contains FREE bonus ebook: The Cowboy's Lover*
This free bonus is a sweet Western romance story that contains lightly explicit material.
64 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 17, 2015
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December 20, 2015
Cole is the sheriff of Bloomingfield, New Mexico where the ratio of men to women is five to one. He places an ad in a Boston paper for a mail order bride and after two years his fiancee, Claudia, arrives via train with her sister Evelena. They were married shortly - though the reader never is treated to any type of wedding - and soon found themselves at odds with the other. Repeatedly we're told that they are like oil and water together. How could two people who wrote back and forth to each other for two years suddenly find out that they're not compatible at all?
It's not long after Cole and Claudia are married that Evelena falls in love with someone and is married as well.
This story had so much promise, but fell short very quickly. It was obvious that Claudia had a secret that she kept to herself, but not once does the reader feel that Cole also has a secret of his own. That is until the story bypasses quite a bit of detail that would have helped understand the puzzle of Cole's anger-laden argument with his father. From there it kept shifting downhill until the end is reached and the reader is once again wondering why anyone would feel that that was a satisfying ending.
This story could have used an editor for grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Ms. Blair has talent, as can be read in her other stories. As her career furthers I hope that she revisits these characters and fleshes out their story more.
Warning! The Cowboy's Lover, a bonus story included after The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride, is a contemporary story that contains crude language (including the use of God and Jesus' names in vain), explicit sex scenes, and adultery.
The other story included, The Amish Mail Order Bride, is a clean contemporary read.
It's not long after Cole and Claudia are married that Evelena falls in love with someone and is married as well.
This story had so much promise, but fell short very quickly. It was obvious that Claudia had a secret that she kept to herself, but not once does the reader feel that Cole also has a secret of his own. That is until the story bypasses quite a bit of detail that would have helped understand the puzzle of Cole's anger-laden argument with his father. From there it kept shifting downhill until the end is reached and the reader is once again wondering why anyone would feel that that was a satisfying ending.
This story could have used an editor for grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Ms. Blair has talent, as can be read in her other stories. As her career furthers I hope that she revisits these characters and fleshes out their story more.
Warning! The Cowboy's Lover, a bonus story included after The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride, is a contemporary story that contains crude language (including the use of God and Jesus' names in vain), explicit sex scenes, and adultery.
The other story included, The Amish Mail Order Bride, is a clean contemporary read.
January 30, 2017
Companion, friend or love all describe how a couple might marry.
A standalone happily ever after story of mail-order bride and keeping independence. A clean western romance with some modern day wishes/concerns about self and not being lonely or a burden on family. An extra story added as well. The 2nd story is of very limited options, necessity of survival and finding love. It is also a standalone story. I enjoy this author's books.
A standalone happily ever after story of mail-order bride and keeping independence. A clean western romance with some modern day wishes/concerns about self and not being lonely or a burden on family. An extra story added as well. The 2nd story is of very limited options, necessity of survival and finding love. It is also a standalone story. I enjoy this author's books.
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