At twenty-three, Daughtry Lucas knows she will end up an old maid unless she can somehow escape her overprotective father. He refuses to trust her out of his sight, keeping all prospective suitors at a distance.
A newspaper advertisement for a wife seems to offer Daughtry her only hope of escape. In a marriage by proxy, she becomes Mrs Nicholas Dawson and flees her father's ranch.
Can this marriage between strangers succeed? Or will the dark strangers from Nick's past prevent Daughtry from truly being his forever?
This is a really sweet, pure western romance set in the 1800's. I think it appeals to me because of the struggles the couple needs to go through to reach the point where they can truly connect. Their faith carries them through some tough times. It's not like so many other Christian romance novels where the faith aspect is stressed so much, it hardly seems like there's anything else to the story. The characters were interesting and the setting was described beautifully - just enough to imagine the picture and not so much you get tired of reading. Good stuff!