It ended with a "two years later" epilogue that tied up the loose ends just a bit too nicely. The emotions felt a bit rushed at times, not moving naturally or gradually but quickly in order to fit into the story's length.
I rooted for the heroine and hurt with her in the climax. I found it enjoyable, though without much depth. Perhaps reading the other two first would have coloured the way I read the story, but as it was, I read it without having read the previous two in the series. I picked up "Mail Order Marriages" not realizing that the first story, "Rocky Mountain Wedding," by Jillian Hart, is the third in a trilogy about three brothers. But he's tough, stubborn and cynical-except in bed with her at night! How can Sophie turn her passionate nighttime lover into a daytime husband who isn't afraid to show he loves his mail-order bride? Newly trained midwife Sophie Grant had hoped marrying respectable John Colburne would be easy as pie. He's strong as a bull, gentle as a lamb, and Elizabeth's heart soon begins to melt…. He's not looking for love, but he expects his wife to act like one-in every sense of the word! Elizabeth has always felt tall and awkward, but Lucas towers over her. Lucas Harrison needs a mother for his sons. But what Melody doesn't expect is to fall for the rugged, closed-off lawman who swears he doesn't believe in love! Gabe Brooks, handsome older brother to the man she was supposed to marry, helps her settle in. No way is Miles ever going to trust another woman - but can he resist the heat he feels for her? Maggie is the one woman who can touch his guarded heart.Melody Pennington fled to Montana for a new start as a mail-order bride. But how can he get over this sizzling need to do more than look.and maybe do a little touching.when she's constantly underfoot? So why does he feel compelled to help Maggie, the pretty, stranded mail-order bride? She is nothing but trouble, and sparks fly every time he looks at her. There is a shortage of women in town, and he likes it that way. That's why he's moved from New York to the wilds of Montana Territory - to escape women.
Miles McClintock has been badly burned by love - twice - and the last thing he is looking for is another woman to break his heart. more » the middle of a blizzard.when she'd hoped to be loved and desired by her new husband, not to mention learning the pleasures of the marriage bed. Especially when she hunts him down in a saloon and realizes every word he wrote to her was a lie. When mail-order bride Maggie Carpenter steps off the train in Pine Haven, Montana Territory, she can't wait to meet her one true love, Chester, who seems perfect in every way.
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