A Most Unsuitable Match

A Most Unsuitable Match by Stephanie Grace Whitson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It's 1869 and eighteen-year-old Fannie Rousseau has just lost her mother - and her father, just three years earlier. Fannie's small, privileged world has come crashing down on her until she discovers that she has an aunt, possibly living out west, that she has never met. Bravely hopping a steamboat with her beloved Hannah, up the Missouri, Fannie sets off in hopes of meeting her mother's twin sister, Edie. Along the way a quiet, young man named Samuel Beck and his friend Lamar extend their help, especially after Hannah dies in the steamboat accident and they continue the journey out west. Fannie finds that Sam has a secret of his own, for he has been trying to find his younger sister who ran away from their abusive father. The trip, rough arrangements, and unusual, hard events force Fannie to grow up and strengthen her faith. Will the end result and secrets unwrapped be worth the trip and trouble? As Fannie says, "I guess it's time I grew into the life I've been handed."


I really enjoy works of historical fiction and love learning about our country, especially when America was in its infancy. Wrapped around a good plot of fiction makes for good reading.

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Wildflower Bride

Wildflower Bride by Mary Connealy

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Mary Connealy writes about feisty, stubborn women, romance, and suspense. Even though I didn't read the first two books in the series, I had no trouble picking this one up and understanding the characters. The feisty woman is Glowing Sun, raised by the Flathead Indians, after her white family died. That same small tribe is almost wiped out after a band of thieves and cattle rustlers invade the village. The romantic lead character, Wade Sawyers, who heard the gunfire and rushed to her aid, has fallen for this strong female. When Wade finds out that his estranged father is at death's door, he and Glowing Sun reluctantly return to the ranch only to discover that the outlaws are closer than he thinks.



The play between the two main characters are laugh-out-loud funny and you find yourself rooting for Wade as Glowing Sun, now known as her Christian name of Abby, pulls a knife on him multiple times.



Montana Marriages series:

1. Montana Rose

2. The Husband Tree

3. Wildflower Bride



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Vigilante's Bride

Vigilante's Bride by Yvonne Harris

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Without a job, the only option for Emily, an orphan, is to marry a wealthy rancher out in the Montana territory by Christmas. In a quest to avenge his father and recover money rightfully his, Luke Sullivan holds up the stagecoach on Christmas Eve and ends up kidnapping Emily, when he finds out that she is to marry Luke's enemy - the wealthy rancher. When Luke drops Emily off at a orphanage, near Crow land, she finds out her true calling and that Luke isn't so bad after all.



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