Not a “marriage of convenience” story but a “marriage of necessity” — and no! Not that kind of necessity. The characters are rich in this book. I’ll mention first the guy I would most like to kick in the backside and then wring his neck. Pastor Orton. Hiss!!! And you won’t like him either! A…
Category: Western Romance
Books set primarily before 1900 & usually west of the Mississippi River.
The Finding of Miss Fairfield by Grace Hitchcock
Poor Miss Fairfield. Her father makes her a pawn in his business by a betrothal to a man, twice a widower, his business partner. You’ll dislike him immediately and well you should. The cad leaves town and asks his stepson to “look after” Sophia. The setting: Charleston, SC. The time: February 1899.
And you can guess what happens between Carver and Sophia. Carver’s stepfather threatens to ruin him financially. Unable to get her parents to change their minds. and seeing there was no way to stop the wedding, Sophia flees Charleston and becomes a Harvey Girl waitress in Las Vegas, New Mexico at the Castañeda Hotel.
The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony by Michelle McLean
Adam Brady, 28, lives by two rules: never get married, never get caught. A town called Desolation, provides people with a past and a place to live *if* they get married or have a job. Adam rides into town and without realizing it ends up married to a feisty, sassy woman named Nora. Can he get out of the marriage? Why does he keep getting fired from one job after another? Why does she want to be married but not really?
Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson
Isabella Garcia, 25, has lived with her aunt in opulence and is not happy to return to the mining town of Silver Veil to celebrate Christmas with her parents. Her beau, Diego Morales, is left behind in California. And her father sent a railroad businessman, Aaron Bailey, to escort her home who finds her to be spoiled and selfish.
Upon arrival, she finds the town has grown considerably, and sadly her father’s health is failing, A visitor makes a surprise visit with news that turns everything upside down. Brewing — trouble, changes. Can she rise to meet them or expect others to solve them?
Twyla’s Choice
My blurb… The Year-1880. Twyla is not like her mother or her two sisters. Society men are bores. A socialite from Providence, RI, she cheerfully volunteers to go to her widowed great-aunt in Lovington, CO who is “sick”.
To her surprise upon arrival, her aunt Beverly is just fine. The town’s postmistress & part of ladies’ who are importing young women in hopes a Lovington man will court & marry one of them. The women don’t match them — they just get them to town, put the word out, and see what happens.
And that explains why men were stumbling over themselves when Twyla arrived at the train depot.
The Spark of Love by Amanda Cabot
Alexandra Tarkington (even the name sounds expensive) is headed for Mesquite Springs, Texas due to a smarmy suitor who does not understand the word “no”. In route, she meets Gabe Seymour. He is an investigator looking for Alexandra’s father, who is suspected of swindling. And there are others who are looking for Miss Tarkington. And the others are NOT the good guys.