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McCavett's Bride
by Carol Finch
Mail order bride and firebrand
suffragette blazes into town
With her grandmother monitoring every
gesture and blocking her freedom
in even the most minute detail, Prudence Perkins is fit to be tied.
When Gram finally insists upon a marriage to society bore, Pru makes a
wild decision. All prudence vanishes. She answers a mail order ad and
ships herself off to Paradise, Oklahoma Territory. No one is going to
make her give up her causes or bind her heart in a loveless marriage.
Ex-lawman Jack
McCavett wants to retreat from the limelight of his
law days and settle down on his land with a quiet woman who will help
him run his ranch and not draw any attention to him. He planned on her
arrival and the town planned a different arrival greeting ---- but
Pru's arrival outdid them both and continues to do so throughout this
romance! When this firebrand suffragette hits Paradise, there is hell
to pay until half the town wars against the other half. Peace is the
last thing Prudence brings to her new home. Jack McCavett may be tough
but Pru has him undone from the first look to the last page.
McCavett's Bride is a tremendous
reading ride. Secrets abound in
this romance and create a nice level of suspense. The secret of the
identity of the stagecoach bandits motivates some of the fast
paced-action and mystery. Add to that the lies told in the mail order
bride ad and the heroine's description of herself! It may not be
internet dating but the danger in 1890 was definitely on the extreme
side! This heroine is fantastic! Pru is impulsive, smart, a feminist
and thinker ahead of her times, someone who loves deeply -- not just
the hero--- but she changes everyone she meets. Pru definitely
satisfies the a reader's desire for a wild spunky smart heroine. A
blazing fun read!
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