Date Published: January 7, 2016
Format: Ebook
Source: NOOK store
Date Read: February 1-3, 2019
Blurb:
For Corva Collier, life as a mail-order bride in the quirky town of Haskell, Wyoming is her last chance for escape. She longs for a peaceful life away from the darkness of her past where she can create the paintings that are close to her heart, and where she hopes she can grow to love her husband. But how do you love a man who was persuaded to marry you against his will?
Franklin Haskell never planned to marry. What woman would want a man who was crippled due to his own arrogance? But when he is offered the chance to help a woman in crisis, he agrees to wed. Corva is so much more than he expected, and when a baseball game gives her the chance to shine, he loses his heart. But how do you tell a woman you love her when she deserves so much better?
The game of love has never been so hard to play...or so worth winning.
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Review:
I liked this first installment in The Brides of Paradise Ranch series (10 books + 1 novella). Franklin was a great beta and Corva was drawn with more realistic attitudes than most mail-order bride books. I loved the baseball scene and the villains were actually awful but powerful, so there was real tension that is not resolved totally by the end of the book (seems to be the overarching arc through the series). I personally chose the sweet version of this story (the steamy version is titled His Perfect Bride) because I am tired of chapter length sex scenes and just wanted a good story to escape into. I think this would be a good introduction to Farmer's work, either the sweet or the steamy version.
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