A Bride At Last {Litfuse Review}

 

 

About the book:
A Bride at Last (Bethany House, July 2015)

Abandoned by his mail-order bride, Silas Jonesey has fought an uphill battle to recover from a pattern of poor choices. Now his prayers for reconciliation have finally come true and his estranged wife has contacted him with her whereabouts.

Kate Dawson was supposed to be a mail-order bride, but upon realizing she’d been deceived about her intended groom, she’s now settled into life as a schoolteacher. When the mother of a student passes away, Kate assumes she’ll take on care of nine-year-old Anthony-until two men suddenly show up in town, claiming to be the boy’s father.

Silas can see Anthony loves Kate, so he enlists her help in reaching out to the boy and attempting to prove his paternity to the court. When a common interest in Anthony leads to an interest in each other and Silas and Kate begin to think they can overcome their rocky start, neither is prepared for the secrets and past hurts that have yet to come to light. Can Silas, Kate, and Anthony’s wounded souls bind them together or will all that stands between them leave them lonely forever?

Melissa Jagears, an ESL teacher by trade and the author of A Bride for Keeps and A Bride in Store, is a stay-at-home mother on a tiny Kansas farm with a fixer-upper house. She’s a member of ACFW and CROWN fiction marketing, and her passion is to help Christian believers mature in their faith and judge rightly.

Find Melissa online: website, Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

My thoughts:

 

I fell in love with this book.  I love the mail order bride era.  So many stories that are forever untold.  This one though gets told!  From thinking a man a scoundrel to falling in love with him is quite a big leap.  Especially when he’s been married to a woman you cared for until her death.

 

I have to say I probably felt the most sympathy towards Anthony.  The poor child just never knew what a real home could be. .. . .well until the end!  And so many sets of twins for our little miss Kate!

 

But I got ahead of myself.  From attempted kidnapping to running away this book is full of surprises and you’re going to want to read it.  I really did enjoy it and have already passed my copy on to other local readers!