"Wentworth family story continues"
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted December 1, 2013
Romance | Romance Historical
Welcome back to the Bitter Creek -- Mail Order Bride series.
This is the third book in the bride's series. Candidly
each book is enjoyable on its own merit with easy
references to related stories and characters. This reader
found those references part of the fun factor of MONTANA
BRIDE. Ah what a tangled web we weave. One lie precipitates the
next and so on until it seems impossible to arrive back at
some semblance of reality or truth. The fiction of lives
built on lies is the stuff stories are made of and Hetty's
life is built on a very precarious house of cards or lies.
All done with the best of intentions but lies just the
same.
Too many people would be affected and hurt if the truth
came out so for the better good Hetty was starting a new
life for herself and her two charges on quite a whopper.
So many things here were odd or out of place that it almost
seems preposterous that anyone could ever believe the
stories Hetty was telling. Karl Norwood was nobody's fool
and his gut kept telling him something just wasn't right.
This woman who came to be his newly acquired mail order
bride wasn't at all what he expected. She was much younger
and truthfully more beautiful than this man who saw himself
as quite ordinary had expected. After all why would such a
gorgeous young woman answer an ad for a mail order bride.
What was she up to and what or who was she perhaps hiding
from. And who were these children who appeared to be too
old to be hers. Perhaps she had been very young and found
herself in the family way. There was no physical likeness
between Hetty, Grace and Griffin. If not for his instant
attraction to this lovely woman Karl may have been more
inclined to question his good fortune.
Appearances -- we all have learned not to judge by
appearances. Once all the cards have been played everyone's
life will be forever altered. Hopefully fences will be
mended and love will be the cure.
Joan Johnston has an uncanny ability to surprise her reader
with a sense of wonder as she so deftly weaves a tale fill
with unexpected glimpses into a life so very different than
any we could imagine. Johnston paints a vivid picture that
allows the reader to share the voyage with her characters
that are infused with charisma and charm, flaws and life
like qualities. Start out as strangers and end up as new
friends. This leads me to another joy associated with being
a Johnston fan -- reacquainting you with old friends. Can't
resist smiling when out pops a name from the past.
MONTANA BRIDE is a compelling read and definitely a
noteworthy addition to a great series.
SUMMARY
A DESPERATE DECEPTION
THE PROMISE OF FOREVER When Karl Norwood’s mail-order bride meets an untimely
demise on the way to the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth
steps in to take her place. Hetty has no idea how she’s
going to pretend to be all the things she isn’t—including
the mother of two kids. She only knows her deception is
necessary if she’s going to save two orphans from the awful
fate she suffered as a child. Karl smells a rat when a much younger woman than he was
expecting arrives with two children who look nothing like
her. But his mail-order bride is so beautiful, he doesn’t
object—until he realizes that his charming new wife has
been
lying . . . about everything. Can a woman forced to keep
secrets and a man hindered by distrust ever hope to find
happily ever after in each other’s arms?
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