Edwina Ladoux has suffered through the Civil War, and her
family has been decimated. Her parents and husband are
dead. All Edwina has left in the world is a ruined
plantation and her Black half-sister, Pru. Faced with
losing everything, Edwina decides to become a mail-order
bride for a man in the west. Edwina knows that she is
probably not everything he is looking for in a wife, but
how hard can raising four children on a ranch really be?
The reality is that Ed can't cook, knows practically
nothing about raising children, and had no idea
what 'roughing it' really means. Until now. Can this wild
land be her happily ever after or will the big burly man
she now calls husband and his tribe of children be the
biggest mistake she has ever made?
Robert Declan Brodie is a man looking for a means. His
first wife ran off and got herself killed leaving him to
raise their four children on his own. His children and his
home both need the touch of a woman. Hoping to find a
sturdy farm girl Declan is quite surprised to see the
Southern belle who steps off the train. Instead of one
woman Declan now has two, at least one of them knows how to
cook...but it isn't' his wife. Struggling in the wilds of
Colorado to forge out a living and a town, Declan knows
that the dangers that lie here are far from over. Will Ed
survive the storm or will she turn tail and run like the
other one?
Kaki Warner has written a compelling tale of the hardships
of life in the Wild West. The ups and downs that Ed has to
face seem to be never ending. From the loss of her family
and her home to Indians in Colorado, Ed has truly left one
disaster and walked right into another. The backbone that
this woman displays is more than most would be able to. Ed
never gives up and continually surprised me with her
courage, strength, and endurance. Throughout the story Ed
was able to raise herself up from tragedy and make the
Brodies' ranch into a home. Declan was also a strong
character, fighting himself on so many levels. Struggling
to keep the family together and fighting his feelings for
Ed; Declan soon realized that she gave him more than he had
ever imagined she could. Life for Declan had been forever
changed and he would have to fight once more to keep the
wife he now loves.
I truly enjoyed this book, it was an
emotional roller coaster of a tale. The plot kept me on my
toes, if it wasn't one thing going wrong it was another.
The constant ups and downs only added to the fast paced
adventure. I was swept away into the wilds of HEARTBREAK
CREEK and became friends with all the characters.
First in a wonderful new historical series starring four
unlikely brides who make their way West. Edwina Ladoux hoped
becoming a mail-order bride would be her way to a better
life, but as soon as she arrives in Breakheart, Colorado,
and meets Declan Brodie and his four rambunctious children,
she realizes she's made a mistake. Luckily, Edwina and
Declan agreed on a three- month courtship period, which
should give them time to get the proxy marriage annulled.
Except that as the weeks pass, thoughts of annulment turn
into hopes for a real marriage-until Declan's first wife
suddenly returns.
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