By Margaret Brownley
My Review
I totally enjoyed this humorous read which I could not put down, I ended up staying up to 3 in the morning until I could not keep my eyes open anymore. I found it to be a very intriguing with Maggie being a Pinkerton detective and all the messes she gets into trying to help raise a very strong willed boy who's mind is ahead of his time can be trying. Maggie agreed to become a mail-ordered bride to catch the team who stole the money two years ago from a train all leads go back to one man her attend. What she finds is a truly wonderful family man that she finds hard to believe he would have taken the money. With two adoring children, one aunt that has moved the wedding up within weeks of the time of her arrival she must work fast to find the guilty person.
This is one author that had me laughing out loud at all the mishaps this family gets into. The aunt is a mess that will keep you laughing as she pushes forward the date to marry these two off. She has more pains an aches than a person should have with one foot in the grave her time on earth isn't long. You are so going love her and her nosy ways. Toby is a delightful young boy who gets his self in to messes as he has plans to go to the moon that will keep you in stitches waiting to see what he comes up with next.
Garrett is a wonderful man who just wants a wife to help take care of his family. He doesn't care if it is a marriage in name only that is until he sets eye on Maggie. It really is hard to believe this wonderful caring family man could be a killer and train robber. He has had a hard life, at one time he had big plans until war broke out. It changed his life forever as he comes home a broken man. He marries only to lose his wife one night in a storm. Two years later he is ready to move on into a marriage with no love. It is the safes things he never wants to feel that lost again. When Maggie turns up she rocks his world and shakes his life up from the moment he sets eyes on her. His life is about to change in more ways than one.
Maggie is such a go getter as she takes on man after man to bring the bad man home. She has always brought her man in as she serves justices. She and her partner make a great team as the work to find the person responsible for robbing the train. Just everything isn't falling into place as easy as it should. With this new case she must put all her acting skills to work as she finds she is falling for this crazy wonderful family. She is finding it hard to believe such a man could be a killer. Maggie is a lovely character who has a trying past that keeps pushing her to be the best detective she can be. When the time comes to bring Garrett in will she be able to or will her new found love for him and his family get in his way?
I love the mystery and the plot as the author spins a wonderful tale and gives a very funny read that keeps you turning the page. The author gives you at times a very emotional read with characters you cannot help but love. I found it to be very well written as the author shows why she is a bestselling author as she gives you a delightful Christian read. This is the first time I have read anything by this author and it sure will not be the last. She keeps her readers very entertained as she gives you a story you won't be able to put down.
Book Description
Pinkerton detective Maggie Cartwright has no intention of walking down the aisle. But her current case has Maggie posing as a mail-order bride for widower Garrett Thomas, the prime suspected in the Whistle-Stop Bandit robbery.
No sooner does Maggie arrive in Arizona Territory when she’s confronted with his meddlesome aunt who insists the two set an early wedding date. With the clock ticking Maggie sets to work to uncover the truth.
Maggie is nothing like the widower Garrett Thomas expected from her letters. But he’s immediately smitten with the blue-eyed beauty and feels the need to protect her, not only from his aunt, but also from the ugliness of his past.
As the day of the wedding draws near, Maggie begins to panic. The investigation may be progressing but the real problem is that the more she gets to know Garrett and his two adorable children, the harder it is to keep up the deception.
Can a man as kind and gentle as Garrett really be the Whistle-Stop Bandit? Or has the possibility of a home, family and a handsome husband blinded Maggie from seeing the truth?
Glossary of Mail Order Bride Advertising Terms (And What They Really Mean)
My June release Undercover Bride is a mail-order bride story with a twist. Some of the advertisements that appeared in the mail order bride catalogs were a hoot and it took a clever man to know how to decipher them. Here’s a key that might have helped :
* Eager to learn—can’t cook; can’t sew; can’t clean
* Accomplished—can ride, shoot and spit like a man
* Modest dowry—poor as a church mouse
*Loving nature—keep her away from the ranch hands
*Traditionally built—you may wish to reinforce the floors
*Matrimonially inclined—working on husband number three
*Maternal—has six children and one on the way
*Possesses natural beauty—don’t be fooled by the false hair, cosmetic paints or bolstered bosom
*Industrious—give her a dollar and she’ll figure out how to spend ten
*Young looking—doesn’t look a day over sixty.
*And they lived happily ever after—AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
Buy Links
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Meet the Author
Thrills, mystery, suspense, romance: Margaret penned it all. Nothing wrong with this, except Margaret happened to be writing for the church newsletter. After making the church picnic read like a Grisham novel, her former pastor took her aside and said, “Maybe God’s calling you to write fiction.”
Margaret wasn’t sure if that was true, but she wasn’t about to take chances.. She now has more than 30 books to her credit–not bad for someone who failed eighth grade English. Just don’t ask her to diagram a sentence.
Happily married to her real-life hero, Margaret and her husband live in Southern California.
www.margaret-brownley.com
Margaret is a New York Times bestselling author and past Romance Writers of America RITA finalist with more than 30 novels to her credit. Not bad for someone who flunked 8th grade English. Just don't ask her to diagram a sentence.
“Exquisitely intriguing”
–Publishers Weekly Starred Review for Gunpowder Tea.
“A Lady Like Sarah is Margaret Brownley at her peak. A perfect blend of romance, the old west, and characters that steal your heart, along with writing that sings. A fabulous read. I laughed and cried and wished I could pick up the sequel immediately. Write faster, Margaret”
– (Lauraine Snelling author of the Red River of the North series:, www.laurainesnelling.com)
“Margaret Brownley has created two wonderful, unforgettable characters in Sarah and Justin. Their story held my interest from the start, and I couldn’t wait to find out if or how their love would overcome the obstacles set before them. A Lady Like Sarah is one of my favorite reads of the year. I think it will be one of yours as well.”- (Robin Lee Hatcher, best-selling author of A Vote of Confidence and Fit To Be Tied, www.robinleehatcher.com)
“Margaret Brownley brings the old west to life though her humor, drama and memorable characters. A Lady Like Sarah is completely enjoyable from beginning to end.”
– (Jill Marie Landis bestselling author of Heart of Stone , www.jillmarielandis.com )
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