Tuesday, November 15, 2016

The Unexpected Bride


The Unexpected Bride (Hope's Crossing #4)
by Cynthia Woolf



The author does an outstanding job at showing how hard it is for a women doing the same job as a man to get equal pay and respect not only from other doctors but from the people she is treating. It is never easy being a mail order bride going to the unknown meeting, marrying someone you do not know but to try to do a job having her husband not stand beside you supporting you is even harder.  I really loved this story you can tell the author put a lot of thought and time into it. She does a wonderful job showing the struggles not only of one woman but the town and its people.

Alice has little choice after her husband is murdered to become a mail order bride she has her little one to think of as well as getting away from a place with bad memories. It is really hard for her when she loved her husband so much letting another man in. I really could understand her and her reasoning along with her fight to be a doctor herself.  I really liked this character.

Just as I understood her side I also understood Jeremiah side in not knowing how much she knew and if she really knew her stuff. I think he was really pulled in two ways giving her what she wanted but looking out for the town’s people to give them the best care he could. He is a very understanding man that is until he wants all of him for his self finding her dead husband stands between them is hard for him to deal with.

Both of these have a lot to learn and will have to trust along with give and take. I really liked how Alice took control giving the Doc more of a life setting hours and putting limits to things.  I just loved how they slowly became a family bring others into their life. The characters here will steal your heart from the darling little girl to the adopted grandfather.  Things are not easy for this couple they will have to go through a lot to build the life they want. Each finding out just what they are missing but neither willing to be the first to make the first step. The author gives you passion and chemistry as she throws in a little danger and mystery. As they finally start working out their issues there is danger around them will they get to find the true love before one of them dies?

This was really well written bring back a time when women had to fight for every step they made. You can feel the struggles, pain and sorrow of trying to make a living taking a stand in what you believe. Finding common ground and letting go of your past to try again. I was pulled in from the first page which had my heart pounding. Ms. Woolf knows how to deliver a story that is not only entertaining but keeps you hanging on until the end giving you a compelling read you get lost in.  I loved these characters and what the author bring to this story. It was a story I was very invested in and could not put it down.

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Summary
Alice Carter found herself a widow, her doctor husband murdered as he left the hospital where he worked. Alice, too, is a doctor and thought she wouldn’t have any trouble finding a position with the hospital where her husband had been so well regarded.

She was wrong. Seems no one wanted a female doctor, especially one in mourning. Seeing no other way out, Alice becomes a mail-order bride to a doctor in Hope’s Crossing in the Montana Territory.

Dr. Jeremiah Kilarney, needs help. He needs a nurse to assist him with his patients. Knowing he has to marry the woman or she’ll be inundated with marriage proposals from the lonely miners, he goes to Matchmaker & Co. Specifying his need for a nurse or someone willing to be trained as one, he’s surprised when Alice Carter, doctor, steps out of the stagecoach with her precocious daughter Melly.

Can Alice and Jeremiah have a future when ghosts from her past still hold her heart?

Hope's Crossing can be the answer to their future or the end of their dreams.

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