Review: Sweet Mail-Order Bride Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
This was such a pleasant read for me.  It's a really cute, touching, mail-order bride story. Davinia is the daughter of a wealthy, influential shipping magnate.  When she is falsely accused of cheating on her fiancé, her father disowned her and her fiancé, of course, dumped her.  Davinia, however, is no shrinking violet and is determined to make her own way--doing what, she has no idea, but she will succeed!  By chance she comes across Caleb's ad for a mail-order bride and responds.  A few letters later, she is en route to Nebraska to become Caleb's bride.Caleb, a bachelor of 27, is tired of eating his own cooking--which basically consists of beans--and being alone.  Impulsively he decides to post an ad for a mail-order bride...someone who is domestic and will help him around the farm.  When Davinia arrives, she is nothing like he was expecting.  Once the two meet, the story quickly progresses to the HEA.One of the things I really liked about this story is that although it's so short, it covers a period of several weeks--and we even get a quick epilogue depicting the couple's life a year later.  While we don't get to see the couple's day to day life, and the story necessarily skips over days at a time, I never felt like I was missing anything.  Furthermore, the characters are surprisingly well developed...enough for me to feel a connection to them.  Moreover, the story is nicely written, although it could use some minor editing.So, bottom line, I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it as a worthwhile read.  FYI, this is a squeaky clean romance, and it has a Christian aspect nicely woven throughout the story.  Happy reading!