Review: Nordin should have consulted Dr. Phil
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2013
I think the main thing that struck me in this book was how there were stalkers (though she wasn't called that) even in 1869.  Margaret advertised for a husband and when the husband she agreed to marry died, his brother came instead, bringing his four children with him...children that Margaret was not prepared to accept.  She has somewhat overcome this obstacle, has decided to marry him anyway, and on their wedding day his psycho ex-girlfriend shows up to tell her the wedding cannot take place because Joseph is "her" man.  She actually is not his ex-girlfriend, she is just a psycho who wanted to be his girlfriend.The wedding goes on as scheduled and the rest of the book is pretty much dedicated to explaining how Margaret gets rid of Debra.  I would have preferred that Joseph had been the one to deal with Debra.  As Dr. Phil says, "step parents" or boy or girl friends of a parent should not be the one to discipline the children...the biological mother or father should do that.  Likewise, I think whoever brings a problem into a relationship should be the one to solve the problem.I have read several Ruth Ann Nordin books and have enjoyed all of them though this is perhaps not her best.  You're not going to discover how to cure cancer or how to end world famine in any of the Nordin books, but I have found them to be nice, quick, easy-to-read, and enjoyable stories.