ABOUT THE BOOK
The Wedding Is All Planned…
Someone Just Needs to Tell the Bride
In 1860s Seattle, redwoods were plentiful, but women scarce. Yet a man with a wife could secure 640 acres of timberland for free.
Joe Denton doesn’t have a wife. His died before she could follow him to Seattle and now the local judge is threatening to take away his claim. In desperation, he buys himself a Mercer bride–one of the eastern widows and orphans brought to the Territory by entrepreneur Asa Mercer.
Anna Ivey’s journey west with Mercer is an escape from the aftermath of the Civil War. She signed on to become a cook–not a bride. When she’s handed over to Denton, her stubborn refusal to wed jeopardizes his land. With only a few months before he loses all he holds dear, can he convince this provoking, but beguiling, easterner to become his lawfully wedded wife?
If you would like to read the first chapter of A Bride In The Bargain, go HERE
MY THOUGHTS
Deeanne Gist, the bestselling author of A Bride Most Begrudging and The Measure of a Lady, has done it again. She’s written another wonderful historical romance that’s sure to hit the bestselling list.
The story of Anna and Joe is a fun, quirky, love story filled with challenges, stubbornness, and realizations. I love the fresh setting in this story. (I haven’t read too many books set in a lumberjack camp in the middle of nowhere. 
) And I love Deeanne’s descriptions, particularly as Joe tries to win Anna’s heart.
Deeanne is known as an “edgy” author when it comes to her depiction of relationships. To me, her descriptions of how the characters view the opposite s*x add to the story, heighten the character’s emotional state, and make the story more realistic. Descriptions are not vivid (TV is far worse, IMO), however, exercise caution for younger readers. (Moms, please read first before giving to your teenage daughter.) Personally, I believe that if a person can read Song of Solomon without a problem, she should be able to read Deeanne’s stories.
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