A Hopeful Bride by Cat Cahill

A Hopeful Bride by Cat Cahill
Series: Crest Stone Mail Order Bride Series Book #1
on March 26, 2021
Genres: Fiction / Christian / Romance / Historical, Fiction / Romance / Historical / Victorian
Pages: 170
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Can love overcome danger?

Remaining in her Virginia hometown won't mend Clara Brown's broken heart. Determined to set her life back in order--and go somewhere she won't have to see her former beau--she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Before she knows it, she's arrived in Crest Stone, a rugged new railroad town nestled between the mountains in Colorado. And when she meets her intended, he's better than she ever could have dreamed--handsome and kind, even if he does seem preoccupied.

Roman Carlisle is a cowboy turned livery owner. More than anything, he wants what his brothers have--a family. When Clara answers his advertisement, he's overjoyed to find she's exactly who he wanted. But her arrival coincides with horses going missing from his stable. If he can't find out who's behind the thefts, he'll lose everything he's worked so hard for.

Clara is determined to help Roman when she finds out he's losing both horses and customers. But when the horse thieves grow more threatening, Roman is faced with a choice--send back the woman he's come to love, or put her life in danger.

The Crest Stone Mail-Order Brides is a spin-off from Cat's Gilbert Girls series. This is a sweet and clean romance set in the Old West. Like all of Cat's books, it will warm your heart and fill you with hope!

Go back to the beginning, before Crest Stone became a town, with the Gilbert Girls series: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SW7ZM55

A Hopeful Bride is book one in the Crest Stone Mail Order Bride series. This was a lovely sweet western romance. I enjoyed the character of Clara Brown – the kind, mail order bride who comes to Crest Stone, Colorado to see if she is a good match for Roman Carlisle. There were a few twists to the plot that I didn’t expect, that kept the pace of the book running along. This is a fairly short book and perfect for an afternoon reading time. I can’t wait to read the rest of the books in this series.