Historical Christian Romance
MY HEART BELONGS IN RUBY CITY, IDAHO: REBECCA'S PLIGHT
Susanne Dietze
4 stars MILD
MY HEART BELONGS IN RUBY CITY, IDAHO: REBECCA'S PLIGHT
Susanne Dietze
4 stars MILD
Summer 1866
Dietze opens this novel with a hold-up that sets everything in motion. Fast to moderately paced throughout, Dietze
creates descriptive come-to-life scenes and characterization. Written in the third person point of view, this is a Mail-Order Bride novel that has an original story-line. Although there are other My Heart Belongs... novels, this one is perfect as a stand-alone. Recommended for fans of historical mail order bride romance.
creates descriptive come-to-life scenes and characterization. Written in the third person point of view, this is a Mail-Order Bride novel that has an original story-line. Although there are other My Heart Belongs... novels, this one is perfect as a stand-alone. Recommended for fans of historical mail order bride romance.
SUMMARY: Rebecca Rice answers an ad for a mail order bride and travels to meet her shopkeeper intended. Upon arrival to Ruby City, she is met at the stage, taken on a brief walk and married. To her surprise, when the Justice announces them husband and wife, he calls her new husband by a different first name. In walks her intended. The judge is out of town to annul the marriage so they have to wait. While they wait weeks for the judge to return, Rebecca gets to know her intended and her husband. When the judge finally returns, will she go through with the annulment or will she choose to stay with the man she accidentally married?
(SHILOH RUN, May 2017, 256 pgs, $12.99)
Reviewed by: JENNY FALCONE
