Bluebonnet Bride - A Book Review

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At the turn of the 20th century, Elli Korpela boards The Baltic with hundreds of eager women, all seeking new beginnings and brighter futures in America . . . as mail order brides.

Escaping a forced engagement, Elli seeks refuge in a faraway marriage, desperately needing her new life with a Texan named Nathan White to be safer than the one she left behind in Finland. And as she glimpses her future husband and his darling niece at the train station, she instantly knows her risk will prove the best decision she's ever made.

Until he became the guardian of four-year-old Hannah, Nathan White never took an interest in marriage, arranging a mail order wife to simply love and care for his orphaned niece. That is, he never took an interest until he laid eyes on the beautiful Elli Korpela.

After a fairy tale ceremony in the gardens of the grandest estate Elli's ever seen, a place called Butterfly Palace, their peaceful beginning takes a disquieting turn as an intruder brutally attacks Elli in the middle of the night. Nathan intervenes, but the devil escapes unidentified, leaving Elli to face two chilling possibilities: either the attack was arranged by strike workers in Nathan's employ or her shadowy past followed her into the present – and across the sea.

As the danger mounts, Elli and Nathan must face their enemy together, fighting to stay alive – and fighting to stay man and wife.

I love Colleen Coble's writing, her books are usually not a disappointment to me. Bluebonnet Bride is a short, fast pace story. Anything "mail order bride" related always grabs my attention. Since this was a short story, I didn't feel like I could "get to know" the characters and enjoy learning more about them before the end of the book. Bluebonnet Bride is the sequel to The Butterfly Palace but it can stand alone.

If you are looking for a good, quick read then Bluebonnet Bride is a good book to read.

I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers  book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.


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Bluebonnet Bride: A Butterfly Palace Short Story - eBook By Colleen Coble / Thomas Nelson