I just
finished reading The Bride Ship; book one in the Frontier Bachelors
series by Regina Scott. I do like her
writing. She is good at using our fears
as the drama that moves the story forward. The fears are always confronted and if not
overcome, the main characters always make a strong start on overcoming
them. The Bride Ship is no
exception.
Allegra Banks
Howard’s life had always been controlled by someone else. First her mother: what to wear, how to act,
who to be seen with. Then her husband,
Frank, treated her like fine porcelain; fragile and unable to think for
herself. After his death, her
mother-in-law took over her and her daughter’s life; what they would wear, how they
would act and who she would marry.
Something had to be done and Asa Mercer’s ad in the paper asking for
women to sail to Seattle to help build a thriving city sounded like the answer
to her prayers.
Clay Howard
had left home at eighteen to escape the controlling ways of his family and
their Boston society lifestyle and had promptly been disowned. After years in the West, he had come home to
try and make peace. His father and
brother were dead and his mother refused to see him until she decided he could
be used to bring Allegra home. He had
every intention of doing just that because Allegra wouldn't survive in the
rugged, rustic town of Seattle. He knew
because he lived there.
She refuses to return home and he refuses to leave her unprotected. So the journey begins and it is a good one. Well worth reading.
Check it out at:The Bride Ship by Regina Scott
