In Want of a Wife

In want of a wife was a sweet slow burn read. I loved Morgan the quiet ginger hair hero. I also really love Jane the sassy well spoken heroine. I love how great the build up of their relationship was. The only thing I didn't care for was the narrator Talmadge Ragan. She was so stiff and her voice so......more

I think it's great that the author chose not to concentrate on the main characters' pasts. Morgan had a rougher childhood (TW: sexual abuse) than Jane, but both had an equally damaging childhood. Ms Goodman focused on the present and how these characters overcame their pasts. This book was very much......more

Originally posted at The Book Nympho Quick summary Jane Middlebourne needs a way out of New York City. As the ward of a distant cousin, she's destined for a lonely life of servitude. Morgan Longstreet recently bought a ranch in Bitter Springs and needs a wife to help him manage Morning Star. When Jane......more

Jo Goodman writes quality prose, but I question the necessity for including some horrifying elements of this story and excluding other elements I thought needed closure. After a horrifying prologue in a NYC Fifth Avenue mansion where Jane faces her wealthy, cruel cousin Francis, with whom she has liv......more

Another wonderful book! I've read the first book, The Last Renegade, and enjoyed it very much. I've foolishly missed the second one, True to the Law, but I'll remedy that ASAP! :) In this book we also have the theme of mail-order-bride, but the twist we had in The last Renegade (view spoiler)[where Kellen was kind o (hide spoiler)]......more