It’s been a few months since I read any christian fiction. This past week I read Twice Promised. It’s about two women who travel to become a mail-order bride unknowingly to the same man. Before you get mad at the man and decide not to read the book, let me tell you that you will enjoy the book.
I’m not sure which character I liked best out of the two unsuspecting women and the man they are traveling to wed. Each character had their qualities. I think if I was in that situation I wouldn’t have handled it as well as those involved. I may have ended up disliking the other woman!
The only thing that I didn’t like about this book were the scenes where the author shares the character’s attraction to the opposite sex’s body. I don’t usually see that in a christian book. It wasn’t vulgar, but it was enough to get me to imagine the scene in my own head. It could have been left out.
Available October 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Thanks to Revell for the copy I received in exchange for my honest review!
Enjoy the book!
About the Book
Two beautiful brides. One unsuspecting groom. Three weeks to figure it all out.
Greta Olsen arrives in Central City, Colorado, as a mail-order bride, expecting to marry Jess Gifford, the man she’s come to know through his tender letters. But when she meets Cora Johnson, she discovers she’s not the only bride waiting at the train station for Jess.
Already shocked to find they must compete for Jess’s affection, the young women can hardly believe it when not Jess but his brother Zach picks them up from the station—and reveals that Jess knows nothing about any mail-order bride, let alone two. Will either bride make the match she hopes for?
Filled with surprises, misunderstandings, and tender romance, Twice Promised is the story of how two unlikely women become twice blessed.
About the Author
Maggie Brendan is the author of the Heart of the West series and Deeply Devoted, which was a 2012 ICRA Award finalist. A member of the Authors Guild, Romance Writers of America, and Georgia Romance Writers, Maggie lives in Georgia. Visit her at www.MaggieBrendan.com.
