Helpful Score: 1
On the face of things, this story couldnt have been more unlikely to end well. This is my first book by this author and she had me in stitches, grinning and laughing through the book.
From the beginning, it is obvious that Kathleen Lacey O'Carroll comes from money; she vaguely remembers something about a fire in her family home - which was a large manor. However, Lacey has been a guest of the asylum in Ireland because she has no other family and her inheritance seems to be paying the bills.
When Laceys good friend, Nurse Kate, receives an offer to become a mail-order bride in Wyoming Territory, the groom adds a postscript, suggesting that Kate bring a friend along, he has a friend who also needs a wife. By the time the two prospective brides arrive, Caleb Weatherspoon, the man wanting a wife has broken his leg and his neighbor Hawke gets the women from the train.
Hawke is horrified when his best friend Caleb says the extra woman is for him! Hawke is a half-breed Indian and fairly ostracized from the community. Hed never planned to marry assured that no woman would have him because of the abuse she would get from the community and because their children would be taunted.
Reluctantly, Hawke agrees to try out the idea of having a helpmate for a few days. He arrives at the Weatherspoon farm to take Lacey to his home for a few hours and the fun begins. Ill never forget how Lacey gets an egg in the barn.
Its perfectly obvious that Lacey is clueless about farm work; the only thing shes adept at is cleaning the floor. Lacey is eager to learn and as she gets better at farming tasks, Hawke really wants to know what is wrong with her. She doesnt seem to understand prejudice and isnt fazed when Hawke tells her that folks will look down on her because of her husband.
This is a clever story about two outcasts (of very different kinds), who try to make a life for themselves in Wyoming Territory.
From the beginning, it is obvious that Kathleen Lacey O'Carroll comes from money; she vaguely remembers something about a fire in her family home - which was a large manor. However, Lacey has been a guest of the asylum in Ireland because she has no other family and her inheritance seems to be paying the bills.
When Laceys good friend, Nurse Kate, receives an offer to become a mail-order bride in Wyoming Territory, the groom adds a postscript, suggesting that Kate bring a friend along, he has a friend who also needs a wife. By the time the two prospective brides arrive, Caleb Weatherspoon, the man wanting a wife has broken his leg and his neighbor Hawke gets the women from the train.
Hawke is horrified when his best friend Caleb says the extra woman is for him! Hawke is a half-breed Indian and fairly ostracized from the community. Hed never planned to marry assured that no woman would have him because of the abuse she would get from the community and because their children would be taunted.
Reluctantly, Hawke agrees to try out the idea of having a helpmate for a few days. He arrives at the Weatherspoon farm to take Lacey to his home for a few hours and the fun begins. Ill never forget how Lacey gets an egg in the barn.
Its perfectly obvious that Lacey is clueless about farm work; the only thing shes adept at is cleaning the floor. Lacey is eager to learn and as she gets better at farming tasks, Hawke really wants to know what is wrong with her. She doesnt seem to understand prejudice and isnt fazed when Hawke tells her that folks will look down on her because of her husband.
This is a clever story about two outcasts (of very different kinds), who try to make a life for themselves in Wyoming Territory.
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