Would-Be Wilderness Wife

February 15, 2015

Responsible for his mother and five younger siblings, Drew Wallin has neither the time nor the interest to find a wife. But his younger brother Levi has other ideas, and when they go to Seattle to see the doctor about their sick mother, Levi kidnaps nurse Catherine Stanway while Drew isn't looking, tosses her into the back of the wagon, and takes her back to Wallin Landing, their lakeside home. Both Drew and Catherine are furious, but Mrs. Wallin needs help and Catherine agrees to stay until the woman is back on her feet--something that seems to be taking far longer than it should. VERDICT Marriage-minded relatives, reluctant protagonists, and a vicious, greedy foe spark the plot of this vividly descriptive romance that gives readers a strong sense of time and place, with just a dash of woodland danger. Sweet, funny, and gently faith-based, Scott's genre-bridging charmer will satisfy fans of wholesome historical romances. Scott (The Bride Ship) lives in Tacoma.

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