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Summary: Pleasantly surprised
Review: There are two stories in this book: one by Susan Mallery--Lucaas's Convenient Bride, and the second by Maureen Child--Jackson's Mail-Order Bride. The men are Lucas MacIntyre and his brother, Jackson MacIntyre. Their uncle died and left a will stating that they couldn't inherit the saloon/ranch/mine unless they married. The women in both stories are strong, caring, and focused. They are different in that one is plain and one isn't, but they are willing to take a risk on these two guys, and work at it. I was really surprised how much I liked this book. I started it, and didn't put it down till I read the whole thing. Try it.
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Summary: GREAT STORIES ---
Review: This is the second story of the MasIntyre brothers -- Lucas and Jackson.
Lucas has sent for a mail-order bride for his brother Jackson, which he did not want and Lucas's wife Emily wanted to know how Lucas was going to convince Jackson to marry.
[grin] Lucas married Miss Molly Malone by proxy for his brother, claiming that Jackson was too ill to attend the wedding.
Molly goes storming [in a downpour] up the mountain to Jackson's cabin and mine to see if he really is ill.
Oh, Boy -- Jackson is laid out with a fever and Molly must bring the fever down as Jackson floats in a semi-conscious void.
In a dream like state Jackson consumates his marriage unknowingly.
Jackson was in for the shock of his life when he woke up the next evening.
OK, so she was his wife and he would treat her so but he would not have anything more to do with her.
A nice added irritant was Captain Blood.
And Molly was keeping his cabin too clean - he was feeling crowded out of his sanctuary.
The trouble was he couldn't forget his dream of her in his bed.
Molly was refusing to let Jackson hide away from the world and kept feeding any one who passed through -- and just about got into trouble because of it.
When she learned of Jackson's secret, he almost lost her and had to convince her to not leave him.
Molly brought him a love that he didn't want but she drove away the loneliness and proved him to be a worthy husband.Highly Recommended and you breath a sigh of relief for the MacIntyre brothers when you finish these stories that they have recognized their true loves at last -- the secondary characters are really neat also.
Don't pass this one up - it is a great addition to one's library.
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Summary: GREAT STORIES --
Review: This is the story of one of two brothers -- they must meet the terms of their uncle's will in order to secure their inheritance -- A Saloon - a ranch and a mine!
Lucas MacIntyre runs a saloon in order to have an income to secure the ranch.
He can't believe he would ask the uniquely enterprising schoolmarm to enter into a "merger" but what else was he to do. His mail-order bride did not come through and he was running out of time.
Miss Emily Smythe knew that no man would ever want to marry her. She had too many shortcomings. No beauty, no voluptuous figure to entice a man - only a very good head for business.
She held her breath as she negotiated with Lucas to be able to open an hotel on the second floor of his saloon.
Lucas was a teasing, handsome gentleman who knew that no woman would ever marry him if they knew the truth about him.
He would keep Emily at a distance and not get involved emotionally but one kiss had him dreaming of Emily in bed. Another kiss and he was wanting to introduce her to the pleasures of the marriage bed --- and get himself a little relief from his frustrations. Oh, Lordy!
In the meantime he was importing a mail-order bride for his brother, who wanted no wife. [grin - boy did that backfire]
In the meantime Emily gave Lucas two of his most precious gifts -- Do Not Miss the conclusion in Maureen Child's story of Jackson MacIntyre and his Mail-Order Bride.
Highly recommended and not heavy to get through --- great addition to anyones library.
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