So Enchanting! ~ Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer ~ Review

With each turn of the page I fell more in love with these two characters. Both with heads harder than the land they work (I’m sure), but no two could be more fun to watch grow, change…and fall in love.

            

Know what I love? A good love story. Know what else I love? Characters that are witty and endearing. Stubborn and determined, but with a healthy dose to do what’s right.  Travis and Meredith both have that in spades.

          

  The plot is unique and just wait until you read the scene where the brothers “draw straws”. You might want to swoon. I wanted to… Humor provides perfect comedic timing and the dialogue quick and fast paced. This is one of those exceptional books that combines perfect amount of descriptions with dialogue and character action. No one word really slows the novel, instead constantly propelling the story forward.

           

I love characters that make me love them. Travis and Meredith make it so effortless, though I do think I might be a tad more partial to Travis…

         

   This novel is SUCH solid winner for the inspirational historical market in so many ways. Unique plot. Touch of suspense. Excellent, excellent story telling. Characters that simply demand the reader’s attention. Really, what gets better than that? Oh yes, a “forbidden romance”. I’ll throw that one out there just to tease you. I melt when I read such a romance as this. Really, who wouldn’t want to pick up this novel? A five-star, enchanting novel!

            

This review is my honest opinion. Thanks to the author and publishers for my copy to review.

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More about the novel...

Four brothers. Four straws. One bride.

No one steps on Archer land. Not if they value their life. But when Meredith Hayes overhears a plot to burn the Archer brothers off their ranch, a long-standing debt compels her to take the risk.

Years of constant vigilance hardens a man. Yet when Travis Archer comes across a female trespasser with the same vivid blue eyes as the courageous young girl he once aided, he can't bring himself to send her away. And when an act of sacrifice leaves her injured and her reputation in shreds, gratitude and guilt prompt him to attempt to rescue her once again.

Despite the fact that Travis is no longer the gallant youth Meredith once dreamed about, she vows to stand by his side. But will love ever be hers? Or will Travis always see her as merely a short-straw bride?