Hearth and Home (Gold Sky #2)
Rebel Carter
Can a wealthy businessman find love as a mail order groom?Julian Baptiste was determined to find a love as epic as that of his parents. As the son of a freedwoman and a wealthy Union solider, Julian was unique among the glittering upper 400 of New York Society. Shrewd in business and discrete with his affairs, Julian was not a man to be trifled with.Until her. One glimpse of Violet Shield and Julian is haunted. As the cook of the boarding house where he is staying while visiting his sister Julie and her two husbands Violet is a breath of fresh air. But Julian is hesitant to call it love at such a short acquaintance and is determined to be only a friend to her.But when an unexpected advert for a husband is placed on Violet's behalf, the frontier cook's reputation and her very future are at stake. And Julian finds himself stepping into a role he is powerless to resist. Mail order groom.Amidst the wilds of the sweeping Montana frontier to the riches of the New York 400, Julian and Violet fall deeply in love. But can love be enough when misunderstandings threaten the fragile new passion they have found?
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0I think this series isn't for me, mostly due to the writing style and pacing.
I loved the concept of 'America' times romance set in the old west, with diversity. The story is in the POV of the hero, Julian, which was a nice change from either the heroine's POV or back and forth between 2 characters. But ultimately there was nothing keeping these two apart. They liked each other, were attracted to each other, even though they were from different social classes it wasn't much of a hurdle and no one who mattered cared. The heroine, Violet, had concerns about marriage in general, losing her freedom, but she wasn't entirely opposed to marriage. And I couldn't see why Julian wouldn't be interested in marrying Violet, he seemed surprised by the idea.
The 'mail order groom' part of this wasn't Violet's idea and was forced on her by a well meaning friend. The town reporter, the villain from the previous book, added drama only to move the story along.
By the time they got married I was wondering why there was so much book left. In the end, the big conflict comes from a character barely introduced and could have been easily resolved by Violet immediately asking "is this true?", but she only spends one night sleeping in another room before it gets resolved.
I suppose if you are looking for low drama, light read, historical romance, this may fit the bill.
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