The Unexpected Wife: A Mail-Order Bride Romance

Mary Burton

Apr 2012 · Sold by Harlequin

About this ebook

He Could Never Love Again

Of that, Matthias Barrington was certain, despite the well-intentioned meddling of his neighbors. But now they’d sent him a special delivery in the form of the very comely Miss Abigail Smyth, who’d stepped off the stagecoach and announced that he needed a wife—and she was just the woman!

Mail-order bride Abby Smyth just wanted a place to belong—preferably at rancher Matthias Barrington’s side, making a home for his motherless boys. Ever practical, she knew love wasn’t necessary, really. Yet the more she learned of this decent, honorable man, the more she knew the only place she wanted was one securely in his heart!

Ratings and reviews

Waiting on a little more excitement...beautiful but typical love saga from one person's veiw...beautiful flowing and very very very easy...type u can find anywhere... But still may get better

Better than I thought it would be, romantic and sweet, I fell in love with all the characters. Good writing and good read.

Basically what you would expect from a mail order bride book the characters are Pretty relatable

About the author

Mary Burton was born in the U.S. and earned an English degree from Virginia¿s Hollins University. After a decade of working in marketing and sales, Mary Burton became convinced she could write and sell one of her many stories. Burton left the marketing profession and devoted all her spare time to writing a novel. Soon after, she sold her first manuscript to Harlequin Historicals. Since that initial sale, MB had written twelve historical romances for Harlequin Historicals, four short romantic suspenses for Silhouette Romantic Suspense and a non-fiction book The Insider¿s Guide to Direct Marketing. Her first single title romantic suspense for Zebra I¿m Watching You is a December 2007 release. In 2005, The Unexpected Wife was a finalist Romance Writers of America¿s RITA contest and Wise Moves was 2006 nominee for the Romantic Times¿ Critics Choice Award. I¿m Watching You received critical acclaim from New York Times Best Selling author Carla Neggers.