Bella

Cynthia Woolf

Jun 2019 · Brides of the Oregon Trail Book 3 · Firehouse Publishing

About this eBook

Bella Devereaux dreamed of being a restaurateur, not a thief. But life had other plans. Forced to compromise her principles to survive, Bella always gives half of her ill-gotten gains to the French émigrés in New Orleans and saves the other half to fulfill her lifelong goal of opening her own French café. A priceless cache of jewels was supposed to be her last job, but the police are on to her, and so is another criminal—Jack Pasquin. He’s more than a thief, he’s a murderer, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to force Bella’s hand—including kill her. Taking the jewels and fleeing to Oregon City as a mail-order bride seems to be her only hope.

Marshal Robert McCauley never forgave himself for being on the job when his first wife passed away. Guilt has kept him from falling in love again, but a mail-order bride seems to be the perfect answer. When Bella arrives, not only is she beautiful and intelligent, but her mysterious ways intrigue him more than he cares to admit. Neither of them wants to admit they have fallen in love, but when Bella’s past catches up to them, Robert will have to choose—once more—between the woman he loves and the duty he serves.

Can Bella save the husband she’d fallen in love with? Or will she become a widow before she becomes a real wife?

Ratings and reviews

This is the third book in the Brides of the Oregon series and brings Bella's tale. An Arranged marriage, a lawman and an thief brings conflict and suspense to the journey of true love. Interesting character that populate the Bride train and Oregon town/country allow the reader to escape to another time. Ebook from Author as gift. Opinion is entirely my own freely given.

The thief and the lawman, who could have dreamed that such a match would be possible. Having to escape her home after being discovered stealing, Bella is married by proxy to lawman Marshall Robert McCauley. Robert isn't at all sure that he intends going through with the marriage, but after seeing Bella, knows that he cannot turn his back on her. However, things are not as they at first seem and discovering that his wife is actually a thief is a shock to him. It takes Bella being put at risk for Robert to consider what is really important to him. The story is suspenseful and romantic and comes to a happy conclusion. I received a copy of this book as a gift and this is my honest and voluntary review.

Bella is a thief who becomes a wife by proxy to a man in Oregon in order to evade the police in New Orleans and have a place to lay low until she can continue on to San Francisco. Robert is marshal in the town of Oregon City and Bella's husband by proxy. Upon meeting, both are surprised by the attraction that develops between them, but Robert swears that he can never love Bella and Bella really wants to open a restaurant in San Francisco. Once most of Bella's grubstake is stolen, she resigns herself to staying in Oregon City and gives into her growing feelings for Robert. When two policemen from New Orleans show up to find the thief, Bella must come clean to Robert and confide in him the fact that part of her stash was stolen by the man who tried to break in to their home shortly after her arrival. Robert and Bella must then help the police arrest the man while keeping Bella out of it only things do not turn out that cleanly. I encourage you to read the book and find out if Robert and Bella can find their HEA and also if justice is served to those who deserve it. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

About the author

Cynthia Woolf is the award-winning and best-selling author of forty historical western romance books and two short stories with more books on the way. She has also published six sci-fi, space opera romances, which she calls westerns in space. Along with these books she has also published four boxed sets of her books.

 

Cynthia loves writing and reading romance. Her first western romance Tame A Wild Heart, was inspired by the story her mother told her of meeting Cynthia's father on a ranch in Creede, Colorado. Although Tame A Wild Heart takes place in Creede that is the only similarity between the stories. Her father was a cowboy not a bounty hunter and her mother was a nursemaid (called a nanny now) not the ranch owner. 

Cynthia credits her wonderfully supportive husband Jim and her great critique partners for saving her sanity and allowing her to explore her creativity.

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