Instant Frontier Family

December 1, 2015

Maddie O'Rourke has waited a long time for her younger brother and sister to come West, but she never imagined her siblings to have been matchmaking along the way. Hard-working Maddie has built a life for herself, and as the owner of the most popular bakery in Seattle, she's not about to cede her independence to anyone--not even Michael Haggerty, a man she is coming to admire but who has his own past that could be a threat to them all. VERDICT With likable protagonists, a pair of sometimes difficult youngsters, a vivid setting, and an appealing dash of mystery, this sweetly inspirational romance sees an independent frontier woman and a love-wary Irishman find happiness despite the odds. Scott (Frontier Engagement) lives in Tacoma.

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November 15, 2015
Other women might have come to Seattle for the men, but for Maddie O'Rourke, moving here is a business decision pure and simple. Now after months of hard work, she has built up her laundry business and her new bakery enough so that she can afford to send for her younger brother, Aiden, and her younger sister, Ciara. Maddie sent money back to New York City to cover their travel expenses as well as those for a woman to accompany them on the ship. Her plan is to then employ the chaperone in her laundry business. So Maddie is more than a bit surprised when her siblings walk off the boat with a man. What is even more unexpected is that Aiden and Ciara have come up with a different plan for Maddie and Michael Haggerty: they want them to marry. In the latest addition to her Frontier Bachelors series, Scott (Would-Be Wilderness Wife, 2015) delivers an impeccably researched historical setting in a charming tale that should delight fans of sweet romance and faith-based fiction.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)