Gentry On Sale by Caroline Clemmons

 

Gentry and the Mail Order Bride:

Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides 1

by Caroline Clemmons

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Happy New Year!  Gentry is the first book from my Texas Hill Country Mail Order Brides series.  There are currently six books in the series.  Since so many of you have new ereaders, I put Gentry on sale this weekend for only 99 cents.  The whole series is also in Kindle Unlimited.

Book Blurb:

Nothing much riles Gentry McRae. He works hard on the ranch he co-owns with his best friend, and is content with his life. He’s proud of all they’ve accomplished in the ten years since the war. That is, until his partner dies and leaves his half of the ranch to his mail-order bride—and wills the bride to Gentry. “Now just a doggone minute, I don’t plan to marry for years!” But, a single woman can’t reside on a ranch where four men live without ruining her reputation. What’s a good man to do, except marry the woman when she arrives?

Heidi Roth has been spurned for being too plainspoken and too tall. In addition, her sister constantly makes fun of her for those reasons. That’s why—with many doubts—she’s willing to travel for months from Bavaria to Texas to marry a man who once lived in her town. When she arrives, she learns her prospective groom is dead, but left her his share of a ranch. She has serious doubts, but agrees to wed Gentry to protect her reputation. Sure enough, from the next day, one event after the other happens to complicate her life—yet she is happy. Until she sees the will and learns they are not equal partners as Gentry had led her to believe.

Sometimes the perfect match is the one you didn’t expect.

https://www.amazon.com/Gentry-Texas-Country-Order-Brides-ebook/dp/B0B6YN6QHK

Excerpt:

Dietrichsburg, Bavaria, Germany, April 7, 1875

 Heidi Roth turned to face her mother. She longed to shout, but she kept her voice respectful. “Mama, why do you keep consulting the matchmaker for me? She’s tried twice and the men she found didn’t want me.” 

She turned back to concentrate on her dough and hide the pain the reminder created—like a stab to her heart. “I’m too tall or too old or they don’t want a wife who speaks her mind instead of letting them make all the decisions—or all of those.” 

She turned to face her mother, pleading for understanding, “Oh, Mama, do you not realize how humiliating that is? Please accept that there is no one for me.” She suspected her mother would continue her campaign.

Her mother crossed her arms, a sure sign she was not going to change her mind. “There’s a lid for every pot, Adelheid.” 

Just as Heidi had suspected, her mother was relentless.

Mama shook a finger at her. “You must go see Mrs. Heinz today. She assures me she has the perfect match for you.”

Although Heidi did not plan to consider consulting the matchmaker, she knew Mama would not give up. “I will think about it.” That should stall Mama for now.