Abigail was raised to be part of high society, but lost her social status when her father was convicted of embezzlement. Her fiancée broke off their engagement, and soon after her mother died. Having lost the support of her previous friends, she decides to sign up with a match-making service and become a mail order bride. The problem is, her matches keep sending her back because she is so fastidious about high born manners. In one last ditch effort, the owner of the service assigns Abigail to go to a remote Kansas town and give etiquette lessons to 16 cow pokes who have ordered brides. At first all she can see are their rude manners and hunger for companionship, but dire circumstances show her that under all that dust and bad grammar beat hearts of gold.
Ok, I started the week feeling emotionally fragile, and needed some literary candy to raise my psychological blood sugar levels. This pretty much fit the bill. It is a Christian historical romance and is sappy and sweet and silly. It certainly has a "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" kind of vibe. Though Abigail doesn't start out with Milly's sass and grit, she finds it by the end. Of course, as always, I listened to it as an audiobook, and the reader does a really good job with all the different voices. (2018, 342 p.)
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