Juicy love story

The first book (Chance for Love) in this series was great and I read it in one go. I enjoyed this book, but this second book which held so much of a promise and the first chapters were wonderfully done – I was looking forward to reading it again as fast as the first one, but after a few chapters I was a bit disappointed especially about the hero. I loved Gina who was a hardworking woman, but a bit shy and wounded by life, who was courageous enough to try, to travel a long way to her husband to be. Rory however is extremely conspicuous about everything his bride to be. Rory, in my mind, is not very friendly – although he acts as if he is, in his job as Deputy Sheriff. I missed it that he trusted his soon to be wife, not believing everything she said – while he himself intended to put her to the test. I began to resent Rory and in my opinion that’s a compliment to the writer.

This is what the book’s about:

Laid off and down to her last few dollars, Gina Taylor is desperate to provide for her baby boy when she sees an advertisement for a mail order bride in Marietta, Montana. On just a photo of a serious but handsome man and the charm of his kind, deep voice on the phone, Gina packs up her few belongings and leaves the hardships of San Francisco behind. When widowed deputy sheriff Rory Watson buys a neglected ranch in desperate need of repairs and a homey touch, he realizes how much he misses the companionship marriage offers. His brother found a bride and happiness with an advertisement. Maybe he can too. But Rory gets more than he bargained for when Gina arrives, baby on her hip. Rory can forgive a lot, but Gina never mentioned a baby. His instinct is to send her home, but his uneasy conscience insists she stay–temporarily. Gradually, Rory discovers that Gina’s smile, love of country life, and can-do attitude wake up something he never knew was dormant, and the chubby baby reminds him of how much he once wanted a family.