A Husband for Adeline

Name: A Husband for Adeline
Rating: 4.849999904632568 (20 reviews)

Cynthia Woolf

Brides of Golden City Book 3 · Firehouse Publishing

4.8

20 reviews

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159

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Douglas Latimer lost his wife and his best friend under suspicious circumstances in a gold mine explosion. Left with a new baby and a broken heart, Douglas meets his best friends mail-order bride intending on sending her back. One look at Adeline Brady and he knows she can solve his problems and help him raise is daughter...ff she'll agree to marry him instead. He finds that Adeline's arrival unsettles him in ways he didn't expect. She cares for his infant daughter as if the child were her own, and looks at him with soft blue eyes, expecting something from him he knows he cannot give her after his previous wife's betrayal, his trust...and his love.

Adeline Brady traveled to 1871 Colorado from a Carson City saloon where her gambler father frequently bet her virginity on a hand of cards. He was a cheat and a liar, so she never had to pay his debt, but she needed a new life, a new start with a man who would honor and value her as his wife, not a piece of property to be gambled away. At first glance, Douglas is everything she had hoped for. Handsome. Established. Protective. But he vows to her from day one that he will never give her his heart.

When an unexpected death tears the community apart, can Douglas and Adeline conquer their fears and find happiness, or will their distrust of each other drive Adeline into the arms of another man, a rival miner who has made no secret of the fact that he will own Douglas’s mine and his wife? Little do they realize he is willing to kill to claim both for his own.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

20 reviews

Donise Cinnamon

June 4, 2020

I loved all the twists and turns this book had in it as there was never a dull moment and I just had to keep turning the pages to see what would get thrown at Adeline and Douglas next. The book started with Adeline escaping her father's clutches by becoming a mail order bride, but when she arrives in Golden City she is met by the partner of her betrothed and finds out that her intended and the partner's wife were killed in an explosion at the mine they owned. Douglas was left with an infant daughter and so he proposes marriage to Adeline with the stipulation that he will never fall in love with her and that she should not fall in love with him. Falling in love with the baby is a given. Then there is the jealous owner of a rival mine, the neglected neighbor family, the surprise reason for the explosion, a shooting and a couple of other events that make the road to a HEA a twisty one. I voluntarily read and reviewed a complimentary copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Margaret Watkins

May 27, 2020

Escaping her conniving father, Adeline manages to travel across the country to Golden City where she is to marry her proposed husband. Things do not work out the way she thought when she finds that her groom has died in an explosion, but she cannot turn down the offer made by Douglas Latimer, who lost his wife in the same explosion. With a tiny baby to take care of, Douglas has his hands full and Adeline's instant love for the child makes him realise that marrying her will solve both their problems. Adeline certainly gets far more than she ever expected in life when she married Douglas, especially when events escalate, and together they have to make dramatic decisions about the future of their family. The story is heart-warming and suspenseful and ultimately romantic as well. I received a copy of this book as a gift and this is my honest and voluntary review.

Julie Pattengell

October 15, 2022

I loved this story!!!

About the author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cynthia Woolf is the award-winning and best-selling author of forty-six 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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TITLES AVAILABLE (English unless otherwise stated)

BRIDES OF GOLDEN CITY

A Husband for Victoria

A Husband for Cordelia

A Husband for Adeline

BRIDES OF THE OREGON TRAIL

Hannah (Available in German)

Lydia (Available in German)

Bella (Available in German)

Eliza

Rebecca

Charlotte

Amanda

BACHELORS & BABIES

Carter (Book 3)

BRIDES OF SEATTLE (also available in German)

Mail Order Mystery

Mail Order Mayhem

Mail Order Mix-Up

Mail Order Moonlight

Mail Order Melody

CENTRAL CITY BRIDES (also available in German)

The Dancing Bride

The Sapphire Bride

The Irish Bride

The Pretender Bride

HOMESTEAD CANYON SERIES

Thorpe’s Mail-Order Bride

Loving Arabelle

Kissed by a Stranger

Loving Ellen

A Family for Christmas

Loving Matilda

HOPE’S CROSSING

The Hunter Bride

The Replacement Bride

The Stolen Bride

The Unexpected Bride

AMERICAN MAIL-ORDER BRIDES

Genevieve, Bride of Nevada

THE SURPRISE BRIDES

Gideon

THE BRIDES OF SAN FRANCISCO (also available in German)

Nellie

Annie

Cora

Sophia

Amelia

THE BRIDES OF TOMBSTONE (also available in German)

Mail Order Outlaw

Mail Order Doctor

Mail Order Baron

DESTINY IN DEADWOOD (also available in German)

Jake

Liam

Zach

MATCHMAKER & CO (also available in German)

Capital Bride

Heiress Bride

Fiery Bride

Colorado Bride

TAME SERIES

Tame a Wild Heart (Available in German)

Tame a Wild Wind

Tame a Wild Bride

Tame a Honeymoon Heart

BOXSETS

Destiny in Deadwood: The Complete Series

The Tame Series

CENTAURI SERIES

Centauri Dawn

Centauri Twilight

Centauri Midnight

THE SWORDS OF GREGARA SERIES

Jenala

Riza

Honora

BOXSETS

Centauri: The Complete Series

Swords and Blasters

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