Twice Promised is the story of Greta Olsen, a mail order bride from Wyoming. On the train to Central City, Colorado, she meets Cora Johnson, another mail order bride. They become quick friends and soon find that they are both traveling to Central City with the hopes of marrying the same man, Jess Gifford. The first problem is, Jess didn't write to either bride and the second problem is his brother Zach did write to them both using Jess's name. Zach asks the brides to give it a month and if they want to leave he will pay their way home.
Both brides stay and begin working in the brother's mercantile store. Jess, the older brother is angry with his brother for bringing the brides to town, but in time he softens to the idea of taking a bride. He finds Cora is the quiet one and easy to get along with while he soon finds himself butting heads with Greta on a regular basis.
In order to decide which brother would court which bride, the brother's Granny devises a plan to pair the brides with her grandsons. Unfortunately, in time, the two couples find they are mismatched.
A year before Greta arrived in Central City, she lost the love of her life, Brian Gifford, to a renegade indian's arrow. Ironically, Jess and Zach are Brian's older brothers. Greta answered the advertisement for a mail order bride because the name was the same as Brian's. Greta doesn't discover Brian is really Jess and Zach's brother until a little over half way through the book. Jess finds Greta crying at Brian's grave and the truth comes out.
I could go on and tell you who ends up with who but that would spoil the story. My readers know I dislike spoilers so I will just say that you won't be disappointed with the outcome of this book. Twice Promised is a very sweet love story with memorable characters that invite you into their story and hold you there long enough to allow you to fall in love with each one of them. Another gift this book offers is two romance stories within one book.
I would like to thank Donna Hausler and Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group for my copy of Twice Promised. I received my copy for free in order to read it and offer my honest review, which I have done.
On a 5-Star Scale -5 STARS!!!!!
“Available October 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”
Smiles & Blessings,
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