Unable to tolerate the controlling expectations of her upper-class family, Pru Perkins shipped herself to Paradise, Oklahoma, as a mail-order bride. She was destined to make Jack's dreams of a peaceful life a distant memory! Ex-lawman Jack McCavett was done with excitement, glad to have his days of adventure behind him. Now he wanted to enjoy his quiet ranch with a restful, respectable woman at his side. But his special delivery was Pru, heiress, suffragette and all-round firebrand. Soon his desire for calm would be left ...
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Unable to tolerate the controlling expectations of her upper-class family, Pru Perkins shipped herself to Paradise, Oklahoma, as a mail-order bride. She was destined to make Jack's dreams of a peaceful life a distant memory! Ex-lawman Jack McCavett was done with excitement, glad to have his days of adventure behind him. Now he wanted to enjoy his quiet ranch with a restful, respectable woman at his side. But his special delivery was Pru, heiress, suffragette and all-round firebrand. Soon his desire for calm would be left far behind--and his need for Pru would be irresistible!
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Facing marriage to a boor, Prudence Perkins decides to leave her life of luxury behind and quietly accept a mail-order marriage proposal in Paradise, Oklahoma Territory. Departing from her controlling Gram and spineless father, Pru disappears; she plans to show her family that she can survive without their money or connections.
Unfortunately, she also has a surprise for her intended; Pru doesn't plan on marrying him either. She wants the freedom to try her wings and prove that Pru can live a full life as an independent woman. She rejects the usual woman's desire for a man's protection and security.
Former lawman Jack McCavett, Pru's fiancée, just wants an average, quiet woman to help him fulfill his dream as an average man with a growing ranch. However, neither Jack nor Pru are what a person would call 'average.' Jack is not prepared for the aristocratic, attractive woman who fights the thieves who rob the Paradise-bound stage in which Pru is travelling.
Pru quickly proves herself to be a social agitator and suffragette; before long, she has the town in a stir. However, those stage robbers continue to threaten Pru; they promise to kill Jack and the town sheriff if she 'describes the robbers with enough detail to create wanted posters.'
I found Pru to be somewhat over-the-top as a social reformer. She might be fun and assertive, but she was not the typical woman of the era. The story's pacing moved the story at a fast stride; over-thinking was not the story's goal. 3.5 stars
Merrimon
Dec 9, 2007
Mail order bride and firebrand suffragette
Mail order bride and firebrand suffragette blazes into town
With her grandmother monitoring every gesture and blocking her freedom in even the most minute detail, Prudence Perkins is fit to be tied. When Gram finally insists upon a marriage to society bore, Pru makes a wild decision. All prudence vanishes. She answers a mail order ad and ships herself off to Paradise, Oklahoma Territory. No one is going to make her give up her causes or bind her heart in a loveless marriage.
Ex-lawman Jack McCavett wants to retreat from the limelight of his law days and settle down on his land with a quiet woman who will help him run his ranch and not draw any attention to him. He planned on her arrival and the town planned a different arrival greeting ---- but Pru's arrival outdid them both and continues to do so throughout this romance! When this firebrand suffragette hits Paradise, there is hell to pay until half the town wars against the other half. Peace is the last thing Prudence brings to her new home. Jack McCavett may be tough but Pru has him undone from the first look to the last page.
MCCAVETT'S BRIDE is a tremendous reading ride. Secrets abound in this romance and create a nice level of suspense. The secret of the identity of the stagecoach bandits motivates some of the fast paced-action and mystery. Add to that the lies told in the mail order bride ad and the heroine's description of herself! It may not be internet dating but the danger in 1890 was definitely on the extreme side! This heroine is fantastic! Pru is impulsive, smart, a feminist and thinker ahead of her times, someone who loves deeply -- not just the hero--- but she changes everyone she meets. Pru definitely satisfies the a reader's desire for a wild spunky smart heroine. A blazing fun read!
