Marty Dandridge Olson is ready to leave behind the pain of the past.
Answering an advertisement for a “Lone Star bride,” she leaves her Texas ranch and heads to Denver to marry a man she doesn’t know.
Jake Wythe is the man waiting for her.
Burned by love, he marries now simply to satisfy the board of Morgan Bank, which believes a man of his standing in society should be wed. Together Jake and Marty agree they are done with romance and love and will make this nothing more than a marriage of convenience.
When missing money and a collapsing economy threaten his job, Jake’s yearning to return to ranching grows ever stronger, much to Marty’s dismay. But a fondness has grown between them, as well, further complicating matters.
What will happen when their relationship shifts in unexpected ways…
and dreams and secrets collide?
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Summary
Overall A Sensible Arrangement. That's what the marriage started out to be, but somewhere along the way they both began to fall in love. Marty Olson was fleeing her life in Texas; she just couldn't shake the awful memories of her husband's tragic death. So she answered the advertisement of a Denver banker seeking a wellbred Texas woman to become his wife. It was to simply be a sensible arrangement. He needed a wife to maintain society's expectations; she wanted a reason to be gone from her memories in Texas. Ms. Peterson writes a story set in the years just before the turn of the twentieth century. As usual, her historical research is impeccable, and she chooses the
most interesting tidbits of that history to give meaning to her characters' lives. As you can usually count on with her novels, she writes with a strong biblical worldview. This novel ends without resolution, so I am hoping the mysterious circumstances and the relationships are resolved in the sequel. A good read!