GRR Reviews A Mail-Order Heart (Miners to Millionaires) by Janelle Daniels

A Mail-Order Heart is clearly the start of a series as it sets up multiple women in town for later. The overall story is fun, as was the twist that comes later. Though the ending trope was kidnapping, which is, I guess, par for the course for old western stories.

Clara Stewart went to a small town out in Montana to marry Ivan but finding chaos upon her arrival. Ivan died 3 days prior to her arrival, and there are EIGHT other fiancees, all claiming to be Ivan's mail-order bride! Clara took charge, but it wasn't easy. The town is starved for females of marrying age, and would love for them to stay and be courted properly by the men in town... and they are allocated Ivan's house... as a temporary measure, and Ivan's mine claim. After all, if he had enough money to send for NINE brides, he must be doing pretty well... But that left Sheriff Sawyer Morrison keeping the peace... and keeping his attention toward Clara at bay. When someone sabotages the mine, then kidnaps Clara, Sheriff must call upon his best to chase down the guilty... and reclaim the woman he loved.

There's always something happening, and the plot moved along at a good pace. The attraction between Clara and sheriff, however, was a bit unexplained. Still, I guess she's a bit more mature than the rest and good for the sheriff.

Category: Historical Western

Primary Plot: Woman going as mail order bride found her groom is dead, and there are 8 other brides, while the sheriff is interested in her...

Tropes: mail order bride, fish out of water, law enforcement, kidnapping, conspiracy

Overall Rating:  4/5