Shooting your future husband may not be the best way to start off a mail-order bride marriage, but Regan Fontaine finds herself with high hopes after finally meeting the handsome doctor she's supposed to wed, regardless of the bullet she put in his shoulder. Colt wasn't expecting the denim wearing, rifle-toting, wealthy heiress he only knew from letters, but even he with his jaded heart starts to feel a glimmer of hope. But, will their new marriage stand up to the trials and tribulations of a small Wyoming town?

I've finally read a Beverly Jenkins, and it was so great! The characters are well-rounded, and while I didn't start with the first book in the series I never felt lost, even when meeting characters from the previous books. I especially liked all of the historical details, the clothes, the cooking, the work that went in to running a household in the 1890s American frontier. Plus, all of the other historical details AND the great author's note at the end giving readers homework to look up the historic events mentioned in the story (I shan't mention them here).

My only slight gripe is that I wished more action took place on the page. A lot of major events happened off-scene, and were just recalled by characters. Um, if a one-eyed mountain lion is taking people down, I do kind of want to see it happen!

Thank you to Avon for the ARC!