Oh, I loved this! It’s the sweetest, most satisfying romance I’ve read in a while. Nothing overly dramatic, just honest-to-goodness relationships and lovely characterisation.
Deanne answers an advert for a wife, but she doesn’t expect her prospective husband to be in a wheelchair. Bill, meanwhile, knows nothing about her previous unhappy marriage.
They marry immediately and then begin getting to know each other. For Bill, being accepted by a sweet woman like Deanne is a wonder. For Deanne, looking after two children and becoming a shopkeeper are responsibilities she takes to far more easily than she expected.
Interview for a Wife is an easy, enjoyable read. It’s the third book in the Nebraska Prairie series, although the books can be read in any order. The couples from the previous two stories pop up, and it was lovely to see them again.
Historical romance is this author’s speciality, and she has a huge catalogue to choose from. I’ve read several of her series and loved them. I think you will too.
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When her husband died, Deanne Grayson didn’t shed a tear. She did, however, worry that his death meant she’d have to return to her hometown in Kentucky. Fortunately, she stumbles upon an ad in the paper from a man in Lincoln, Nebraska who is interviewing for a wife.
Widower Bill Harvey is in need of a wife to help him run his general store. Plus, it would be nice to have help raising his two young children. But being confined to a wheelchair doesn’t exactly make him confident when it comes to a more intimate union with a woman. So when Deanne comes in for an interview, he makes a stipulation. He’ll marry her, but they won’t be consummating the marriage. So the marriage will be more of a partnership than a romance.
A marriage of convenience suits Deanne just fine. She’s not looking for love. As long as she doesn’t have to return to her hometown, she’ll be happy.
It’s not long before Bill starts to have desires he put behind him after the accident that confined him to a wheelchair. Yes, it was his decision to treat their marriage like a partnership, but after he gets to know her, he starts to want more. Exactly how can he, someone who is only half a man, expect a woman to want a real marriage with him?
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