Reviewing: Marrying Mr. Wrong (Frontiers Vows Book 4) by Melissa Jagears

 ...my thoughts...

You’ve got to read this book because there truly are diamonds in the rough in this world.  Sometimes they are shiny on the surface, and you need to scratch below the surface to find the true person.  More often, though, we see the rough side, and these are the people we often pass by without taking time to notice the pure goodness hiding beneath the surface.  When you take the time to look, you will reap the rewards.

 Marrying Mr. Wrong, book four in the Frontier Vows series finds an unlikely match between Gwendolyn McGill and Timothy O'Conner. Imagine the town mayor's daughter hooking up with a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, so to speak.  Except that this first daughter of this  small western town was knocked down a few pegs. When her father was brought to justice for numerous crimes he thought enough money and ill-gotten land deals could put him out of reach, his children were left behind to face what no child needs to face.  Scandal and shame. 

Once Spoiled and naive, Gwen is urged by her brother Bo, to forgo the empty trappings of a Denver Dandy and consider Timothy O'Connor.  After accepting his bargain, she sets out to try in 30 days what she believes would be an easy attempt at wooing Mr. O'Conner.  What she soon learns is that she can't win everyone with her smiles and flirtatious act.  

Timothy, for his part, is a bit perplexed when Gwen shows up at Nolan's ranch, w here he is employed, under the pretext to help out Corinne, who has been feeling poorly. (Newlyweds, whose story is quite a fun read: Pretending to Wed )You can practically see him scratch his head every time Gwen leaves because, she was not raised to cook, clean or any other work a rancher would expect of his wife.  Yet he does admire her pluck in coming back again and again.

Try as you may, she doesn't seem to fit in.  Or does she? Sometimes, a woman shows her true strength and spirit when she is put to the test.

 p.s. I have enjoyed reading the Frontier Vows series and hate to see it end, unless Melissa Jagears can find an honest woman for Gwen's brother Bo to wed!

...from the publisher... 

Gwendolyn McGill wants to be loved and accepted for who she is, but that’s hard to do in a small town where everyone judges her by the scandal her father caused. Unfortunately, the man she hoped would sweep her away from all the wagging tongues is no longer interested in marrying her. Unable to leave town, she’s determined to prove she’s more than just a pretty face who knows how to bat her eyelashes.

For years, Timothy O’Conner has loved Gwen from a distance, knowing someone like her would never be attracted to a lowly ranch hand with a blemished face like him. When Gwen unexpectedly shows up at the ranch, asking him to help her learn how to attract a man of quality, Tim’s feelings become even harder to suppress.

When danger pushes them together, they discover there’s more to each other than either of them imagined. Though God is no respecter of persons, is the desire of their hearts strong enough to defy society’s expectations?

Marrying Mr. Wrong is the fourth book in the Frontier Vows Series by award-winning Christian romance author Melissa Jagears. If you like to read about unexpected characters falling in love, you’ll enjoy this tender love story that has the perfect mix of romance and adventure.