The Other Bride

The Other #1

by Lisa Bingham

The Other Bride by Lisa Bingham released on Apr 24, 2003 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Westerns, Historical

298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Lisa Bingham was thirteen when she decided she wanted to be a published author, and she reached that goal less than ten years later. Now Lisa is the bestselling author of more than thirty historical and contemporary romantic fiction novels. Lisa has also been a teacher and a professional theatrical and historical reenactment costume designer—she’s considered an expert in those fields. She has been lucky enough to live and study in such exotic locales as Brazil, Mexico, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Currently she lives in rural northern Utah near her husband’s fourth-generation family farm. She is married to her sweetheart of twenty-two years and has three beautiful children, an over-protective dog, a burr-laden cat, and a miniature goat who thinks she’s a puppy.

Reviews

[Michael K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute part one! Great involvement, right out the gate I enjoyed the subtleties of these characters. They all had a different part to play--and the writing aided that. I think these books will wind up being a very memorable mini series.

Worth a read!

[Kristi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Barely a 3. The overall story was good, but too much hanky panky with hardly any real character interaction until something like halfway through the book.

[Jerry Jares · Rating 4 out of 5]

Old Oliver Haversham, the eleventh Marquis of Dobbenshire, still has a problem. After 5 marriages he still doesn't have an heir. He only has a "feckless daughter" -- not a male heir. Because Louisa is so extraneous to his plans, Haversham has left her to be raised by convent nuns. One day, the always absent Marquis arrives at the school and demands that Louisa marry by proxy and travel to America to meet her husband. Immediately, the wedding takes place to a Charles Winslow III of Boston.

Louisa is convinced that she has been sold to one of the Marquis' associates, in hopes of a grandson (and heir for the old man). The Marquis has everything planned; Louisa will travel with a companion to meet Winston. He gives Louisa his signet ring and a few of her mother's small jewels. When Louisa meets her companion, she realizes she has a chance to escape her father's machinations and an odious marriage (to a man who does not know what she looks like). Her companion, Phoebe Grey, looks very much like Louisa.

Louisa, who has now taken Phoebe's place (traveling to Oregon), meets the man determined to leave the group of mail-order brides (of whom Louisa/Phoebe is one) behind. Gabe Cutter, a Pinkerton agent, is determined to safely deliver a much-needed gold shipment to Oregon. He has problems of his own and refuses to take them without a male escort. Cutter misjudges Phoebe; she finds a male escort and demands that he take the brides since they have met his requirements.

Although Phoebe is to marry Neil Ballard when she reaches Oregon, she is immediately attracted to Cutter, and vise verse. Gabe has a very interesting back story that plays heavily in the plot. However, it is too complicated to explain here.

This book is the first of two books (see below). You might as well order book two now, you will want to see how things end. This is a unique plot with lots of switches and changes that will keep you reading. Just from the quick intro to Neil Ballard in this book, he indicates he will be a force to reckon with in book 2.

The Other
1. The Other Bride
2. The Other Groom

[Fay Risner · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good historical romance

[Jamie Kitwaroo · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed it very much

[J. Leigh Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review later.