His Stolen Bride

by Judith Stanton

He Would Stop at Nothing to Get What He Wanted . . .Determined to succeed, Nicholas Blum leaves his beloved family to work for a shopkeeper in Pennsylvania. His stay won't be long, though, for once he proves himself he plans to return to his beloved North Carolina Moravian community to marry the golden sweetheart he's entrusted to his younger brother's care.The last thing Nicholas wants is a female taskmaster who bosses him by day and invades his dreams at night—no matter how lovely petite Abbigall Till may be. And Abbigail, the shop owner's spinster daughter, certainly doesn't need a big attractive man like Nicholas upsetting her shop and wreaking havoc with her heart.Then Nicholas gets some shocking news—his intended bride is to marry someone else. As he races home to stop the wedding, Nicholas is haunted by thoughts of the sweet, stubborn wren he's left behind. Abbigail too feels an aching despair over losing the man she belatedly realizes she loves. Will the strength of their love survive, or has their only chance at happiness been stolen forever?

Genres: Historical Romance, Historical, Romance

448 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Author of four historical novels and RITA finalist, Judith Stanton first imagined equestrian triumphs on her granddaddy's persnickety black Shetland pony and balky donkey, her daddy's mule, even the milk cows. At nine, riding bareback with only a halter, she taught her pinto Blaze to jump hay bales. During a career as a scholar, professor, technical writer and fiction editor, she kept fit riding three-day eventers. She now celebrates her favorite sport in fiction, doing her most daring riding ever on the page. Judith lives in North Carolina, where she and her husband tend to her elderly equine friends and a steady stream of rescued cats. She's a proud owner of Satisfaction ("Simon"), a fancy young eventing prospect ridden by Nate Chambers.

Reviews

[SheLove2Read · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read two chapters and decided this just isn't my cuppa tea. Not bad writing just not holding my interest.

[Jo Notary]

448p He Would Stop at Nothing to Get What He Wanted . . .
Determined to succeed, Nicholas Blum leaves his beloved family to work for a shopkeeper in Pennsylvania. His stay won't be long, though, for once he proves himself he plans to return to his beloved North Carolina Moravian community to marry the golden sweetheart he's entrusted to his younger brother's care.
The last thing Nicholas wants is a female taskmaster who bosses him by day and invades his dreams at night 14no matter how lovely petite Abbigall Till may be. And Abbigail, the shop owner's spinster daughter, certainly doesn't need a big attractive man like Nicholas upsetting her shop and wreaking havoc with her heart.
Then Nicholas gets some shocking news 14his intended bride is to marry someone else. As he races home to stop the wedding, Nicholas is haunted by thoughts of the sweet, stubborn wren he's left behind. Abbigail too feels an aching despair over losing the man she belatedly realizes she loves. Will the strength of their love survive, or has their only chance at happiness been stolen forever?

[PT · Rating 2 out of 5]

In general, this is a very interesting premise, but lacks a lot in execution. It is the story of two outsiders in early Moravian communities in America. Kind of reminded me of the Amish with their German roots. The heroine is an older (31) spinster who works in her fathers store and the hero is a ne'er-do-well who has been sent to work at her father's store to learn a trade. Over time, the two become friends, but neither sees a future for themselves with the other. Eventually, lust and fate win out and they get together.
Like I said, a good premise, but the story never really captivated me.

[Henrietta Higginbottom · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a lovely followup to the first book, Wild Indigo. I wish there had been more from the POV of brother Matthias and his bride Catharina, but I must say that I really enjoyed watching the relationship between Nicholas and Abigail grow. I also must say that I spent a large amount of my reading time wanting to knock some sense into Nicholas... Glad he grew up convincingly by the end.

There were an unacceptable amount of OCR errors, especially considering this was put out by one of the big traditional publishers. By the last third of the book, it seemed there was *at least* one on every page turn.

[Hafiza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well done!
3.5 stars
Heroine is 31 and hero is 28.
I was unaware of the Moravian community-so interesting background setting.
Both hero and heroines characters are well fleshed out.
It was free at the time I downloaded it

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

interesting story

This story was well worth the read and was very well written. I can only imagine the life they must have had together and with their children!

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I started this book but it was not holding my interest so I stopped reading it.