Robin M. (robinmy) - , reviewed on 8/21/2015 + 2091 more book reviews

When a series of mishaps leaves the economy of Maple Falls in ruins, the men decide to head west to look for gold. This leaves the women and children home to fend for themselves. It also leaves Lucas Garrett as the last able-bodied man in town. At first Lucas is in heaven. There are ladies bringing him pies, ladies doing his laundry, and ladies warming his bed. But these women are wearing him out. So he comes up with a plan to ask his best friend, Priscilla Wentworth, to pose as his fiancee so the women will leave him alone. She agrees with one condition...Lucas must find her a husband. This is easier said than done since all of the men have left town.

This could have been a fun summer read but is started off terribly slow. One kiss to convince the women in town that Lucas is off the market, and suddenly Pris and Lucas are looking at each other in a whole new light. The next 150 pages were the two of them trying to keep their distance from each other. Finally, they came up with an idea to restore the failed economy in the town and the story started to pick up. The second half of the book was much better and kept my interest. I liked both Priscilla and Lucas. Both of them do little things to keep the poor from starving or freezing to death. They seemed to take on the responsibility for the whole town.

This is my first book by Susan Kay Law. I liked the second half of this book and will check out other books by this author. My rating: 3.5 Stars.

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