Blackthorne's Bride
A Bitter Creek Novel
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4.7 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A rogue nobleman, a rescued lady, and revenge undone by romance all play a part in New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston’s irresistible novel of best-laid plots, delicious deception, and unexpected passion.
Two years have passed since Josie Wentworth was bought from the Sioux for a gold watch and whisked back to England by Marcus Wharton, the Duke of Blackthorne. When Marcus breaks his promise to return Josie to America, she ends up as a maid in the home of his charming but neglected nephews. Once Josie’s long-lost family finds her, however, the suddenly wealthy heiress sets out to save the two boys from their indifferent uncle—and teach the duke a lesson in honor.
Learning that Marcus is seeking a rich American bride to save his estate, Josie plots to catch his eye—certain he’ll never recognize the beauty she’s become as the ragged captive he rescued. But Josie doesn’t wager on her marital charade taking a tender turn, as the nobleman she’s despised for years proves to be a very different man than she’s imagined. And there’s no denying his passionate caresses, as she falls deeper under the spell of a husband determined to claim her heart.
Praise for Blackthorne’s Bride
“[Joan] Johnston’s gloriously dramatic twelfth Bitter Creek novel, the fourth installment in her Mail Order Bride subseries, whisks readers across the Atlantic. . . . [This] page-turner is replete with romantic angst, sizzling sex, and the promise of an enduring love.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Second chances, marriage of convenience, revenge, reconnection, and redemption . . . Blackthorne’s Bride is another winner from Joan Johnston that gives readers a delicious story of love, laughter, forgiveness, and family.”—Smexy Books
“Blackthorne’s Bride is a sweeping tale that takes you from the Wild West . . . to Regency England. [It’s] a feisty and surprisingly enticing romance that takes you on an adventure through the city streets of London and the countryside.”—Addicted to Romance
“Riveting . . . Johnston excels at descriptions, peppered with period details that make this book a picturesque reading experience.”—Buried Under Romance
The passionate Westerns in Joan Johnston’s Bitter Creek series can be enjoyed together or separately, in any order:
TEXAS BRIDE • WYOMING BRIDE • MONTANA BRIDE • SINFUL • SHAMELESS • BLACKTHORNE’S BRIDE • SULLIVAN’S PROMISE
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Johnston's gloriously dramatic 12th Bitter Creek novel, the fourth installment in her Mail Order Bride subseries (after Montana Bride), whisks readers across the Atlantic. In the late 19th century, Englishman Marcus Wharton, the Duke of Blackthorne, is visiting the western part of America when he comes across a young woman, Josie Wentworth, being whipped by a Sioux warrior. Blackthorne rescues her and takes her back to England, nursing her himself as they make the ocean crossing. Two years later, his young wife, Fanny, dies, and Blackthorne needs to remarry someone wealthy. Josie has been working as a maid in one of Blackthorne's homes, Tearlach Castle, where Blackthorne's nephews are housed; thoughtful Fanny had her installed there so that he would have someone to turn to when she died. After Josie learns that she has inherited a fortune, she agrees to become Blackthorne's new wife, hoping to learn why he abandoned his nephews to the horrible treatment they received at the castle. Johnston's page-turner is replete with romantic angst, sizzling sex, and the promise of an enduring love.
Customer Reviews
Sensational!!!!
This was my first book by Joan Johnston, and it definitely won't be my last.
I'm going to be reading the series from the beginning.
What an opening for this story it had me hooked, Josie Wentworth is a strong woman of character she was abducted by renegade Indians and was whipped for not being a submissive woman she had enough backbone to actually fight the Indian. Throughout her ordeal she's saved by Marcus Wharton the Duke of Blackthorn. As a last ditch before entering matrimony he's visited the Americas with his soon to be brother in law. Marcus brings her to England and gives her the necessary medical treatment she needs and sets her up as a housekeeper/maid on one of his estates. Meanwhile Josie's family have been looking for her. She realizes that she has the means to escape and she sets for London.
All the years that Josie has been running his estate Marcus has married and is widowed. His financial situation is dire and he needs to marry an heiress, enter Josie. Although all this time he's found himself thinking of her he doesn't appear to recognize who she is when she proposes to him. He sees her as his saving grace and accepts.
She has plans of revenge for her new husband wanting him to grovel for forgetting her and the hardships he unknowingly put her through. What they didn't realize was the passion that sizzled when the were together. Her vengeful feelings turn to admiration and desire that will definitely be dangerous to her heart! Lots of twists and turns in the plot, betrayal, danger a page turner that in all honesty grabs your imagination from the first paragraph.
A great story 5 stars!!! I voluntarily read this ARC copy from Net Galley and this is my honest review and opinion.