The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride
Book 2 - Heroes of Chance Creek

The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride

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Publisher Description

Staff Sergeant Austin Hall has a brilliant record in the Special Forces—except for one disastrous decision that cost his best friend's life. Now he's heading home to Chance Creek, Montana, where he'd like to spend the rest of his days in the obscurity of his family's ranch. Too bad Great Aunt Heloise won't hand the ranch over unless all four of the Hall brothers marry and one of them produces a baby within the year. Austin is too broken to marry for love, so he places an online ad for a fake wife. What could possibly go wrong?



Ella Scales needs to leave Hollywood—fast. It's bad enough another actress stole her fiancé—on national television. Now she's ruined her comeback by decking her ex on a morning talk show. Pursued by paparazzi, Ella needs a new life, a new name and someplace to hide. When she reads Austin's ad for a stand-in wife, she knows she can act this part perfectly. To the rest of the residents of Chance Creek they'll be a happily married couple. In private, they just be roommates. In a year when she's old news and the Hall brothers secure the ranch, she and Austin will quietly divorce and she'll go on her way.



Or will she?



Austin's already finding it hard to remember his promise never to love again. Ella's finding it hard to keep her hands to herself. but when they're asked to make a back-up baby, Ella realizes she may have stepped into a lifetime role.



Can this pretend marriage go the distance?



The Heroes of Chance Creek:

BOOK 1: The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride

BOOK 2: The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride

BOOK 3: The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride

BOOK 4: The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride

BOOK 5: The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride

BOOK 6: The Navy SEAL's Second Chance Bride

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2014
July 21
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
409
Pages
PUBLISHER
One Acre Presss
SELLER
Jennifer Feddersen
SIZE
516
KB

Customer Reviews

JoAB4424 ,

The Soldier's Email Order Bride

This series started in a pretty funny way with 4 brothers needing to get married within a year in order to get ownership of their childhood ranch. One of them not only needed to marry but also have a child within a year. The conditions were set by their Aunt Heloise who also said they had to stock the ranch with cattle. These odd stipulations came about because the ranch was passed on to their Uncle Zeke many years ago (after their father died when they were teenagers). When Zeke passed away, the ranch went to his wife, Heloise. Unfortunately, Zeke let the place get run down and sold off everything he could but Heloise didn't know this. The easy part of stocking the ranch with cattle became a major problem for the men since they now had to fence the pastures and outfit the barn.

The boys - now men - were all in different parts of the military and were close to their discharge dates when they found out about their aunt's conditions for giving them the ranch. Since they never had time to meet women in the military, the oldest, Mason, placed a 'wives wanted' ad on the Internet.

Austin has finished his career in the Army getting medals and called a hero and now it's his turn to find a wife. He came up with the idea that he only wanted a wife for a year and once Heloise signed the land over to them, he would get a divorce. So his "great" idea is to post an ad laying out this plan explaining that he was looking for a business partner to be his pretend wife.

Suffering from survivor's guilt, Austin doesn't think he deserves to be happy or have anything good in his life. He can't get over the death of his friend, Donovan, in combat believing it was his fault the man died.

Ella is an actress in Hollywood who, at the Oscars, finds out that her fiance has been cheating on her. The woman he was cheating with announces it, and that she's pregnant, at the event. The press won't leave Ella alone so she runs. Looking for a place to hide (from the press) Ella answers Austin's ad and they make a deal. She flies off to Montana and gets married to him immediately after she lands. It's kind of funny that so many people recognize Ella but Austin doesn't have a clue who she is.

I enjoyed this well written story that was at times humorous or heartbreaking. The characters were not your typical ones. With a Hollywood star in hiding and an Army Staff Sargent believing he doesn't deserve to be alive you don't have your average romantic couple. As they got to know each other and had a hard time keeping their hands off each other, we see them as regular people. I liked it when Ella figured out Austin's issues and tried to help him through them.

This is the second book in the series that I've read and can't wait to read the rest of them. I highly recommend this romance.

Sfhh1969 ,

- [ ] “The Soldier’s email order bride” (Hero Chance 2) by Cora Seton

I have to say I’m shocked. Book 1 got 5 stars and this book I can barely give 2 stars. There were so many things wrong with it. The biggest of which was that there was no pizazz between Austin and Ella. Plus they kept annoyingly changing their minds. Did not enjoy this book at all. Very disappointing. I kept reading because I’m hoping the next book in the series (which I got based on the amazing book 1) is a lot better. Fingers crossed.

Complaints (spoiler alert):
Why can’t Héloïse make the conditions have a longer deadline especially considering the condition of the ranch and Zeke’s debts? It’s unreasonable given that the men are still in the military. Héloïse expects them to find real loving wives? Unreasonable. Not really feeling a connection between Ella and Austin. Kinda boring. Sex is off the table but he sleeps naked? Seriously? He PROMISES not to touch her then does, and blames it on her taking off her sweats when HE’S naked? Seriously? They both keep saying no more sex and then have sex again. Dumb. Why did Ella go to the airport if she’s hiding out? Why can’t Austin be honest with his brothers about his fake marriage? They want to get pregnant within 2 weeks? Will she even be ovulating? Would Héloïse really renege on the deal if they had a miscarriage? Austin is ok letting her leave with their baby and not have contact? No way. Austin is mad when peop thank him for his service but don’t take the time to LISTEN to how it really is but he tells them nothing? Unfair. Austin keeps “ending” things. It’s annoying especially when he starts up again. Ridiculous. Austin is so wishy washy, it’s super annoying. Ella is being extremely intrusive when talking with Chase. And the whole Richard / Heather situation?

OdelB ,

Soldier at its best

To all soldiers who overcome their own devil thoughts. You are a hero no matter what.

Brings a home feeling, romantic, surviving reality from war relates to this story.

I can't wait for the next free sequel.

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