A Bride for Keeps by Melissa Jagears

Everett Cline does not have a good track record when it comes to mail order brides. After three, he's still single, not willing to give it another try. Then Julia Lockwood steps off a train as a fourth bride for him. This time he had nothing to do with it. It was a neighbor who decided to bring her to Kansas to marry Everett.

Julia comes with her own baggage. She is coming from a relationship that did not work, a relationship that left her more wounded than Everett is aware. Will these two ever be able to move beyond the past to see the good in front of them?

Melissa Jagears does a good job supplying just enough information about the characters to keep you satisfied but not enough to make you want to put the book down. She makes you want to keep reading to find out the story with Julia and her ex-fiancé. The plot of this book unravels at an appropriate speed, and the characters are very relatable. They are genuine and multi-dimensional.

This book was provided by Bethany House Publishers in return for an honest review.