A Reluctant Bride

Name: A Reluctant Bride
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jody Hedlund
ISBN: 9781977341587

Author: Jody Hedlund

Series: Bride Ships #1

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 10 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/04/2019

Categories: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Living in London's poorest slum, Mercy Wilkins has little hope of a better life. When she's offered an opportunity to join a bride ship sailing to British Columbia, she agrees. After witnessing so much painful heartache and loss in the slums, the bride ship is her only prospect to escape a bleak future, not only for herself but, she hopes, someday for her sister.

Wealthy and titled Joseph Colville leaves home and takes to the sea in order to escape the pain of losing his family. As ship's surgeon, he's in charge of the passengers' welfare aboard the Tynemouth, including sixty brides-to-be. He has no immediate intention of settling down, but when Mercy becomes his assistant, the two must fight against a forbidden love.

With hundreds of single men congregating on the shore eager to claim a bride from the Tynemouth, will Mercy and Joseph lose their chance at true love, or will they be able to overcome the obstacles that threaten to keep them apart?

About Jody Hedlund

Jody Hedlund is the bestselling author of more than fifty novels and is the winner of numerous awards. Jody lives in Michigan with her husband, busy family, and five spoiled cats. She writes sweet historical romances with plenty of sizzle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanne on May 29, 2019

Why do I love historical fiction? This book is a prime example of why! After reading the book and about the author's research which sounds like she had a blast researching it by the way I realized this is based on a true event. I LOVE books based historically on true events. A Bride Ship! Doesn't that......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on July 23, 2019

Wow, I was soooo all in on this latest release from Jody Hedlund! I've been a long-time Hedlund fan and have enjoyed so many of her books...but I think this one takes the enjoyment to a whole new level. I loved the characters and I LOVED the romantic tension. (Like, whoa, so much tension. So well do......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on July 27, 2019

I was enthralled by the journey of Mercy and her interactions with Joseph. There was a nice balance between the introspective thoughts of the characters and the adventurous plot as they travel through storms, illness, and other obstacles, all under the watchful eye of the bride program's chaperones.......more

Goodreads review by Randi Annie on July 10, 2020

When offered the opportunity to escape hunger and poverty in London, care giver Mercy Wilkins agrees to join the first bride ship to British Columbia. On board she learns to assist wealthy and titled ships surgeon, Joseph Colville, in treatment of patients. They have to fight against their own feeli......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 15, 2020

Sooooo.....I usually love JH books, but this one just didn’t work for me. The heroine was such a pushover and I just didn’t like her and I was hoping she was going to grow on me. I also wanted more of a bond between her a Joseph and it never happened. And maybe it wasn’t that good because of the nar......more