The Bequest, B. E. Baker
The Bequest, B. E. Baker
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The Bequest

Author: B. E. Baker

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya, Gail Shalan

Unabridged: 12 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/22/2022

Categories: Fiction, Women, Romance, Western


Synopsis

Two widows, six kiddos, and a will that leaves them a massive cattle ranch, but only if they work it for a year. 
Abigail and Amanda may have married brothers, but they have almost nothing else in common (and really, they never did get along very well). After their husbands both pass away, they have no reason to interact. Their connection drops to an awkward phone call on birthdays and an exchange of holiday cards.
Until an eccentric uncle of their husbands' leaves a massive cattle ranch to the women's minor children. . . if they work the ranch themselves. A ranch that's located near a small town on the border of Wyoming that isn’t too keen on outsiders.
They're both going to turn the bequest down, clearly. It’s not like either of them could properly raise their kids or find love again in a backwater province like Birch Creek. But when things at home change dramatically—for both moms—they decide to give it a try. . . just for the summer.
What could possibly go wrong in a mere three months? (Or more importantly... what might go right?)
Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Pamela Kelley said, "B. E. Baker takes you right to the heart of the small town that two widowed sisters-in-law land in very unexpectedly. Can they survive the year they need to spend there to keep it? I really enjoyed reading Bridget's romantic women's fiction debut."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elinor on June 12, 2022

2.5 stars for me. I wanted to like this book because the premise sounded so interesting, but I kept getting bogged down. They moved into an old farmhouse yet there is barely one word to describe what the house looked like, and what furniture it contained? And waiting in the wings are not one, but tw......more

Goodreads review by Debbie on December 02, 2021

This is such a wonderful story! Set in a beautiful small town with some wonderful characters, the story literally comes to life in your mind. There’s humour and romance, there’s grief and friendship, there’s growth and development all in these characters lives as they try to carry on after such loss......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Lewis on September 28, 2023

Strangers to small town life I loved the evolution of these two main characters and their kids. To see how they grow and change in this book was fun. Can't wait for book 2!......more

Goodreads review by Anneka on May 26, 2023

Quite good. I might read the second book soon!......more