In Want of a Wife (Bitter Springs #3)
Jo Goodman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
3.80
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 40 ratings · 384 pages · Published: 06 May 2014

Jane Middlebourne needs a way out. In 1891, life in New York is unforgiving for a young woman with no prospects, especially when her family wants nothing to do with her. So when Jane discovers an ad for a mail-order bride needed in Bitter Springs, Wyoming, she responds with a hopeful heart.
He has everything to lose...
Rancher Morgan Longstreet is in want of a wife who will be his partner at Morning Star, someone who will work beside him and stand by him. His first impression of the fair and fragile Jane is that she is not that woman. But when she sets out to prove him wrong, the secrets he cannot share put into jeopardy every happiness they hope to find….
Tagged as:
- western 13
- historical 13
- tortured hero 11
- marriage of convenience 11
- cowboy hero 11
- western frontier 11
- tortured heroine 7
- slow burn 6
- virgin heroine 5
- m-f romance 5
- pregnancy 4
- competent heroine 4
- sassy heroine 3
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- class difference 1
- caretaking 1
- vengeance 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- abuse 5
- miscarriage / infertility 4
- past child abuse 4
- child sexual abuse 4
- past sexual abuse 3
- past abuse 1
- misogyny 1
- slut shaming 1
- third party sexual assault 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 3
- third person pov 3
romance tags
The 'Bitter Springs' series
69 ratings 3.75 ·
third-person-pov · m-f · historical western · dual-pov · sweet-hero · western · usa · length-medium · historical · virgin heroine · wyoming · competent heroine · cowboys · marriage of convenience · sweet heroine · explicit-open-door
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