For Her Honor

The Gentrys of Paradise, Book 4

By: Holly Bush

Narrated by: Maury Light

1873 - Adam Gentry, heir to the celebrated Paradise Stables in Virginia, is haunted by the visions of his lost love. Feeling cursed by fate, he slips deeper into grief, shrouded in a cloud of liquor and depression, and neglects his duties and responsibilities. But when Adam is forced to accept that there’s nothing he can do to change his past, he knows he must move on.

And he accepts his own destiny: that he will never love again.

Emmaline Somerset finds herself in the worst possible position any unmarried woman can be in. She will have to abandon all of her plans, hopes, and dreams for an independence using her own talents. The only viable solution is to move to a distant relative’s home and reinvent herself as a widow with an infant. No one will ever be the wiser.

Adam, now determined to secure the Gentry legacy, plans to save longtime family friend Emmaline from her embarrassment with an offer of marriage. But what Adam didn’t plan on was how his unexpected attraction to her would stir something inside of him, something he's kept locked deep within.

Can love find its way between two troubled souls, one driven by duty, the other by honor, both determined to find their way home?

The Gentrys of Paradise
Book 1 Prequel Novella Into the Evermore
Book 2 For the Brave
Book 3 For This Moment
Book 4 For Her Honor

©2019 Holly Bush (P)2021 Holly Bush

Enjoyable Story

Having read the prior books in this series and enjoying them just as much, I was delighted to get a copy of this final story of the Gentry sons. This the third book is about Adam Gentry the eldest of the Gentry sons. His story begins with his grief following the death of his fiancée that pushes him on the verge of alcoholism to satisfy the pain of his loss. Spiraling out of control, his brother-in-law, Jim helps him recover from his tragedy and misery. Then there is Emmaline who is Jim’s sister. She resigned herself to spinsterhood and a career at writing until a chance encounter produces a child. Not having other options to her circumstances, a marriage of convenience place before her with Adam Gentry in order to protect their family’s honor. Both Adam and Emmaline agree to the idea and so their marriage begins.
This was such an interesting story and I wasn’t anticipating the choices made by both the H/h in the story. As with marriages of convenience, their marriage was unstable from the start, however I did love Emmaline’s independent spirit and the fact that both characters had their differences, especially of what they thought a marriage should be like between the two of them. The slow build in their relationship was exceptionally written as it showed the development of both characters growing to have respect and love for one another.

The narration by Maury Light, new narrator to this reader was performed just right. I always love a good HEA and appreciated the nice ending to this story and the series.