Mail Order Bride: The Journey, Part 2

Western Mail Order Brides, Book 2

By: Leah Wyett

Narrated by: Michael Reaves

Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

In 1864, the Civil War raged on, leaving in its wake hundreds of thousands of young men dead and similar numbers of young women widows or spinsters without a hope of finding a husband. At the same time the young men who had gone out west to make their fortunes in the gold mines were beginning to long for real towns and cozy homes. A few enterprising men decided that there was money to be made in uniting the two.

The Journey, Part 2 is about one such man named Marshall, who set out on a quest to find young women with enough of an adventurous spirit to travel thousands of miles, promising to marry a man they had only met through pictures and letters.

On one of his trips back east, two young women Eliza and Maggie Barry are urged by their mother to sign up. Eliza wants no part of it, but her sister Maggie a child in a woman’s body is intent on going. Eliza’s love and devotion to her sister are stronger than her desire to stay in New York, so she signs up to go along as well.

Eliza’s reservations only grow stronger when they reach their destination and meet the men they are to marry. Eliza’s man seems to be hiding secrets from his past, and Maggie’s is much older than her and not at all what Eliza would have picked for her beautiful sister.

Eliza soon captures the attentions of a man named Matt Weston. He’s the Assistant Chief of Police in San Francisco and even though Eliza is intrigued by him, she tries to fight her attraction and work through her issues with her husband to be. Matt Weston has other ideas.

Follow Eliza and Maggie as they embark with their friends on an exhausting and somewhat harrowing trip from New York to San Francisco and then journey through marriages that were destined to happen and contracts destined to be broken. As friendships are forged and some are forgotten, earthquakes roll through the land and a child is born, Eliza and Maggie begin to adjust and find that they’ve finally made their way home.

©2014 Leah Wyett (P)2020 Leah Wyett

The Journey Continues

I thought the first in this series was good but this one was outstanding and really emotional. The courtship between Matt and Eliza continues in earnest around the earthquakes and chaos of San Francisco. The author created scenes that you could see and almost feel during this time in history and brought some of the realities of life alive.
New brides arrive to stay with Mrs. Kate. Claire, Amelia and Becca arrive and the journey begins. Not all the men are happy but you just never know..
Sadness, joy, unexpected happenings and heroes all come out in this story that truly touched me.
The narrator Michael Reaves does an excellent job and makes you feel you are there... Cannot wait to hear book 3!

Enjoyed

Civil War rages and not many men survived. With their mothers
encouragement they answers ad and letters follow. These are interesting of the courage that some women follow their dreams of home and family. Given audio and the narration was good.

A Great Story

This story is excellent. I love the narriater I've never heard him. I highly recommend this book. This book has everything that keeps you interested. If my review was any help will you please click the helpful link. Thank you