Tattered Hearts

Mail Order Brides of Spring Water, Book 1

De: Kathleen Ball

Narrado por: Karen Krause

Amid the aftermath of the Civil War, Georgie O'Rourke, the last surviving member of her family, decides her only choice is to leave her beloved state of Tennessee by answering a mail-order bride advertisement. With only a few items of rag, like clothing, she travels the Southwest Trail by covered wagon to meet up with her groom in Texas.

Captain Parker Eastman, formally of the Confederate Army, travels from his cattle ranch to the Southwest Trail to intercept a woman his mother hired as a companion. He soon finds out that Georgie traveled to Texas to become his wife. Duty-bound to make right on his mother's promise of marriage, he marries the Southern belle. But she is unlike any pampered woman he'd ever known. She was a survivor and did what needed to be done to make a future for herself.

Reconstruction in the South is anything but peaceful. Anger and hatred are harbored on both sides. Fear and violence become the norm. People are no longer the same as they were before the war. Upon arriving at the ranch, Parker leaves Georgia in the hands of his mentally unstable mother in order to address land grabbers.

Mother Eastman thinks that Georgie is to blame for everything that was lost in the war, leaving Georgie beaten and broken.

Can Parker find the wife he'd come to love and admire beneath the terrified and untrusting woman she'd become?

This historical western romance is full of twists, suspense, and amazing romance.

©2018 Kathleen Ball (P)2018 Kathleen Ball

Tattered Hearts

This book has a good storyline. It's after the war. There is no way we can understand how hard people had it. There lives were tore apart. Georgie was in a rough spot. Parker's mom ordered her for Parker. parker didn't want her at start. She was not what parker wanted at start. I Think Parker could have done a lot better I think he was sailfish. Karen Krause does a great job narrating this book. I received a copy of this book from audiobooks unleashed but that has no influence on my review. If this review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.

Somewhat disappointing

I loved the story line but was very disappointed in the narrator, Karen Krause. I'm a several generation Tennessean and I can assure you, we do NOT sound like her southern accent. I would have loved it if she'd taken the time to learn our accent so she would be more believable. Parts of the story I really loved but the narrator would keep talking and I'd lose interest. If this doesn't bother you, I think you'll love the story.

Fantastic

I listened to this one on audio. Narration was excellent.

Fantastic book. It was filled with twists and turns I never saw coming. The writing is excellent. The characters are very well developed and some are a bit...insane. Loved the story and how things played out. I look forward to more in the series!

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Heartfelt !

The characters in this book were just what happened after the civil war. I was so happy to get a mail-order-bride story. Parker’s mother advertised for a bride pretending to be her son. When the bride to be got to her destination, things got really crazy.