A Wanton Woman (Mail Order Bride of Slate Springs Book 1)

Wow. Excellent. I love the author's books. The mix of cowboys and hot sexy scenes and romance is wonderful. The heroine lost her husband in a shocking way. She had to leave town, so she agreed to be a mail-order bride. The men are brothers in a mining town that is cut off by snow for months each winter. Because there are few women in town, the town decided to allow multiple marraiges. The thing is, the bride didn't know she would have two husbands until she arrived. The heroine is immediately attracted to both men, so it works out great--with romance and hot sexy scenes.

This is a good book loaded with more sex than I am use to but it did have a really good story line to it. For myself the story line is more important. Guess I am old enough been through life and it’s experiences and to have a husband that is fulfilling the sexual side to the stories are fine just as long as that is not what the story is entirely based on. That said the story line was really good as far as I was concerned. There way our leading lady Celia, leaving Tyler Texas to move to Colorado to marring a man she has never met before. There is our leading men; two brothers Luke and Walker. Luke is the mayor of Slate Springs, a town where the men really out number the women. Added with that for several months of the winter their town is cut off from the rest of the country in the winter from the pass being snowed over. Oh, I forgot to mentions this story is set in the mid 1800’’s; so no snowplows or electricity in these parts. Don’t want to think about the bathroom facilities back then...brrr.Celia had been with her husband John for five years. That he blamed on her, they were barely together and when they were it was like she was just a piece of furniture. He did his thing and rolled over. John was one of three doctors in town. This being the summer time, in Texas it gets hot. I know that for a fact. I call it vampire weather it is so hot it will suck every bit of energy out of you in moment. Her husband only saw patients in the morning then locked himself in his office until 5. During the day she went out and visited the women of the town that needed looking after. She had just finished washing the dishes in on ladies house whom had just given birth the day before. Being tired she returned home earlier than the norm. Hearing noise upstairs and Johns office door down stairs she went in to investigate. Going in the adjoining room; the door being opened to make a breezed go through the other room she could see what was going on in the next room. It was things John never did with her nor did he act like he enjoyed it at like he was with this other woman that was tied to their bed frame. She didn’t have long to wait to discover that the woman was married, and that her husband was coming into the bedroom to confront to two lovers and deal out his own version of justice. A few days later a Judge had handed down his judgment on the husband and he was hung. Tired of the looks and whimpers she was getting and a very bad incontinent with the dead mans brother she signed up to be a mail or bride.The brother Luke and Walker were going to be the first in their town to put in place what the town council voted into law. Two men could now marry one man. They were in Denver to pick Celia up at the train station. Luck wanted a wife and life partner to share with and children as well. Walker was a little unsure. He had been married before and it had not been a good one. Though he loved her she was only using him as an escape from her oppressive family. He was slightly jaded, then after meeting Celia he was jaded and scared spitless; though we will have to wonder if he can get over everything of his past to face his future. Celia has to learn to trust her new husbands with all her secretes, all her needs and all her wants. Will she be able to do that after a lifetime of basically being ignored. How are they going to react when she tells them her biggest secrete

I bought this because it was free and seemed like an interesting premise. I've read MFM romances before, and even historical MFM, which can be a challenge but when done well are a delight (Samantha Kane, I'm looking at you!). But other than the set up (mail order bride and since women are scarce out west menage is ok) it's written like a contemporary romance. Language and character interactions are definitely modern not 1880s. There's also a little too much tell not enough show, and to be honest, the author tells the same old story but doesn't even have the ability to do it in a new way. There's also the fact that we don't even get one of the hero's POV until about 45% into the book.Grammatically, this book also needs a little help. There are weird chapter breaks, like author knew she needed to divide the book into chapters but wasn't sure how to write well enough to make readers want to keep turning pages, so she just breaks in the middle of a conversation. In addition, the villain is to much of a caricature to be scary and the final confrontation with him is really a joke. Books ends at 92%.All in all, it was mediocre and and not enough to cause me to want to buy more books in the series.

Let's be upfront in this review: If you are searching for a factually correct, historically accurate Western mail-order bride romance, this one is not for you.If you're looking for a pretty hot threesome (m/f/m) story with some vaguely plotlike window dressing, you came to the right place. It's short, quick, and satisfyingly hot. The language is not vulgar, but direct enough to know what's going on.

4.5 stars, rounded up.What a hot story.I normally avoid MFM books like the plague.There's almost always jealousy by somebody and the woman often goes from being a strong, independent woman to being a doormat.So, why did I download this? The cover. This isn't the first time I've gotten a book based on the cover and it won't be the last.With that being said, I really enjoyed this. There was no silly jealousy or drama between the characters and Celia went from being her late husband's doormat to being strong and independent, even if she was now married to two protective men.I also almost never read historical romance. Thankfully this one was different from some of the others I've read. While I didn't quite agree with so much contemporary lingo being used in a historical setting, I was able to overlook it because the story was good.A really nice story. I'll be reading the others in the series.Longer, more detailed review can be found at ontopdownunderreviews.com.

This was a fun read. Celia having been literally an appendage for her husband, she longs for love and affection. But does she get it? No, but someone else does! I liked that she knew what she wanted, I liked the way the story progressed, I’m not sure in the 1800’s the endearment “doll” was used. But that was just a minor issue.A little too much sex for a short story, but if you read this authors western books, you’ll know it’s the norm.It was free, it was fun and I’d like to read more.

I really loved this book. I wont be giving a synopsis as that is already done by the author. I just wanted to share with you that my title for this review sums it up for me.Should you purchase this book, you wont be disappointed. It surprised me and it will surprise you too, in a very good way!Si if you are thinking of getting this book, don't think, just do it!

Hmmm...I paid 2.99 and expected a really good book (and this is not the author's debut novel). The cover is nice. The idea seemed interesting and it started off very well. Then well, the male characters didn't work for me, I don't know why. The villain infuriated me. I was interested enough to finish this book.

Very enjoyable ménage romance set in the Wild West. Liked all the characters and there was a good storyline. Plenty of sex as you’d expect.

A great hot read that left me wanting more. I couldn't chose which brother I liked the best and Celia is a lucky woman! I liked how the author took the mail order bride plot and made it into something naughty. I would recommend this book and will be checking out the other books in this series when I have time