I recently received a copy of To Love a Stranger, written by Colleen Coble. This book is a reprint of one of Colleen Coble's earlier series entitled Wyoming. On the opening pages, you meet Bessie Randall. She has just learned that her younger sister, Lenore, has been corresponding with a man from Utah named Jasper Mendenhall. To make matters worse, Lenore has also used Bessie's name to marry this man by proxy!
Bessie decides she must honor this commitment and she begins the long journey from Boston to Utah. Once Bessie arrives at Fort Bridger, Jasper is surprised when he finds his wife to be a plain-faced woman instead of the beautiful girl from the photograph he had received in the mail!
Hold on as you see how Bessie and Jasper slowly begin to learn about each other. Bessie wonders how Jasper will ever be able to love her after he has had his mind set on her beautiful, younger sister. This is an interesting journey to see how Bessie learns to survive in this land that is so different from her former world with a man who may never learn to love her!
I received this book from Thomas Nelson in exchange for my unbiased review.