About The Blizzard Bride (The Daughters of Mayflower #11) by Susanne Dietze
A Blizzard Changes Everything
Abigail Bracey arrives in Nebraska in January 1888 to teach school…and to execute a task for the government: to identify a student as the hidden son of a murderous counterfeiter—the man who killed her father.
Agent Dashiell Lassiter doesn’t want his childhood sweetheart Abby on this dangerous job, especially when he learns the counterfeiter is now searching for his son, too, and he’ll destroy anyone in his way. Now Dash must follow Abby to Nebraska to protect her…if she’ll let him within two feet of her. She’s still angry he didn’t fight to marry her six years ago, and he never told her the real reason he left her.
All Dash wants is to protect Abby, but when a horrifying blizzard sweeps over them, can Abby and Dash set aside the pain from their pasts and work together to catch a counterfeiter and protect his son—if they survive the storm?
Abigail Bracey arrives in Nebraska in January 1888 to teach school…and to execute a task for the government: to identify a student as the hidden son of a murderous counterfeiter—the man who killed her father.
Agent Dashiell Lassiter doesn’t want his childhood sweetheart Abby on this dangerous job, especially when he learns the counterfeiter is now searching for his son, too, and he’ll destroy anyone in his way. Now Dash must follow Abby to Nebraska to protect her…if she’ll let him within two feet of her. She’s still angry he didn’t fight to marry her six years ago, and he never told her the real reason he left her.
All Dash wants is to protect Abby, but when a horrifying blizzard sweeps over them, can Abby and Dash set aside the pain from their pasts and work together to catch a counterfeiter and protect his son—if they survive the storm?
Book Review The Blizzard Bride (The Daughters of Mayflower #11) by Susanne Dietze
When Abigail Bracey’s father tries to get out of his involvement with a
counterfeiter ring, he gets killed, and the world as Abby and her mother knows
it falls apart.. She reluctantly has to work with ex boyfriend and Secret
Service Agent Dashiell Lassiter.
Four years after the scandal Secret Service makes contact. She is asked
to help them in their search for the criminal counterfeiter known as “The
Artist” – Fletcher Pitch who killed her father. He keeps moving from place to
place disguising himself and making sure nobody knows what he looks like, making
it difficult to apprehend him.
Abby agrees to go to Wells
Nebraska to work undercover to bring her father’s killer to justice. Pitch is
searching for his son, who is in hiding from his criminal father, so Abby needs
to uncover both father and son’s identities. Agent Dashiell Lassiter
of Secret Service is assigned to keep her safe. He is Abby’s ex boyfriend and
she finds it very hard to be around him again. She is angry and feels he
abandoned her six years ago when he left town without a word.
I find it touching how Abby finds her way back to her
faith and manages to forgive and let go of the hurt she has been carrying
around for years. She stopped praying as she feels God doesn’t hear her
after her father’s death. When leaving for Nebraska, she purposely leaves her
Bible behind. After a time she realizes she misses her relationship with God. Throughout
the story she is in a process of reigniting and strengthening her faith, which
I felt ended up being a great value to the plot.
I felt this story gave me Little house on the Prairie feel
with descriptions of small town environment where everybody knows everybody
else and Abby soon becomes a respected part of the community. The need for constant
considerations of propriety within school hours I found entertaining and funny.
In small town rural Nebraska there would have been countless events that could
get tongues wagging, which Abby needed to take seriously to keep her job.
The plot of this story moved gradually in the first
half, tension increasing in the second half and ending with a dramatic
conclusion. The real historic event of the blizzard of 1888 in Nebraska
added an intense and drama to the story, really putting Abbey’s faith
and perseverance to the test.
This is book #11 in the
Daughters of Mayflower Series, and the first one I have read in this series. I would recommend it for
fans of Susanne Dietze and for readers of historical fiction.
Thank you to Netgalley and
the publisher for this ARC in return for my honest review. All opinions are my
own.
My rating: 4 stars / 5
About This Author
Susanne Dietze began writing love stories in high school, casting her
friends in the starring roles. Today, she's the RITA® nominated, award-winning
author of over a dozen romances with Timeless Heart. A pastor's wife and mom of
two, she loves fancy-schmancy tea parties, the beach, and curling up on the
couch with a costume drama. Visit her website, www.susannedietze.com, and sign
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