The Prospector's Only Prospect
Dani Collins
Reviewed by Helen
I haven’t read a western historical for so long and as I am a big fan of Dani Collins I was drawn towards her new book and I thoroughly enjoyed being taken back to the days of the old west, meeting Virgil Gardner and Marigold Davis was a delight the story is witty, sensual and filled with so many emotions as they work an uphill battle, with a cast of wonderful characters to find their HEA.
Virgil Gardner is in Denver City needs a mother for his three children, he is part of a company that prospects for gold, not an easy life and he is known to be grumpy, bad tempered and cantankerous, but needs must and he advertised for a mail order bride, when Pearl answers his advertisement he sends the money for her trip, but the woman who gets of the stage coach is not Pearl.
Marigold is divorced and living in Kansas is getting harder for her because of her reputation, but when her younger sister agrees to be a mail order bride Marigold steps in and decides that she will go, but eight days on a stagecoach is not what she had hoped the trip would be neither was the mosquitoes, the mud or the rough and tumble men.
Their first meeting does not go well at all, the sparks fly in many different ways but Virgil takes Marigold back to the camp where he does not think she will last but after a couple of weeks and a meeting with a bear, a bad haircut and the fact that the men love her and his kids do as well then maybe it might, then maybe it won’t when someone else arrives.
This one had me turning the pages, laughing and cheering Marigold on, she is one strong feisty heroine even after all she has been through and Virgil so untrusting but the pull between them cannot be denied for long they fight themselves long and hard to keep their hearts closed off, but love will win through. I do highly recommend this one, it has a bit of everything in it.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Virgil Gardner is in Denver City needs a mother for his three children, he is part of a company that prospects for gold, not an easy life and he is known to be grumpy, bad tempered and cantankerous, but needs must and he advertised for a mail order bride, when Pearl answers his advertisement he sends the money for her trip, but the woman who gets of the stage coach is not Pearl.
Marigold is divorced and living in Kansas is getting harder for her because of her reputation, but when her younger sister agrees to be a mail order bride Marigold steps in and decides that she will go, but eight days on a stagecoach is not what she had hoped the trip would be neither was the mosquitoes, the mud or the rough and tumble men.
Their first meeting does not go well at all, the sparks fly in many different ways but Virgil takes Marigold back to the camp where he does not think she will last but after a couple of weeks and a meeting with a bear, a bad haircut and the fact that the men love her and his kids do as well then maybe it might, then maybe it won’t when someone else arrives.
This one had me turning the pages, laughing and cheering Marigold on, she is one strong feisty heroine even after all she has been through and Virgil so untrusting but the pull between them cannot be denied for long they fight themselves long and hard to keep their hearts closed off, but love will win through. I do highly recommend this one, it has a bit of everything in it.
My thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
March 28, 2023 by Entangled: Amara
