A review of
McCavett's Bride by Carol Finch
(Possible spoilers)

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Prudence Perkins, a young woman of wealth and priveledge seeks to escape her gilded cage. She does so by answering a newspaper ad for a mail order bride, placed by Jack McCavett. But she has plans other than marriage on her mind--and trouble from the outset. Arriving in Paradise, Oklahoma, her stagecoach is robbed, and who should ride to the rescue but her as yet-un-met fiance, longtime friend to Paradise's sheriff and one-time marshall himself, Jack. Prudence is brought into the town, that had expected to celebrate Jack's wedding; but having informed Jack she had no intention of marrying him, she is forced to publicly carry through with the celebration, while Jack convinces his friends the wedding needs postponing.

Meanwhile, the two can't deny they're drawn to one another, even as Prudence sets about settling into her own hotel lodgings, and stirring up trouble wherever she goes, through everything from her appearance, to the articles she begins writing for the town newspaper on Women's Rights, and playing amateur detective in order to regain a bracelet she was deprived of in the stagecoach robbery. It all lands Prudence in deeper and deeper trouble, and into Jack's arms, eventually drawing her father, and her stubborn, hard-headed grandmother out from New York, in the wake of rumors and disaster.

Will Prudence marry Jack? Will she kowtow to her overbearing Gram and go home? Will she live to make such a choice, or will the stagecoach robbers decide the issue for her? :) You'll have to read to find out.

McCavett's Bride was an intriguing tale of life and the changing role of a woman's place in the Wild West. Prudence was as stubborn and fine a heroine, and was as headstrong and honorable as one comes to expect from Romance novels. I would point out the heavy romantic aspect of this novel, however, if you're worried about such things, it is a little... PG14, but very well done, I think. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, and if western settings and romance are your thing, I reccommend it. Do give McCavett's Bride a try. I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised.

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