A Bride of Convenience

The Bride Ships, Book 3

By: Jody Hedlund

Narrated by: Esther Wane

Unemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime.

Pastor to miners in the mountains, Abe Merivale discovers an abandoned baby during a routine visit to Victoria and joins efforts with Zoe, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women, to care for the infant. While there, he's devastated by the news from his fiancee in England that she's marrying another man.

With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, Zoe accepts a proposal from a miner of questionable character after he promises to help her locate her brother. Intent on protecting Zoe and frustrated by his failed engagement, Abe offers his own hand as groom. After a hasty wedding, they soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all.

©2020 Jody Hedlund (P)2020 Tantor

Learning to follow God's plan

Zoe wants to find her brother who had been falsely accused for a crime in his homeland. He was free now, and she needed to find him and let him know. When Pastor Abe sees that Zoe is about to marry an evil man, he tries to stop her. Since he had just received a letter from his fianceé informing him that she has married someone else, he is heart broken and confused. He saves Zoe from marriage to criminal by marrying her himself. Will the two find love?

This is such a beautifully told story. You cannot help but fall in love with both Zoe and Pastor Abe. The love and kindness for others that they share is beautiful to witness. At the same time, they wrestle with their feelings for each other. Once I began listening to this novel, it was hard to stop.

This was so good!!!

Loved this book it was just an enjoyable and emotional listen even though at times I wanted to scream at the main characters. At then end the book left me feeling good. Love faith based books.

Encouraging story.

I enjoyed the uplifting and encouraging faith journey of the main characters. Well worth the read.

Thoroughly Engaging Read

This story was hard to stop listening to with the historically interesting detail which was based on true events. The characters were real and instantly felt like friends. It was a great reminder that often God brings unexpected blessings when we commit our future to Him. Enjoyed the narrator very much also.

Best book in this series.

This book is different than the others in the series. They are all good, but the leading characters in this book already have an established relationship with the Lord and are used to relying on him. This makes the main female character less insecure than the ones in the 2 previous books. The book is exciting. Another great book by Hedlund and an excellent performance by.the narrator.

The characters were so relatable and lifelike!

This is a Wonderful book! I loved the plot and how the author chose to unfold it.

very interesting story

I enjoyed the story because it was different than so many others. really unique and characters and storyline

Such a good series!

I’ve listened to all the books in this series twice! They are so good and the narrator is fantastic!!

A bride of convenience

Absolutely loved the Bride Shop Series! This was my favorite! Narrator was Great for these series!

Beautiful Story

In these times of stress and evil it's refreshing to listen to a light romance and interesting story with faith mixed in. The narrator was excellent as well.