The Hunter Bride

Hope's Crossing, Book 1

By: Cynthia Woolf

Narrated by: Lia Frederick

Five years ago, a band of outlaws murdered Josephine Shafter's parents and younger brother. Desperate for vengeance, Jo has spent every day since serving the law as a bounty hunter. But the trouble with justice served is that now that her family's killer has been brought in, she has nothing to do and no one to hunt. She decides it may be time for a new life and a fresh start. She longs for the arms of a strong man around her, and for a child of her own. But the Chicago dandies don't know how to kiss a woman who is tougher than they are. Jo decides her best chance at happiness is to head out West, to the wild Montana territory, to start a new life as a mail order bride.

Sam Longworth has been the Sheriff of Hope's Crossing, Montana for two miserable years. He was much happier roaming the untamed plains as a bounty hunter, bringing outlaws to justice. But that was no life for a husband or father, and his wife wanted him home, safe and sound, every night. Forced into marriage, theirs had never been a love match, but he thought warming her bed every night would be enough. Instead she left him and took a stagecoach to rendezvous with her childhood sweetheart. She vowed never to return, and died on the journey.

Plagued by guilt over her death, Sam doesn't need a woman's love, he just needs a wife. He orders a mail order bride, a woman who won't make too many demands, who can build a home and give him children. Josephine fits his life perfectly, until danger follows her to her new home and he realizes she's keeping secrets that could get them both killed. Trust is a hard road for two lost souls used to keeping secrets, and their new and fragile love might not be strong enough to survive what's coming.

©2015 Cynthia Woolf (P)2016 Cynthia Woolf

Action, Suspense, wonderful narration

I really enjoyed this book! The narrator did an awesome job! she did a fantastic job with all the different characters voices and did the Male voices really well. The story had alot of action and suspense it had me turning the pages. Thank you Cynthia Woolf for another wonderful read. I cannot wait to read the next one!

Hunter found love

Jo kept her old life a secret from her husband but needed his help to really start her new life.

A New Experience

I've never read about female bounty hunters and I really enjoyed this one. Finding the men who killed her family was top priority with Jo and she succeeded. After the last one had been tried she decided to begin a new life as a mail order bride, and married Sheriff Sam Longworth. This is a good book and believe you will enjoy it.

Reused story plots

I liked the use of a female bounty hunter but the constant use of I can't love you as a plot device gets aggravating.

Secrets Are Revealed!

What an exciting Audiobook! I enjoyed listening to it very much. I know that you will too.

As always the narrator, Lia did a fantastic job of reading this Audiobook and making everyone's part come alive.

I highly recommend that you get this incredible Audiobook and also the others that will follow. I'm on to the second Audiobook in this series.

Cliched

The story would be fine if you'd never read a mail order bride novel, but except for her being a bounty hunter(which is totally not believable), the entire thing was one cliche after another.

The narrator was fine except I don't like the sound of her voice, which she can't help & that is only my opinion. It may not bother anyone else.

As a warning to others: don't buy a lot of books from one author until you are sure you like her stories. Should be obvious, but I evidently needed to learn the lesson again!

The Hunter Bride7

This is a very good short book. Jo is a female bounty hunter. She gets married to Sam through a mail order bride service. Sam is a sheriff and wants a wife and family. There are a lot of secrets . They team up and hunt down an outlaw. Lia Frederick does an excellent job narrating this book. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you.