Book Review: Mail-Order Duchess by Misty M. Beller


 Mail-Order Duchess by Misty M. Beller
4 Stars 
Book 1 in the Lords of the Rockies Series

Misty always has really great characters in her Christian Historical Romances. I loved this one. With some heavier topics, this was layered, had depth and had good faith content.

Mail Order Duchess is the first in her newest series, the Lord of the Rockies series. Enoch is forced to step into his late brother's role as heir and he ends up inheriting more than he realized he would...a mail-order bride...Mandie Beaumont. Mandie takes a journey as a young widow on the run to Montana after being assaulted by her brother-in-law. She's pregnant from the assault and needs to get away as soon as possible. She gets there and an accident causes her memories to be temporarily unavailable...until the memories start to return and she realizes exactly why she left in the first place, leaving the trauma to resurface and Enoch to make a decision about what to do next.

What truly stood out to me about this book was Enoch and Mandie build a relationship together before the "marriage of convenience" from the "mail-order bride" situation. She's walking through this pregnancy from tragic expectations, Enoch is 100% on board to help her and love her. He is protective of her when trouble returns so I loved him for that. We also have a great family saga.

Recommended if you like:

- Mail-order bride or marriage of convenience trope 
- Amnesia trope
- Protective MMC
- Secret baby situation
- Ready-made family
- High-stakes danger
- Family saga stories
- Rocky Mountain wilderness
- Frontier time period 
- Christian Historical Romance 

Looking forward to book 2!

(Content: Be aware of past sexual assault recounted a few times, not extremely detailed but it is explained.)

Thank you to Misty for an e-book copy of this book to read for honest review. All thoughts are my own.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8070818771
Amazon: https://amzn.to/45hNseY

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