Too Rich for a Bride Book Review.

Title: Too Rich for a Bride.

Author: Mona Hodgson.

Genre: Romance, Christian, Historical Fiction, Sequel.

Plot: In this sequel to Two Brides Too Many, we are introduced to Ida Sinclair, the business-minded firstborn of the four Sinclair sisters. Ida finishes her business courses two weeks early in 1896 Portland, Maine and heads out to Cripple Creek, Colorado to join her two younger sisters Kat and Nell with their husbands in the booming little mining town. With her sights set on becoming a successful businesswoman, Ida gets a job working for the notorious Miss Mollie O’Brian and does her best to ignore her sisters’ and landlady’s attempts at matchmaking.

But with two men, one the successful lawyer Colin Wagner and the other the traveling preacher turned ice man Tucker Raines, both vying for her attention, Ida soon finds herself stuck at a crossroads. When her job is put on the line after a supposedly wealthy stock investment backfires, Ida’s big plans spin out of control and she realizes she must trust God or lose everything. Meanwhile Tucker is still trying to pick up the pieces of his broken past and mend issues with his ailing parents; he certainly doesn’t have time for a whirlwind courtship with the intriguing Miss Sinclair.

Likes/Dislikes: This wasn’t a “heavy read” but it was certainly an enjoyable “easy read” for a warm summer afternoon and I really rather enjoyed it. The plot concerning which young man Ida would fall for was totally predictable but I was very intrigued with Tucker Raines’ past which kept me interested after the telltale second chapter flew by. The ending reminded me of a Jane Austen novel with the good guy, the bad guy and the poor girl stuck in the middle. There were a couple references to the first book in this series but not enough to get the reader hopelessly confused. All in all, a fun read.

Rating: PG-13 and up for reading level and brief suggested suggestive content. {If that makes any sense.}

Date Report Written: July 23, 2011.

I received this book free from the publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed in the above review are my own.