A Christmas Tree for Trudel
Mail-Order Brides' First Christmas
by Linda Carroll-Bradd
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Pub Date Nov 30 2021 | Archive Date Mar 08 2022
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Description
Rancher Gibson Bartleigh travels to Pine Knot to investigate how his younger brother was swindled out of his mining claim. He finds the suspect, businessman Bernard Heinrik, at a poker table and squares off opposite him. Gib goads the man into betting big, staking the mining claim and then ends up with the winning hand and retrieves the deed. Goal achieved, he heads back to the hotel, planning how he’ll leave in the morning and arrive triumphant in Redlands at the family home in time for holiday festivities.
Mail-order bride Trudel Arensen traveled from Los Angeles to Pine Knot to meet up with her fiancé, Mister Heinrik, with whom she’s been corresponding for several months. But he’s a day overdue in meeting her. She waits in the hotel lobby with her lace-making materials and her little dog, Butterscotch. Released from the orphanage two months earlier, Trudel has been on her own and terrified she will always be so.
When Gibson realizes he’s the cause for the lovely lady’s misfortune, he’s stuck with a dilemma. If he confesses what he did, he’ll have to offer the woman a ride back to where she came from. Propriety demands they marry, and both agree it’s only for the duration of the trip. But will forced proximity deepen the relationship into something more?
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781940546469 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Linda T, Reviewer
When Trudel Andersen travelled to Pine Knot, CA as a mail order bride, her fiancée informally backed out. Left to her own devices, she asked Gibson Bainbridge for his assistance. He felt responsible for what happened so he offered marriage with the idea they could annul it after she was secure with a home and employment.
Though I liked both Trudel and Gibson, the storyline was just too short this time. I knew going in that A Christmas Tree for Trudel was a novella, but I thought the characters and plot could have been expressed more fully and in greater detail. Everything came together a bit too quickly.
Thank you to NetGalley, Linda Carroll-Bradd and Inked Figments for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
Maggie J, Reviewer
I love the innocence of A Christmas Tree for Trudel because we still get to enjoy a sweet romance with a couple getting to know each other without the physical side getting in the way. Gibson is an old-style gentleman whose mother taught him what is right and how to treat a lady. Trudel is learning a lot about the world outside of the bubble of the orphanage in which she was raised. Although a novella, I thoroughly enjoyed their relationship development and journey to love. And, I fully love the mail order bride romances!
Ann F, Reviewer
This is a sweet clean romance that was a joy to read. It's well written and holds your attention from the first page until the last. Loved this book.
I received a complimentary copy from Backlit PR via NetGalley and was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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