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The Trail Master's Bride

By: Maddie Taylor
Narrated by: Sadie Provost
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Forced into an arranged marriage, Mina Hobart has no choice except leave her childhood home and follow her new husband on a dangerous journey westward. Each hot, dusty day on the Oregon Trail is pure misery, and it isn't long before tragedy renders her a widow. Returning home isn't an option. She presses on, hoping to carve out a life for herself in the new frontier.

Weston Carr, the resourceful, ruggedly handsome trail master, knows the West is no place for an unaccompanied woman. When Mina's careless ways and sassy tongue bring strife to his wagon train, he has no choice except to take her in hand. But she proves herself a magnet for trouble and it isn't long before scandal and gossip force him to make her his bride.

As Mina surrenders to the pleasure of her new husband's arms, a string of mishaps befalls the wagon train, and she is the prime suspect. Can she convince the others, including her firm-handed husband, that she can be trusted? Or will the nefarious forces from within the wagon train keep her from reaching the end of the trail?

Publisher's Note: The Trail Master's Bride is an old West romance that has been revised, expanded, and republished. It includes sexual scenes and domestic discipline in a historical setting. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

©2022 Maddie Taylor (P)2023 Maddie Taylor
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I can’t imagine being in the same situation as Mina and having to figure it out on my own. Her step mother married her off to a man twice her age, who she was barely an acquaintance of. He agreed to marry her because her step mom was paying for his trip on the wagon train. Unfortunately, neither liked the other and they fought all time. When her husband dies, she thinks it is a blessing but the other woman treat her badly.

She was not prepared for this trip and was a city girl through and through. Try as she did, she wasn’t able to do much to pull her own weight. Weston, the trail master, does his best to keep her safe. He is attracted to her but tries to stay away from her because she is married and then newly widowed.

This was a good book and shows the harder aspects of life back when wagon trains were a necessity. I liked Weston and Mina together. The narrator did a good job of portraying the characters and giving them life. She really put you in the story and helped make it feel as though you were there.

I received an audio ARC and this is my honest, voluntary review.

A good book

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I have not really read (or listened to) a lot of historical romance recently so, this book was a change of pace for me. I found Sadie Provost easy to listen to, I liked the tone and cadence of her voice. My only criticism of the recording is that I would have preferred a duel narration, sometimes when Sadie performed the male characters it took me out of the story a little because I am used to 2 narrators, but that is personal preference and is not a negative critique of this recording.

I really enjoyed the story, I am not going to lie I was pretty happy when Mina's husband died. He was terrible. West and Mina had chemistry from the beginning, even before her husband passed away. At first I was appalled by how Mina was treated by the other people on the wagon train, I had to remind myself that this was a very different time. I was genuinely surprised by the villains motivation, even though I figured out who was behind the mishaps, I can honestly say I did not see that coming.

Enjoyable Historical Romance

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I actually played this in my car back and forth to work, it was absolutely great. I kept smiling and laughing. Mr. Carr is definitely a new book boyfriend. This has a bit of bratty-discipline-daddy kink feel to it, but in the pioneer days, it works and was thoroughly enjoyable. Definitely would recommend to any western romance lovers out there.

Loved it

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Not your ordinary Historical Romance, “The Trail Master’s Bride” delivers on so many levels! Part mystery, part historical romance with a healthy helping of drama, nail biting suspense, and a delightfully delicious level of heat that was right up this listener’s alley, this beautifully narrated gem was pure pleasure from beginning to end! The plot was interesting and held more than a few surprises! Set in the wagon train days of early Americana, “The Trail Master’s Bride” really delivers on historically accurate drama! I was not only entertained, but I felt as if I learned a few things in a most enjoyable manner! The plot really had it all! The characters are not only true to that era, they are beautifully defined and developed as well! I don’t want to engage in spoilers but I can say that as in life, some were divine, some despicable, and with some, the jury is still out! The narration that brought this magnificent story ALIVE, truly breathing LIFE into these unbelievably human characters was dynamic, entertaining, emotional, engaging and SPECTACULAR! I tore through this story in two sittings. I could not stop listening! I loved it, I loved everything about it, the plot, the premise, the heat, the humor, the characters, the dialogue, the narration, the resolution, EVERYTHING! Five solid, amazing stars! Don’t pass this one up!

Amazing Historical With Heart, Heat, Humor and Surprises

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The Trail Master's Bride is a well-written, historically accurate story of a young bride, Mina, her ill-matched husband, and their trek across the country as part of a wagon train. Fortunately for Mina, her husband succumbs to illness on the trip and she's free. Then she ends up married to the Trail Master, Weston. They'd been dancing around each other, for a while, sparks flying. Mina and Wes are well-matched. A delightful book. The narration is well done, I was a little taken aback at the beginning by the pronunciation of some words; I never did determine if the narrator was mimicking an accent or that is just her diction. In the end, it didn't matter - it was a well-done narration that I thoroughly enjoyed.

I received a free review copy and this is my honest review.

Mina and Wes hot, historical romance

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