Daniels Bride By Linda Lael Miller

When a woman has to choose between death and marriage to a total stranger, she must be in a dire predicament....

And for Jolie McKibben, about to pay by hanging for a terrible crime she didn't commit, salvation by marriage couldn't come a moment too soon. Housekeeping for Daniel Beckham, a widower who invoked the town's wedding ordinance to rescue Jolie from the gallows, is better than the alternative...but understanding the silent stranger who is now her husband might just about kill her.

Daniel doesn't believe in Jolie's innocence. And despite his willingness to marry the pretty, defiant outlaw on the spot, the prosperous farmer had little to say to her after I do. But for Jolie, their arrangement of convenience soon deepens into a rich and vibrant attraction that sets her trembling with desire in Daniel's presence. Somehow, she would win his love, body and soul. Unless the desperados on her trail shatter the fragile, trusting bond of husband and wife....

Linda Lael Miller's beloved novel of the American West shimmers with the unbridled passion of two adventurous hearts!

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I spent several hours looking for something to read and I came across this. I had really high hopes. It started out great, an innocent woman in need of saving and a broody man who helps her. Daniel saves Jolie from hanging for a crime she didn't commit by marrying her. And at 14% the hero is in a whore's room! Yeah nothing happens between them and he leaves but it's enough for me to hate him!!!! ! Jolie knows where he's gone. And the next morning it's confirm by his no-filter-mouth farmhand. But does The heroine do anything about..... nope. She continues on with her wifely duties. I'm so mad. Never does he make things right about this night or apologize to the heroine. Later he even brings the same whore out to his farm to help,out with meals for the had working on his farm! . I love a broody asshole hero, but he never tried to be her friend.

I don't even know what else to say right now! I'm just.... Grrrrr!! English What an amazing journey this book turned out to be. From the opening scene, the story was a whirlwind of an adventure. The story centered around grieving widower and farmer Daniel Beckham and the unfortunate Jolie McKibben who was in the wrong place at the right time.

The story open with Jolie standing on the back of a wagon with a noose around her neck and this is the first time Daniel lays eyes on her. He is coming out of a supply store when he sees a woman about to be hanged and the only way to save her is via a strange town ordinance that if a man offered the condemned woman marriage and she consented, then she would be saved from the hangman’s noose. Daniel, on impulse offers to marry Jolie as well as reimburse the townspeople the $500.00 that was taken during the bank robbery and murder of the bank president by Jolie’s two traveling companions. These nefarious pigs cut and run and left Jolie to stand trial for a crime she had no part of.

After the marriage Daniel takes Jolie to his rather prosperous farm but he makes it clear that their union would be temporary. He expected a full marriage complete with sex, cooking, sewing, and housekeeping but no emotional involvement on his part. Dan’s heart was encased in ice following the death of his beloved first wife Ilse, his little girls, and unborn baby. Oh but fate, and Jolie McKibben, had deeper plans for this emotionally wounded, closed-off farmer.

The secondary characters were also well-developed, I loved the blunt-speaking handyman Deuter, adored the sweet couple, Joe and Nan Culley as well as the non-judgmental, motherly Verena. The two orphaned siblings, Hugh and Gemma and tugged at my heart. I wanted to slap Daniel every time he spoke of sending those vulnerable, stowaway kids back to Spokane.

But I simply adored the feisty Jolie! I felt as though I was walking with her on her journey to fight for the life and man that she wanted and who could also take care of herself. Jolie did not back down from defending those more vulnerable people that she care for. I stood up and cheered when Jolie stood up against an evil man to rescue and defend her friend Nan as well as welcoming her new sister in-law, Mary, with warmth and compassion. The sex scenes were sensual and plentiful but never overwhelmed the story. The epilogue was very nicely done but I wished that it had been a but longer.

”Daniel’s Bride” was absolutely a treasure to read and my first Linda Lael Miller book. I doubt that she could have topped this gem of a story. Although I am not primarily a romance reader, this one will go on my keeper’s shelf.
English 3.8* English Could have been better. Really liked the first part of the book, though. English This book certainly makes you appreciative of your modern every day appliances ;)
My review: http://bit.ly/bBRYeD English

I so wanted to like this more than I did. It had a promising start with brooding widower hero rescuing sweet innocent heroine from the gallows by offering her marriage of convenience. But, after awhile I got tired of him ignoring her, turning to her only when he needed sex as well as constant you are not staying, I'll divorce you, bla bla....

The heroine was a doormat who just lamented over and over again over those words. I wanted to shake her and make her do something to make him take notice of her like maybe really leave him. I wanted him to suffer just like he made her suffer!!!

Both of them were VERY annoying. English Revisited this last night...
He saves her from the noose by marrying her. She'd gotten messed up with a criminal, but was innocent. He is a widower who holds his first wife's memory like a shield against his second wife.
The entire book he keeps her at arms length except when he wants sex. Then there's that little trip to the whore house just after their marriage. no he couldn't actually go through with it, but he lets her think he did and practically flaunts it
For me it was too little too late and she is a doormat when it comes to him. Kinda depressing too. There's no moments of tenderness. Jolie gets more tenderness from her neighbours. English For a good portion of this book I wanted to strangle Daniel, but Jolie was such a fantastic heroine that she kept me going. Time and time again she was hurt and humiliated, but she loved with her whole heart and broke down the walls surrounding Daniel's broken heart. There were a host of well-written secondary characters that I grew to care about! I had bad luck with another one of LLM's older novels, but this one was a treat. English Was on the edge of my seat for most of this book.

And I love that just as much as I hate it.

I thought Daniel's attitude a bit cruel, no matter how misguided his intentions were. That's just plain messed up.

All Jolie wanted - NEEDED - was his love. And he denied her that throughout the whole book. And then at the end where he blithely tells her ... I've loved you since I saw you standing on the back of that wagon about to be hanged. ... I'm like, Well, it's about time, you big, dumb jackass.

Am I too emotionally invested in these books??

I can't freaking help myself.

You're a cruel and hateful so-and-so, Linda Lael Miller. English My marathon of westerns romance is going on and Jolie deserves my respect
Daniel can learn some manners and respect
Nice English