A Noble Groom

by Jody Hedlund

A New Historical Romance from Fan-Favorite Jody Hedlund Recently widowed Annalisa Werner has the feeling her husband was murdered but can't prove it. Alone with her young daughter in 1881 Michigan, she has six months left to finish raising the money needed to pay back the land contract her husband purchased, and the land is difficult to toil by herself. She needs a husband. With unmarried men scarce, her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom. For nobleman Carl von Reichert, the blade of the guillotine is his fate. He's been accused and convicted of a serious crime he didn't commit, and his only escape is to flee to a small German community in Michigan where he'll be safe. He secures a job on Annalisa's farm but bumbles through learning about farming and manual labor. Annalisa senses that Karl is harboring a secret about his past, yet she finds herself drawn to him anyway. He's gentle, kind, and romantic--unlike any of the men she's ever known. He begins to restore her faith in the ability to love--but her true groom is still on his way. And time is running out on them all.

• ISBN10: 1410459209
• ISBN13: 9781410459206
• Publish Date: 28 August 2013 (first published 1 April 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 28 May 2014
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Thorndike Press
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 525
• Language: English

Reviews

[ladygrey]

So, this wasn't a horrible book. It's overwritten a bit but that's not a terrible crime. It's definitely not like the sort of ridiculously stupid or offensive book that I usually DNF.

I just didn't like either of the main characters. Two chapters in, which maybe isn't fair. I was ok not really liking Annalisa because I figured I'd like Carl. But no. He's spoiled and entitled (literally) and the weak younger son who in most stories doesn't get the girl. Each character has flaws for them to overcome, I get it. But I want to enjoy reading about them along the way and I just wasn't interested in anything that happened to either of these characters along the way to their inevitable happily ever after.