Not very suspenseful

From the beginning of the story, we meet Doris. The only man she's ever loved has been her father. So, when her father answers to a mail order bride agency, she believes she must do it. For him. She has no qualms about his decision-quite unbelievable.

When she arrives at Dodge City, something seems amiss about her husband to be. Just, who is it that visited her room that first night? Why does her husband deliver such ominous message? What burden does he bear?

When it became clear that this book was going to be dark, I had high expectations. I love suspense and I figured that it was high time that another side to the mail order bride business was revealed. It has always been a peeve of mine that in every book of this theme, the female character finds love with the first man she heads out to see. Maybe I'm just getting bored of the genre, or it's just my cynicism talking. I just wanted it to be more interesting. And, having a criminal housekeeper, I'm afraid, is not going to cut it. Even if the said housekeeper is so set in her ways to destroy Doris' marriage.

I must admit, though, that I did like this book in that it didn't end with the wedding. This book offered more than the typical, for example we learn of Doris' first child. This was good, of course I'd have much preferred the story of the companionship between Doris and her husband but that wasn't to be. Needless to say, I don't think I minded this book, much.