To stop her uncle, Reverend Hezekiah D. Thorn from forcing her to give her sixteen month old son to a childless couple in his church, Edwina Thorn Singleton flees to New Mexico to find Wyatt Singleton, the father of her son and the man who she thinks is her legal husband.
Wyatt had no idea that the pretty little woman he pretended to marry would show up and turn his life upside down, but show up she does. At first he tries to rid himself of her, but it isn’t long until the baby has captured his heart and soon after, he finds himself falling for Edwina, too. He is plotting to find a way to make their marriage legal without her ever knowing she’s been duped when things become more complicated. Not only does he have to deal with a woman who is determined to run Edwina off so she can marry him, squatters on his ranch and a murder someone is trying to pin on him, but the evil uncle shows up to force Edwina and the baby back to Virginia. Wyatt began to wonder if the fates have decided to forever keep him from becoming Edwina’s Husband.
Release Date: 09/30/13
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press
Source: Manic Readers
Reviewer: Michelle
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Edwina’s husband is a historical romance. I was immediately attracted to this book because the main characters were already married. It turns out that this book is sort of a combination historical/inspirational romance. Edwina was the orphaned niece of Hezekiah and Callie Thorn. Hezekiah was an abusive religious zealot determined to get his hands on Edwina’s child. Edwina’s absentee husband, Wyatt, was reunited with her and the fireworks began.
The characters dampened my enthusiasm for the storyline of the book. Edwina’s character was extremely naive, passive, and at the same time really sweet–almost too nice. Wyatt’s character had absolutely no redeeming characteristics. He abandoned his “wife”, isolated his dad, and even in those days attempted to position himself to bed any willing woman. He was a cad. He improved later, but I just couldn’t get past his many trespasses. Nothing he did in this book redeemed his basic character. Several times I wish I could have entered the pages of the book to shake some sense into Edwina and Callie. The type of gross neglect and abuse they suffered at Hezekiah and Wyatt’s hands was difficult to read. Wyatt’s father Ben was a welcome bright spot in the story and their son Adam.
I was a little puzzled with why the book went on so long. It almost beleaguered the point of confronting Hezekiah and solving his attempts to get his hands on Adam. The marriage issue could have been easily resolved as well. So towards the middle and going into the end when the story lulled I had difficulty finishing. I didn’t want anymore small details or character situations to pop up. I just wanted to go on and finish the main story. It was a good solid read, but I just didn’t connect with the characters and this impacted my ability to enjoy the story.
