Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Giveaway & Review ~ Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton


BLURB:

Mason Hall, Navy SEAL, has fought insurgents and terrorists, but his current mission is one for the records. Not only must he find a wife—and get her pregnant—or forfeit the ranch his family has prized for over a hundred years, he also must convince his three brothers to marry, too—before the year is up. Who knew one city girl and three wayward brothers could put up such a fight?

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Excerpt:

Regan wriggled happily. She had landed on a page that showcased four men. Brothers, she saw, looking more closely—two of them identical twins. Each one seemed to represent a different branch of the United States military. Were they models? Was this some kind of recruitment ploy?

Practical Wives Wanted read the heading at the top. Regan nearly spit out a sip of her wine. Wives Wanted? Practical ones? She considered the men again, then read more.

Looking for a change? the text went on. Ready for a real challenge? Join four hardworking, clean living men and help bring our family’s ranch back to life.

Skills required—any or all of the following: Riding, roping, construction, animal care, roofing, farming, market gardening, cooking, cleaning, metalworking, small motor repair…

The list went on and on. Regan bit back at a laugh which quickly dissolved into giggles. Small engine repair? How very romantic. Was this supposed to be satire or was it real? It was certainly one of the most intriguing things she’d seen online in a long, long time.

Must be willing to commit to a man and the project. No weekends/no holidays/no sick days. Weaklings need not apply.

Regan snorted. It was beginning to sound like an employment ad. Good luck finding a woman to fill those conditions. She’d tried to find a suitable man for years and came up with Erik—the perennial mooch. That’s why she planned to get pregnant all by herself. There wasn’t anyone worth marrying in the whole city. Probably the whole state. And if the men were all worthless, the women probably were, too. She reached for her wine without turning from the screen, missed, and nearly knocked over her glass. She tried again, secured the wine, drained the glass a third time and set it down again.

What she would give to find a real partner. Someone strong, both physically and emotionally. An equal in intelligence and heart. A real man.

But those didn’t exist.

If you’re sick of wasting your time in a dead-end job, tired of tearing things down instead of building something up, or just ready to get your hands dirty with clean, honest work, write and tell us why you’d make a worthy wife for a man who has spent the last decade in uniform.

There wasn’t much to laugh at in this paragraph. Regan read it again, then got up and wandered to the kitchen to top up her glass. She’d never seen a singles ad like this one. She could see why it was going viral. If it was real, these men were something special. Who wanted to do clean, honest work these days? What kind of man was selfless enough to serve in the military instead of sponging off their girlfriends? If she’d known there were guys like this in the world, she might not have been so quick to schedule the artificial insemination appointment.

About this Author:

Cora Seton loves cowboys, country life, gardening, bike-riding, and lazing around with a good book. Mother of four, wife to a computer programmer/eco-farmer, she ditched her California lifestyle nine years ago and moved to a remote logging town in northwestern British Columbia.

Like the characters in her novels, Cora enjoys old-fashioned pursuits and modern technology, spending mornings transforming a neglected one-acre lot into a paradise of orchards, berry bushes and market gardens, and afternoons writing the latest Chance Creek romance novel on her iPad mini. Visit www.coraseton.com to read about new releases, contests and other cool events!

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Tour Giveaway:

Cora will be awarding a $50 Amazon gift card to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

Follow the tour and comment; the more you do, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here.


My Thoughts:

This book was sweet and funny. It was a pretty quick read. I liked her Cowboys of Chance Creek series so I knew that I had to read this book.

Four brothers, a family ranch, and a stipulation. In one year's time they must all be married and one must have a baby. As if that wasn't enough, they also have to get the homestead back to it's former glory.

Did I mention that the brothers are all in the service? Each of them are in a different branch and they're all away from home. This makes it even harder for them to find wives.

Mason, the oldest, decides to sign them up on a dating site. His add is interesting to say the least. :-) I love Regan's drunken response!

This book focuses on Mason and Regan. He was sweet and I thought she was pretty comical.

If you are looking for a scorcher, this isn't for you. The steam factor is mild to non existent but the sweetness makes up for it. Besides, we're talking men in uniforms here!

I'm looking forward to reading the next book in this series, The Soldier's Email Order Bride.

I enjoyed this book. This is my honest opinion which I agreed to give in exchange for a copy of the book to review.




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22 comments:

  1. This sounds really cute! and I love a man in the service! ;) I will definitely be checking this series out. I've been wanting to read her other series too. Never enough time to read everything!
    -Amber
    goodblinknpark(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

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    1. Too true. At least with our group of avid readers, we can help weed out the bad ones.

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    2. That is a definite plus. :) And hey I found out that I do have this one. I bought it in a boxset The Seals of Summer or something like that? I can't remember right now. I'm going on 2 hours of sleep. :(

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  2. Thank you for your thoughts.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  3. oh this one sounds sweet and cute!!! i did love her reaction and he is quite honest in his add in fact... but learning his brother are not even there ^^ if he didn't speack with them it would be a strange return^^

    a must read for sure ( if it exist in print or in pdf for me which sadly i'm not sure)

    thanks

    isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com

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    1. I'm not sure if it is yet but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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  4. Thank you for the chance to win :)
    jslbrown2009(at)aol(dot)com

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  5. Thanks for hosting! I am playing catch-up with getting my books into print, but they all will get there eventually. Book 2 in this series, The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride, is due out July 7. If you want to start my other series, The Cowboys of Chance Creek, book 1 - The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride - is free for the next week or so! http://amzn.to/LCi7JY

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    1. Great! Thank you so much! :)

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    2. thank you a lot for telling us!! and this one exist in pdf too *_* so i can discover it
      thank you! while i wait for the seal, the cowboy will do;)

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  6. This sounds like a fun read! Thanks for the excerpt and the giveaway ....picked this up yesterday...can't wait to get a chance to read it

    junegirl63 at gmail dot com

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  7. Loved the excerpt and thanks for your review too.

    kareninnc at gmail dot com

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  8. This sounds so good. I want to read all the books.

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  9. It sounds so good. The post made me smile.
    debby236 at gmail dot com

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  10. Thanks so much for the review!

    vitajex(At)Aol(Dot)com

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  11. Great review! Sounds like a great book.

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  12. Nice excerpt and review

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  13. What a fun book! Loved the excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
    bhometchko(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  14. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BOOK AND THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY! SHELLEY S. calicolady60@hotmail.com

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  15. Thanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
    Sounds like a great read!!
    natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com

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