The Blizzard Bride by Susanne Dietze

The Blizzard Bride by Susanne Dietze ISBN-13: 9781643522937 Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Barbour Books Released: February 1st 2020

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Abigail Bracey arrives in Nebraska in January 1888 to teach school…and to execute a task for the government: to identify a student as the hidden son of a murderous counterfeiter—the man who killed her father.

Agent Dashiell Lassiter doesn’t want his childhood sweetheart Abby on this dangerous job, especially since the counterfeiter is searching for his son, too, and he’ll kill anyone in his way. Now Dash must follow Abby to Nebraska to protect her…if she’ll let him within two feet of her. She’s still angry he didn’t fight to marry her six years ago, and he never told her the real reason he left her. When a horrifying blizzard sweeps over them, can Abby and Dash set aside the pain from their pasts and work together?


My Review:
The Blizzard Bride is a Christian romance set in January 1888 in Nebraska. Abigail is working with a Secret Service agent to catch a counterfeiter. This agent is the very man who left her without explanation on the day they were going to announce their engagement. Abigail and Dashiell were supposed to find the counterfeiter's son (who's using a different name) so they could get a picture of the counterfeiter. However, when they learned that the counterfeiter's coming, they focused more on identifying him. And they're very wrapped up in their relationship, forgiving what happened in the past and healing. Since Abigail was rejected by Christians for what her father had done, she also had to overcome her bitterness to create new friendships.

I enjoyed that Abigail was resourceful and willing to reach out to others even when she was in pain. She made wrong decisions to protect herself from pain, but she learned from her experiences and took to heart when others' actions indicated that she'd done something hurtful. Dashiell was very hard on himself due to the mocking he'd endured in his youth about his dyslexia. Abigail helped him with this and built him up. Despite their conflict, they ended up being a good team.

The historical details were woven into the story and focused mainly on counterfeiting and the horrible blizzard that happened in Nebraska at that time. The danger of the blizzard and the pressure to identify and catch the bad guy created suspense. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I recommend this enjoyable historical romance/suspense.


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