A BRIDE FOR NOAH is written about living in 1851 where Evie Lawrence works as a house cleaner for Mr. and Mrs. Coffinger. Her employer Mr. Coffinger is always wasting his monies on scams and dreams that fall through. But when he receives a letter from his nephew Noah who at the time is employed with a logging company located somewhere in the Oregon Territory; Mr. Coffinger comes up with one of his not so brillant ideas and asks Evie to come along with him and a few other young women. He gets their spirits up for a new future in a pristine land.

Evie is excited about this journey for she plans to open a restaurant in the new land and the other young woman are just as happy to go a long to make new lives, maybe even hook a husband. Even though Evie is engaged her fiance shows no affection towards her so she has no objection to breaking her engagement in order to go.

When they arrive in the Oregon Territory, Evie's hopes for a restaurant slowly starts to disappear, but Evie will not give up her dream, so she forges ahead no matter how much trouble she stirs between the owners of the logging company. Nor does she care how much she upsets Noah, Miles Coffinger's nephew and she can truly turn Noahs world upside down!

Noah must keep Evie and the other women away from the men who are cutting down the trees for when the ship comes to pick up the trees for lumber which will bring Noah, his employers and the men much needed money and a bright and prosperous future. As time passes both Noah and Evie become close and start working together. Will love be in their cards for the future and what about the other women? Will they find the loves of their lives?

A BRIDE FOR NOAH is a masterpiece and I look forward to reading more of such great stories by Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith. I am thankful for the research these authors have brought to me and yes it's a book of fiction, but has many a truth written in the pages. I learned things I never knew about how Seattle came to be.

Book Summary

Lori Copeland and Virginia Smith, beloved authors of the Amish of Apple Grove series, team up again in an exciting new series for devoted fans and new readers.

It's 1851, and Evie Lawrence is penniless and heartbroken after a failed romance. When a kind elderly man announces his plan to move west and make his fortune, Evie jumps at the chance to go with him and start a new life. She says goodbye to the only home she's ever known and sets out for the Northwest.

There she meets Noah Hughes, a handsome young man who has gambled everything he owns on the chance to make a fresh start. Living the rugged life of a lumberjack, he too is determined to one day make his fortune. The last thing he's looking for is a bride...so why can't he get Evie out of his mind?

In this first book of the Seattle Brides series, two people learn what it means to move beyond their expectations and embrace the very best God has for them.