3 out of 5 stars
THE QUARRYMAN’S BRIDE by Tracie Peterson, was entertaining,
but a bit on the slow side.
Emmalyne Knox is set to wed the love of her life, Tavin
MacLachlan, when a devastating accident strikes her family. The custom of the youngest daughter caring for
her parents has fallen to Emmalyne. And because of that, she is no longer free
to marry Tavin. Out of obedience to her
parents, she moves with them leaving Tavin and the broken pieces of her heart
behind.
Eleven years later, the Knox family returns to St. Cloud, Minnesota. Emmalyne’s mother has never recovered from
the tragedy that tore her family apart and lives in a daze and poor
health. Emmalyne’s father is cold-hearted
and unfeeling. He rules his family with
an iron fist and sharp words, making life unpleasant for Emmalyne and her
brother. But returning to St. Cloud is
almost more than Emmalyne can bear.
Knowing her path will cross with Tavin’s will make an already difficult
life even harder.
Tavin has never recovered from losing Emmalyne. He hates her father for going back on his word,
and he hates Emmalyne for not running away with him. Now that they are both back in St. Cloud, he
feels his anger and hatred reignited, even though his love for Emmalyne has
never waned. But nothing has
changed. Emmalyne is still out of reach.
THE QUARRYMAN’S BRIDE was a good story . . . I enjoyed it,
but the momentum was a bit slow. Some of
the sub-storylines seemed distracting and unnecessary to the main plotline. I liked the characters well enough, it just
seemed like something was missing. But
this will not detour me from reading THE MINER’S LADY, book three in the Land
of Shining Water series.
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