Finding Forgiveness in the West: A Christian Historical Romance Book Paperback – June 6, 2021

Laura is William's mail order bride. She's desperate to start a new life and travels to William to begin a life on a ranch to a life that she has no experience with. William's filled with hurt and guilt and just wants a wife--in name only--to take care of his young brother as well as their home. He avoids Laura as much as possible until things finally come to a head and both are miserable. Can they turn their marriage around or will the live their life as strangers? I enjoyed Finding Forgiveness in the West, though the storyline has been done many times--couple marries "in name only", develop feelings but try to ignore them, etc. Also, if it was a 3-bedroom home, why was William having to sleep in his study? Many typos, and I was once again frustrated that I cannot access the Extended Epilogue on my Kindle Paperwhite. Overall it was a clean read with a HEA. I did like how Laura was able to reach out and affect change in Chandler, William's little brother, and eventually help William accept forgiveness. Also, as Laura and William prayed individually, it was heartening to see how their prayers not only brought changes in the other person but also in their own hearts. I received a complimentary ARC of this book and have voluntarily given my honest opinion.

I enjoyed this story very much, it just brought me in immediately. The characters were wonderful. I found myself crying and laughing at times. What started out a convenience had the most HEA.

This is a very good and inspirational story it shows a Laura a Christian mail order bride that married William and both are traumatized by their past.Their faith in God and trusting in his word and the power of prayer helped them to grow close The characters are strong emotional and faithful The extended epilogue completes the story and shows happiness and love and growth in faith

I really enjoyed this book. Laura and William were two individuals who met each other through a mail order bride advertisement that William posted. They each had different views of God's grace and forgiveness but Laura's heart and love really helped William grow and understand the Lord's love for him and how forgiveness is given and accepted.I loved how two broken individuals were brought together to bring healing, love, and a new turn of life just by trusting God. Chloe Carley really is a great author who can bring you into the story and bring such a great revelation to even us the readers about God's love, trust, and faithfulness.For Laura and William even though it start as a marriage in name only, the walls, hurt, past that they both had before meeting and getting married ended up bringing understanding, compassion and love to one another.I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read a clean, Christian historical romance.

Fear and love cannot co-exist. Two individuals with a troubled past and full of fear come together. The heartache of their pasts builds a wall that William cannot get over, Laura wants to move forward but does not know how. Both are devout, praying people but their hurt and preconceived ideas prove hard to move through. A wonderful read. I have criticized mistakes in other books by this author. There are a few mistakes but not nearly as many. Proof readers are needed but there was only one place where I could not figure out what it was suppose to say. I have also criticized Miss Carley’s inability to successfully bring a book to an end. In this book she is successful.

Laura experienced a lot of heart aches and loss for one so young. After guidance from her local priest, she becomes a mail order bride to William who also suffered a huge loss.Laura was able to heal and forgive her past loss and pain with the help of God's Word.William was not willing to forgive himself even whilst praying for the same thing over and over.I loved William relationship with God even though he was not listening to the still voice.Very beautiful and inspiring story of love and forgiveness.God is faithful and amazing when one opens themselves to him like what William and Laura found in the end and the relationship with Chandler was restored.

Laura is an unfortunate young woman who lost her step-father, which drew her to seek guidance from the local priest. Answering a mail-order bride ad is something she could never imagine doing, but could that be the answer to her dilemma? William is a rancher whose heart hasn’t yet healed. The tragic death of the love of his life and of someone else so close to him left him cold and fearful. But he needs help! Could anything good come from this situation? I so enjoy Chloe's wonderful stories. Her characters are so full of life and there is so much action.

I enjoyed this book very much. It was about forgiveness of oneself. It is also about accepting God’s forgiveness and grace that he so fully offers us. Sometimes we trust in God; but don’t trust God. This seemed the case for both Laura and William; especially William who blamed himself for the death of his older brother and finance. All of the characters in the book were very well developed. I especially liked young Chandler. I thought the pace of the story was very good. I thought it ended well. I like the scripture used throughout the story to help tell the story.

I found the prologue to be slow, but the rest of the book I couldn't put down. I loved it and was pleased to read the extended ending a lovely addition. Being a Christian woman I enjoyed the bible versus. and the clean language. I have already purchased 4 more books while I was only half way through this book. IT'S A MUST READ .