Beyond Mr. Darcy: Romantic Historical Fiction discussion

Richly detailed, vivid, and unforgettable, this is an extraordinary novel about three women challenging the American West—and unpredictable fate—for a future only the most daring can secure…

For Clara Bixby, brokering mail-order brides is a golden business opportunity—and a desperately needed chance to start again. If she can help New York women find husbands in a far-off Nebraska town, she can build an independent new life away from her own loss and grief.

Clara’s ambitions are shared by two other women, who are also willing to take any risk. Quiet immigrant Elsa hopes to escape her life of servitude and at last shape her own destiny. And Rowena, the willful, impoverished heiress, jumps at the chance to marry a humble stranger and repay a heartbreaking debt. All three struggle to find their true place in the world, leaving behind who they were in order to lay claim to the person they want to be. Along the way, each must face unexpected obstacles and dangerous choices, but they also help to forge a nation unlike any that came before

Looking forward to reading this book, I enjoy western romances.

I read this over Christmas. It was quite a good book and I hope you like it. It's by the author of The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott.

I loved The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott so I'll have to look into this one. Sounds good.

April wrote: "Looking forward to reading this book, I enjoy western romances."

I also enjoyed The Lost Summer or Louisa May Alcott.

Starting this today just picked up from my favorite book store,Secondlook Books!

I really liked this book, like most romances the ending was prety predictable but it was a good book nonetheless. I have to ask who was your favorite character. I think I liked Elsa the most.

I really enjoyed this book! It is one of favorite historical fiction subject to read about ''mail order brides'' or western. My favorite character was Elsa(that was my grandmother's name). I only wish we could have had heard more about the other brides more.