‘Twice Promised’ gives you the second instalment of Magee Brendan’s twisting, turning tale of the loves and lives of mail order brides in the American West. Set in the wide open prairie lands of 1880s Colorado, the story picks up where book 1, ‘Deeply Devoted’ left off.

In the first book, Catharine Olson arrives in America as a mail order bride. All she brings with her are her sisters, Greta and Anna, her mother’s Bible and a blue willow pattern china dinner service. Married to Peter Andersen, the man who ordered her from Holland, she weathers the storms of new life, old memories and the sabotage of Peter’s over possessive mother. Now, sister Greta wants to try her luck and love in the role of mail order bride.

The story opens with Greta on the train to her husband to be. When she strikes up a friendship with fellow traveller, Cora Johnson, she has no idea that she too is a mail order bride – and for the same man, Jess Gifford. And what’s even worse, Jess Gifford didn’t even place the ad; it was his brother Zach! And now Jess is furious. Two brothers and two willing brides? You might think the outcome seems obvious, but the two women have their own opinions.