In Mail Order Angel, author Mandy Colton weaves an entertaining romantic tale that follows the quirky romantic trials and tribulations that ensues from the mail-order marriage arrangement between seventeen year old Angel McBride and successful Alaskan businessman Lance Colburn.

Set in the wilderness of Nome, Alaska, Mail Order Angel is an entertaining tale that easily draws the reader into Angel and Lance's story.

Angel had just graduated from high school, and while on a summer backpacking trip through Europe with friends, she receives the devastating news that her parents were killed in an auto accident back home in Boston. In a blink of an eye, Angel's carefree life and youthful innocence is taken away, and as an only child, her parents had set up a trust fund for her, but she won't have access to the funds until she turns twenty-five. Left homeless and without a guardian, Angel's only living relative, Chad Morrow, an uncle who she has never met and lives in Los Angeles, has agreed to take her in. Angel is shocked to discover that Uncle Chad is an owner of a porno studio, and he has plans to put her to work when she turns eighteen in a month, in order to pay for her upkeep. Desperate to escape from her creepy uncle, Angel signs up online to be a mail-order bride, and assumes the identity of Anna Markov from Russia.

Lance is a content bachelor and successful construction contractor from Nome, Alaska. Lance receives the devastating news that his older sister Gail has died from breast cancer, leaving him the sole guardian of her two young children. Gail's husband Dale was killed two years earlier in Afghanistan while serving in the military. Lance knew he couldn't abandon his niece Trixie and nephew Turek, but he wonders how he is going to take care of two young children in the Alaskan wilderness. When classified ads for a nanny doesn't attract anyone suitable, Lance's attorney suggests that he consider the crazy idea of looking for a mail-order bride.

In Mail Order Angel, follow along as two complete strangers make a mail-order arrangement that will change both of their lives, and provide them an unexpected chance at finding true love and happiness.

Mail Order Angel is a delightful story that had a great mixture of humor, romance, drama, and unexpected twists and turns that easily kept me engaged and turning the pages. You can't help but get drawn into Angel and Lance's story as their mail-order marriage arrangement unfolds. As they struggle to keep their relationship platonic while obviously being attracted to each other, Angel and Lance also struggle to overcome loss, deception, crazy misunderstandings, childcare challenges, and the trials and tribulations of being married to a stranger, that will ultimately test the bond of their relationship and chance at finding happiness.

With an engaging cast of characters, witty dialogue, drama, humorous antics and interactions, and a lighthearted romantic storyline that will met your heart, Mail Order Angel is a fun story that will leave you wanting more.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of the book from the author / publisher in exchange for my honest review and participation in a book blast event hosted by Goddess Fish Promotions.

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