The Bride's Gift by Raine Cantrell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

A peculiar story of a newly wedded couple, that came together through an arranged marriage. Nicholas Dowling, an extremely short tempered laborer working in a mining camp somewhere in Mexico, gets a new wife through his cousin Patrick from Ireland. On his first night, Nick discovers that his new Irish wife Brianna, is too young, illiterate, and not suitable for his manly figure, but too beautiful to be resisted. The entire story revolves around the couple trying to understand each other and please each other until one day Brianna decides to gift a surprise to her dear husband, given by her mother. The surprise comes in the end in the form of riches grown in a garden grown by Brianna on her self. This is when, the duo discover the immense love that each other have developed in such a brief period.

The initial hatred among the new couple during the first interaction slowly transforms into true love over a couple of days. This transformation of hatred to love is quite well paved by the author. The English language used is more that of native Irish mix and is entertaining sometimes. One wonders why the new bride was hiding the precious gift from her husband until one reaches the end of the story.


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