Her most recent series takes readers into the heart of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, where USA Today says … Published by Simon & Schuster, Gist's awards include a RITA for Best Long Historical of the Year, National Readers’ Choice Award, Best Historical of the Year (RT Reviewers), Librarians’ Choice, Book Buyers’ Best, Golden Quill, Books*A*Million Pick of the Month, Seal of Excellent and Award of Excellence. Not familiar with her work? Take a quiz to figure out which Deeanne Gist novel you'd like best. Her latest release, Tiffany Girl, was touted as a “Must Year of the Year!” by USA Today, was one of the Top 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2015 by Huffington Post, and one of WikiEzvid's 10 Must-Read Novels That Take Place in the Past. With over a million copies of her books sold, international bestselling, award-winning author Deeanne Gist has rocketed up bestseller lists and captured readers everywhere with her original, captivating historicals. Headstrong and intelligent, deeply moral but incredibly enticing, Constance turns what was supposed to be a marriage of convenience into something most inconvenient, indeed. What kind of a wife is that? Drew's Christian forbearance is in for some testing. She hasn't the foggiest notion how to cook, dares to argue with her poor husband, and spends more time working on mathematical equations than housework. And she wants to go straight back to England as soon as she can. What he ends up with is a wife-a feisty redhead who claims she is Lady Constance Morrow, daughter of an Earl, brought to America against her will. Still broken-hearted from the loss of his beloved, he only wants a maid to tend his house and care for his young sister. The 'tobacco brides' would be on board-eligible women seeking a better life in America, bartered for with barrels of tobacco from the fields.ĭrew O'Connor isn't stirred by news of a ship full of brides.

Any ship arriving from England means good news for Virginia colony farmers.

A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist