A new world. A new hope. An unexpected love.

What life awaits these brides?

With the cotton mills closed and hunger rampant in Manchester, England, Willow Rhodes’s family encourages her to join the bride ship bound for the Pacific Northwest, where she is assured of employment. Willow agrees to go with the hope that eventually she can save enough money for her family to join her.

Rebellious knuckle-boxing champion Caleb Edwards loves Willow more than life itself. But Willow has been adamant that she sees him as a friend and nothing more. Unable to watch her sail away, Caleb uses his prize money to pay for passage to Vancouver Island to be with Willow.

After arriving, Willow finds work as a maid and Caleb is a farmhand on the same property. As Caleb struggles to keep his feelings for Willow from growing, he’ll do anything for her, even take the blame for a theft to keep her safe. As the crime catches up to them, they’re forced to make choices that could finally rip them apart forever.

Reviews for Finally His Bride

• Faith: Oh the bliss of it. What perfect words from the novel to describe how wonderful the book was! Jody Hedlund crafted a beautiful world and well-built characters. The scenery—whether of a beach or mountains—was gorgeous, and the characters, especially main female protagonist, Willow, were so vivid I almost saw them with my eyes instead of my mind.
• Alyssa: Returning to Jody Hedlund’s Vancouver in Bride Ships: New Voyages was like wrapping myself in a beloved blanket that had been packed away at the start of cold weather. Long-awaited, much anticipated . . . this book was everything I hoped it would be and more.
• Heather: Another wonderful historical fiction by Jody Hedlund. 
• Staci: Jody Hedlund is a masterful story teller. She paints a beautiful picture of the Pacific Northwest, I swear I can smell the pine trees.