Wife in the Mail

by Marie Ferrarella and Aamna Qureshi

Book Overview

Wife In The Mail by Marie Ferrarella released on Oct 25, 1998 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373242174
• ISBN13: 9780373242177
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Wife In The Mail

I been looking forward to reading this book and this series of The Alaskans . And I enjoy the story the characters are telling me too.

A heartwarming story about learning to love again .....

Wife in the Mail by Marie Ferrarella Silhouette Special Edition # 1217 - December 1998 Book # 1 - The Alaskans After nursing her father during the last three years of his life, Sydney looks for love and a family of her own. Sadly Ken proved to be the wrong man, he dumped her at the altar! When she reads an article in a magazine written by an Alaskan doctor, describing his life, Sydney writes to him and they become pen pals. Ben woes Sydney with his vivid descriptions and when he asks her to marry him, she's ready to burn her bridges and start anew. Shayne's life is crazy these days. His hands are full with the medical clinic he founded and now with his two young children. His ex-wife, who whisked his children to New York six years before, has suddenly died, and now he finally has his dream, his children. But Mac and Sara hate Alaska and the father they've never known. Adding to his troubles, Shayne has to break the sorry news to his brother Ben's pen pal fiancée that Ben's run off with another woman. But when he meets Sydney at the airport she's determined to stay in Alaska no matter what, and Shayne has no choice but to take her in. It takes Shayne only a few days to realize what a prize Sydney is; not only is she mending his children's broken hearts, she's mending his. This is only the second book of Ms. Ferrarella's I've ever read, and I'm sorry that I've been missing out on such wonderful story telling! This is a heartwarming story about learning to love again. All the characters are very well written; I feel as if I know them all as dear friends. Shayne and Sydney's story is written with fun and passion and deep emotion. Esp. well done, are the children. You not only feel their pain on the loss of their mother and the strange new life, but you can see their yearning for their father's love. This one's for the keeper pile! The Alaskans.. Wife in the Mail - SSE-1217 - December 1998 Stand-In Mom - SSE-1294 - January 2000 Found: His Perfect Wife - SSE-1310 - March 2000 The M.D. Meets His Match - SSE-1401 - June 2001 Lily and the Lawman - SSE-1457 - May 2002 The Bride Wore Blue Jeans - SSE- 1565 - September 2003 The Prodigal M.D. Returns - SSE-1775 - August 2006

NOT BORING BUT NOT TERRIBLY EXCITING!

Dr. Shayne Kerrigan is a man who has not learned to express his emotions. When his parents died, he at 18 was not ready to assume the responsibilities of his younger brother, Ben, at 15. But he did.His brother's attitude was more easygoing [and messy] as Sydney Elliot found out when Shayne offered her Ben's room temporarily.But the situation soon helped Sydney to reach out and make contact with Shayne's children, Mac and Sara.Sydney wanted to learn to fly Shayne's Cessna as Shayne and Jeb Kellogg were the only pilots [and transportation] in and out of Hades, Alaska. All she get to do is taxi the plane Until -----Klondyke "Ike" LeBlanc is Shayne's oldest friend and does his flirtiest to convince Sydney to take on Shayne in place of Ben.Ike and his cousin, Luc run the Salty Saloon where all of the men gather to socialize. Not many women thereabouts.Now the line that spoiled the story for me was - "Shayne did not delude himself into thinking that his was her first and knew he wouldn't be her last" Ugh! what does that say about Sydney's life style? If they think it's love feel free to indulge in sex? Bull! Are lady characters are not ladies at all.Story is an OK read - moves well - family situations excellent but----- as a love story kind of mush. Personable characters but their interaction? Shayne's got problems - Sydney's got more problems -- Ah well, on to the next installment of Hades, Alaska with Ike LeBlanc in STAND-IN MOM. We will see if there is an improvement.

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Dr. Shayne Kerrington has not had an easy life. He opens a clinic in Alaska and soon after his wife leaves him taking their two children. Shayne is not able to see his children for years until his ex-wife is killed and the children are brought back to Alaska to live with their father. He is a stranger to his own children and they are not all that thrilled to come and live with him. Shayne also has a younger brother that seems to never take things seriously. Shayne is constantly cleaning up his brothers life messes. The latest is a real whopper. Shayne must go tell his brother's mail-order bride that her fiancee ran off to marry someone else. Shayne was sure that once Sydney found out what his brother did that she would be on the next flight out of Alaska. Instead she suprises him by announcing that she plans to stay. Shayne feels he has no choice but to offer her a room at his house. Both Shayne and Sydney have been burned in the past and neither of them want to repeat that mistake. It gets hard for them to deny their attraction to each other. Sydney, Shayne, and his children make a great family. I would have liked for Shayne's brother to have made an appearance in this book. I think that it would have added to the story. This is a quick easy read.