Book Review: A Reliable Wife
Title: A Reliable Wife Author: Robert Goolrick Type: Fiction Series: no Genre: Historical Acquisition: Paperback from a friend Pages: 305 Premise/Plot: Set in 1909 in the frozen north that is Wisconsin, an aging 50+year old wealthy man, named Ralph Truitt, puts an ad in the paper for a Reliable Wife. Catherine a younger woman replies as honest and simple, but with her own agenda. It was not to be a reliable wife. In fact, she is both complex and devious. Both being tortured by their pasts, they weather the storms, but who's plan comes together? The darkness rises and the snow relentlessly falls. This early 1900s story has twists and turns you never see coming. Rating: 4.25 Stars Summary: Our main characters, Ralph and Catherine, are beautifully written. He is the wealthy businessman done wrong in a previous marriage, she is the orphaned young woman trying to keep herself off the streets, together they are what each other would need, right? Wrong, these two are dark, tortured s