Constance is a woman educated (especially in mathematics). If called 'feisty' she'd take it as an insult. I was pleased though with the main character. While the premise sounded interesting the description of the protagonist as a 'feisty red-head' made me hesitant.

I was a little skeptical about this book. Plus Constance has a love of math that is unusual in any book. Typical stuff but still worth a few giggles from comebacks and witty remarks. Overall, a cute fast read with romantic entanglements that lead to the two main characters falling in love. I have Maid to Match (2009) on my Nook and still have the interest to see how Gist may have improved. This is one of Gist's earlier books and I would be willing to try one of her newer books to see if she worked on some of her earlier flaws. The historical elements were interesting and seeing how a tobacco farm would be run in the 1600's was fun to experience but I just thought that the book lacked a bit of polish. His constant mood swings and changing his mind every time something came up just frustrated me. I did enjoy the characters, mainly Constance and Mary but Drew (the love interest) kept making me mad. I would suggest choosing one or the other and making it consistent rather than switching.

Lots of historical speech but then lapsing into a more modern tone. This book was fun and I got a few giggles out of it but the language was uneven. A Bride Most Begrudging's back drop in 1643 and is set during the tobacco boom of Virginia and the tobacco brides that help 'settle down' the farmers. These were facinationg for me because they took me to the pioneers and how the American west was settled. I grew up reading Jeanette Oake's books, like Roses for Mama and A Bride for Donnigan. I have to admit that historical christian fiction is a guilty pleasure of mine.

A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist