Second Chance Brides by Vickie McDonough is the second book in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series.

 This book is one of McDonough’s best ever.  The cover on the book pulls you into the story. The cover artist caught the essence of the characters, Shannon O’Neil and Mark Corbett translating them into real people for me.

 Shannon and Leah Bennett were caught in the Corbett brother’s scheme to find a wife for their cousin. (The Anonymous Bride Book 1) Both have reasons for not returning to where they came from. Shannon is an Irish immigrant and now she’s alone in Lookout, Texas.  Leah’s dad tried to sell her to the oldest man in town and she doesn’t want to go back home.

 Now both women are searching for ways to support themselves in Lookout.

Shannon and Leah are easy to like, McDonough has transformed them from the needy women in book one to women you want to know.

 There is also the subplot of Jack (Jacqueline the boarding house owner’s daughter) it’s been fun to watch her mature through the pages.

 Now I am eagerly awaiting book 3, I don’t know what it is titled but I hope it’s about that incorrigible  Carly from The Anonymous Bride!

(Please note: Book 3, Finally a Bride, is out, and the review will be posted next week.)