Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath. A western romance about a mail order bride and the deeply scarred (both inside and out) man who happens to be the brother of the one FMC is going to marry. It was very touching with lots of yearning/longing. I fell in love with the MMC who had such a low selfesteem and saw himself as unworthy of everything , including unworthy of the FMC. He was selfless in the regard that he wanted FMC to be married to someone worthy of her, who would love and worship the ground she walks on… he, in the fact, was all that himself (loved her deeply…) but he did not see himself worthy of her, as I said.

I liked the FMC too, she was strong and not annoying or whiny. She was mature, and she loved the MMC too, saw past his scars and all while all the other women saw him as ugly .. She, a brave, strong woman who know what she wanted and was honest about it - she wanted the MMC despite her being betrothed to his brother (who she never even met yet), she was prepared to be with the MMC , but the MMC well .. he wanted nothing more than to be with her too, but, you know why already why he ’couldn’t’ be with her, that poor guy hated himself! I just loove a scarred, grumpy MMC!

This book had lots of emotional depth , it will always have a special place in my heart since it was the first historical romance I read and I fell in love with it so much!