The twist in this Mail Order Bride series is that a pastor from the Sanctuary area (west) contacts other pastors he knows (in the east) to ask if any women in their congregations would be interested in marrying Christian men. The pastor encloses letters from men (whom he vouches for) for any congregants interested to peruse and answer. If the correspondence goes well, the women will have a ticket to Sanctuary paid for as well as a guarantee of a return trip if the engagement/marriage doesn't work out. The female in this book picks out a letter written by the mother of the man who supposedly wants a bride--the man is supposedly painfully shy but he does agree to write any woman who responds. The two seem to get along well in letters, and the trip is made--but when she gets there, she finds that her intended hasn't even come to meet her--though his brother has returned home unexpectedly and is there. The brother is much more social and knows ways to make a woman feel special. He struggles mightily with whether he should follow his heart and ask this woman who has impacted him ever since he saw her (before he knew she was his brother's intended) or step aside and let his brother honor his agreement. He even tries to coach his brother in ways to make her feel special, though the brother doesn't really get it. In the end, he declares his love and the first brother, seeing how they feel about each other, steps aside to let true love win. ( )