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Christmas Mail-Order Brides: Four Mail-Order Brides Travel The Transcontinental Railroad In Search Of Love (2010)

by Carrie Turansky(Favorite Author)
3.89 of 5 Votes: 1
ISBN
1602609691 (ISBN13: 9781602609693)
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English
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Barbour Books
review 1: Annika headed west to be Chase's bride only he doesn't know it. When he leaves the ranch he also leaves his daughter, father and brother; and when he returns will there still be a new family?Jolie also heads west to be a merchant's wife but a stage coach robbery leaves her with Clay overnight. Whose wife will she become?Elisabeth is sent by her aunt to be a wife in Nebraska to be Zane's wife. When she finds out he has kids and a poor past and he finds out she doesn't know much about housekeeping will they find love?Mrs. Mayberry, who started her matchmatching/mail order bride business, heads to San Fransisco to help her late husband's friend find a bride. Surprises for both!350 pages
review 2: A Trusting Heart- Carrie Turansky After Annika Bergstrom's twin
... moresister, Sophie, is asked to marry Annika chooses to be a mail order bride.A man named Charles in Wyoming sounds wonderful and she leaves Chicago on the train to meet him. She is met by his father, brother and daughter but not him.After much time he appears at the house but does not seem like the man she had exchanged letters with.As time goes on she learns to love Mariah and becomes very fond of Daniel, Chase's brother.The Prodigal Groom- Vickie McDonoughJulie Addams has lived in the orphanage most of her life. She worked hard and now enjoyed taking care of the babies. She was almost 18 and Miss Tuttle was sending her to be a housekeeper for Mr Richter. The man scared Julie so she decided to move forward with her plan to be a mail-order bride.Hidden Hearts Therese Stenzel 5/30/2011Aunt Dorothy has set Elizabeth up to be a mail order bride. She was engaged to Hamilton and his family rejected her for a bride of their choice. She was being sent from St Louis to Nebraska.Zane Michaels was thrilled with the beautiful wife he was getting. Even when she confessed her aunt wrote the letters. Although she did pass out at the train station after seeing he had two daughters.Aunt Dorothy had wrote that she was domestic! That she could cook, sew and clean. Which she could not. And he had two daughters, she did not know how to be a mother either. Most of all, her biggest secret of all was she loved Hamilton not Zane.Zane had so many secrets. What would she do if she found out he grew up poor, or that he had alot of money now. He did not want to be cared for by how much money he had.This story is founded once again on what can happen when people try to hide the truth. It never ends up well.Mrs Mayberry Meets her Match- Susan Page Davis Clay Jackson was returning home after 3 years. After his brother Clint died, an accident Clay felt he caused, he went down a dark road of gambling, drinking and more. He was sharing the stage coach with a young lady who was being tossed all over. Suddenly they were being attacked. When it was over, he had been shot. The stage coach driver went for help leaving the two of them alone.After her intended refused to marry her, Clay gave in and agreed to. Who knows what would happen to her otherwise.Not knowing how he would be welcomed home again, Clay headed to the Bar J to face his dad. Hoping for the killing of the fatted calf. Great story.Mrs Mayberry Meets her Match- Susan Page Davis 5/30/2011Amelia Mayberry started a matchmaking business a few years after losing her husband. She wanted to support herself and kind of fell into this business. She is planning on retiring but feels she has one thing to fix. Her husbands good friend from the army, Lennox Bailey, had a failed attempt of marriage through her. She was heading from Missouri to Sacramento to fix it.Lennox was glad to see Amelia. He just hoped she would not bring up what had happened two years ago. He refused her when she wanted to refund his money, she had done her job well, it was the lady who was just wrong.Amelia has three ladies in mind but maybe Lennox is starting to see who would make the perfect bride for him on his own. less
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fadeintoyou821
4 very nice Christmas Christian Romance stories. All revolving around Mail Order brides.
iaponist
I only read carries novella. very enjoyable.
perezed30
It was cute.
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