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Angel Creek Press
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Sheriff Clayton Riley asked for a pair of boots for Christmas, not a mail order bride! Unfortunately for Clayton, his brother and mother figured a bride would look better on him than a new pair of boots! After all, he'd been sulking around long enough after the death of his wife, and his family decided it was time to take matters into their own hands and see to it Clayton had a very merry Christmas! Summer James was young, she was beautiful and, an impoverished orphan. Who would want such a woman? Obviously no one. For here she was, eighteen and now of age to set out on her own. But New Orleans was full of men with evil intent for one such as herself, and she saw no other choice but to take the only offer for survival she could find and become a mail order bride. What she didn't count on was becoming Sheriff Clayton Riley's Christmas present!… (more)
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LibraryThing member Books4Nana
A sweet mail order bride story that was not entirely predictable Our bride and groom both brought a lot of personality into our story. We have an orphan who.has never been in a home as our main character and a widower as the prospective husband. This story has depth to it as she deals.with fear of
The characters are well developed and the storyline moves at a good pace. There are a few spots it gets a bit over the top such as the character wishing to steal the prospective husband. Initially it adds to the story but before long you are tired of her and have trouble fitting her antics into a believable story.
I loved the family relationship and home life depicted with our prospective groom. This gave a realistic look at the time period and was so endearing.
A sweet story. Grab a cup of coffee and get in your comfy chair. You will enjoy relaxing as you read this one!
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rejection and trust issues and his heart is closed to new love.The characters are well developed and the storyline moves at a good pace. There are a few spots it gets a bit over the top such as the character wishing to steal the prospective husband. Initially it adds to the story but before long you are tired of her and have trouble fitting her antics into a believable story.
I loved the family relationship and home life depicted with our prospective groom. This gave a realistic look at the time period and was so endearing.
A sweet story. Grab a cup of coffee and get in your comfy chair. You will enjoy relaxing as you read this one!
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LibraryThing member Suzanne.Marble
This book really had me going from the start. From shooting her in the foot to bringing in Red Ned. His bride to be was very real and believable as well as scenery was amazing. It had great usage of adjectives and verbs to make each scene so real. I loved every moment of this book. Cannot wait to
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LibraryThing member arlenadean
Book Description....
Sheriff Clayton Riley asked for a pair of boots for Christmas, not a mail order bride! Unfortunately for Clayton, his brother and mother figured a bride would look better on him than a new pair of boots! After all, he'd been sulking around long enough after the death of his
Summer James was young, she was beautiful and, an impoverished orphan. Who would want such a woman? Obviously no one. For here she was, eighteen and now of age to set out on her own. But New Orleans was full of men with evil intent for one such as herself, and she saw no other choice but to take the only offer for survival she could find and become a mail order bride. What she didn't count on was becoming Sheriff Clayton Riley's Christmas present!
Title: The Christmas Mail Order Bride By: Kit Morgan Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Series: Holiday Mail Order Brides # 1
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean Rating: 4
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"The Christmas Mail Order Bride"
What I enjoyed about this novel....
I liked this sweet romantic western holiday read. The author gives the reader a very well written story with characters that were for the most part well developed, captivating and believable. What a story this was...a brother and his mom finding a mail order bride for his a brother and her son. What will come of this? What will happen when Summer and Clayton's first meet? Now, to get that part you will have to pick up this good read to see what all happens with this heroine and hero. There will be some secondary characters that will really have you shaking your head and saying really? However, be really for some twist, humor and some suspense from this good read.
Sheriff Clayton Riley asked for a pair of boots for Christmas, not a mail order bride! Unfortunately for Clayton, his brother and mother figured a bride would look better on him than a new pair of boots! After all, he'd been sulking around long enough after the death of his
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wife, and his family decided it was time to take matters into their own hands and see to it Clayton had a very merry Christmas! Summer James was young, she was beautiful and, an impoverished orphan. Who would want such a woman? Obviously no one. For here she was, eighteen and now of age to set out on her own. But New Orleans was full of men with evil intent for one such as herself, and she saw no other choice but to take the only offer for survival she could find and become a mail order bride. What she didn't count on was becoming Sheriff Clayton Riley's Christmas present!
Title: The Christmas Mail Order Bride By: Kit Morgan Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Series: Holiday Mail Order Brides # 1
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean Rating: 4
Review:
"The Christmas Mail Order Bride"
What I enjoyed about this novel....
I liked this sweet romantic western holiday read. The author gives the reader a very well written story with characters that were for the most part well developed, captivating and believable. What a story this was...a brother and his mom finding a mail order bride for his a brother and her son. What will come of this? What will happen when Summer and Clayton's first meet? Now, to get that part you will have to pick up this good read to see what all happens with this heroine and hero. There will be some secondary characters that will really have you shaking your head and saying really? However, be really for some twist, humor and some suspense from this good read.
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LibraryThing member ViragoReads
Adorable
This was really sweet. Just the right amount of angst and pining and miscommunication needed for a book of this sort. I thought it was a lovely story and would probably be up for reading the next in the series.
This was really sweet. Just the right amount of angst and pining and miscommunication needed for a book of this sort. I thought it was a lovely story and would probably be up for reading the next in the series.
LibraryThing member JenniferRobb
I found this to be a predictable romance. I was able to guess the plot twists long before they were revealed in the book, and I'm pretty sure I know who the mail order bride will be in the next book in the series even without seeing any blurb or preview of it.
I grew to like the Riley family and
I grew to like the Riley family and
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Summer James, but I did feel that the characters in the book were not very fleshed out. I also thought that if they'd just communicate with each other, they might not have had all the problems they did. Show Less
LibraryThing member whybehave2002
Loved it!! And I love that it is a part of series with holiday brides a plenty. Totally clean romance at it's best!
Original publication date
2014-06-29