Western Love and Romance At Its Best

STORY LINE, PLOTTING AND DEVELOPMENT:

This is a wonderful collection of western romance stories of strength, love, romance, adversity, and faith in God. Each author is talented in story-crafting, plotting, and development. These stories are so well written and developed, if you did not know you were reading 9 different authors, you would think one author wrote the stories contained in this book. The authors are in harmony with each other in regard to writing style and crafting.



Each story depicts the character’s faith in God, in his love for us and his caring and each face situations that God has in hand and will direct. The authors do not push or preach, but gracefully created stories of faith and romance. In the 1800’s, courting was held in a different light than our day. Courting was a very serious affair and was not entered into without marriage in mind. Women had few choices in this time period and marriage was the only option most woman could consider.



The settlers of our country were strong faith based people; the authors skillfully portrayed these characteristics in each book. I loved the humor found in some of the stories. The sweet character of the men and women was refreshing.



The stories are clean, well written, and clear. You will find mail order brides, discouraged and desperate women (some with child to support), lonesome strong ranchers, cowboys who need mothers for their children, and you will find these characters are strong, independent, smart men and women; they will all find the love of a lifetime.



RECOMMENDATION:

This collection was a delight to read. This book is suitable for anyone that loves well written, well developed, and plotted stories which contain faith, love, and strength of character. ( )

Sweet Smorgasbord of Western Romances...

The Cowboy's Bride is a great, sweet,delightful collection of nine romantic stories from the time of America's cowboy days. One of my favorites was Miralee Ferrell's Love's Sweet Storm, about a mail-order bride who is stranded with a stranger in his cabin during a snowstorm and stuck on his ranch before being delivered to her intended.This story really resonated with girlhood dreams and was beautifully told.

I must admit, ALL the stories were well-told and made me want to keep my Kindle open. Darlene Franklin spins a yarn about two young women who hold classes to teach uncouth cowboys manners(The Reformed Cowboy).Davalynn Spencer pens a narrative of a widowed cow poke whose meddling sister-in-law threatens to remove his children from his care unless he can prove he is raising his daughter to be a lady(The Wrangler's Woman). Another favorite was The Cowgirl's Lasso by Jaime Jo Wright. I loved the headstrong characters including a woman ranch foreman!!

What a neat way to be introduced to several new authors for whom I will now be watching! A wholesome, fun, and educational way to spend a few hours!

I was gifted this egalley through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )