1800s mail-order bride catalogs facilitated many happy marriages. Here are the stories of four couples who owe their wedded bliss to creative editing by The Hitching Post publisher.
“And Then Came Spring”—Margaret Brownley
Sheriff Tom Garrett wants vengeance on his brother’s murderers, but he must think of his orphaned nephew. Then Mary-Jo shows up, swearing she married Tom’s brother by proxy and he’d neglected to mention a son.
“An Ever-After Summer”—Debra Clopton
Widower Matt McConnell wrote his ad with no room for misunderstanding—Bible believers need not apply. But Bible-thumping Ellie shows up on his doorstep. Matt’s so desperate for her help that he accepts.
“Autumn’s Angel”—Robin Lee Hatcher
Luvena Abbott is a singing sensation in New York. But as guardian to her brother’s children, she has few options to provide a home. Clay Birch won an abandoned theater in a poker game. The Hitching Post editor thinks they’ll make a perfect match.
“Winter Wedding Bells”—Mary Connealy
David Laramie is looking for a woman to care for his children. In exchange he’ll make her financially comfortable for life. But no woman wants to marry a dying man. Then Megan responds to his ad. It seems his “edited” letter contained no mention of him dying. (quoted by GoodReads.com)
My thoughts: I picked this book up because of the Winter Story written by Mary Connealy. Each of the four stories are extremely short stories. I don’t necessarily recommend purchasing each book separately as the price is too high for that. But purchased as a group it wasn’t too unreasonable.
That being said I did enjoy reading each of the stories. I enjoyed that while I picked the book for one author it did give me a chance to read short stories from three other authors and learn about their style of writing. I would recommend this book if you are ever in need of a couple of good short stories. They can be read separately and in any order you would like. The only tie in among them is the Hitching Post Magazine.
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