Friday, June 13, 2014

Four Weddings and a Kiss by Margaret Brownley, Debra Clopton, Mary Connealy, and Robin Lee Hatcher

If you love a western romance from the 1880's, you need to read Four Weddings and a Kiss.  It's a collection of 4 novellas by some of Thomas Nelson's best selling authors. Although the characters in each story are not from the same town, the prologue begins with 4 traveling preachers sitting around a campfire giving relationship advice to a new preacher. They each tell a love story about a couple from New Mexico, Wyoming, Texas and Colorado that has met with obstacles on their path to true love, before settling down with their life partner. In Spitfire Sweetheart, Maizy finds herself in love with neighboring rancher Rylan, who only sees her as a pest. Yet when he is injured and Maizy becomes his nurse, he finds he can't live without her.  A Love Letter to the Editor centers around the story of Molly, an independent writer for her Dad's newspaper.  When Jack comes into town as the new editor, Molly is determined to make his life miserable until he moves on to another town and her Dad will give her the editor job that she deserves. However, it's hard to "run someone out of town" when you are falling in love with them. A tornado destroys the only home Katie has ever known in A Cowboy for Katie. Trapped under her house for 3 days would make anyone crazy and fearful!  Even though the townspeople avoid "Crazy Katie", Treb needs a job and a horse.  Katie can provide that and then he can move on to explore the places he has only heard about. So why does Katie make him feel like putting down roots in Texas?  Margaret Brownley ends the Western Bride Collection with the story of Grace, also known as the "Black Widow".  She has had 3 husbands die and attorney Brock Daniels is the only one who believes she is innocent. She can't stay in jail because her son needs her, so Brock prepares for the most challenging court battle of his life as Grace battles for her life.  I have read novels by Brownley and Connealy, so I was immediately interested in this one.  I love this time period and some nights I have limited time to read. This collection was perfect because I had just enough time to finish one story each night.  They were quick and to the point, but still told a sweet love story.  Thanks Thomas Nelson Publishers for sending me a free copy in exchange for a honest review!

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