Loving Arabelle Brides of Homestead Canyon Book 2; by E. Ayers

Loving Arabelle

Brides of Homestead Canyon Book 2; by E. Ayers


This is a different mail order bride book then I have read before. Not my favorite but it was good.


Arabelle was raised by nuns. Her parents died when she was young and so she only knew the way of the nuns.  Now at 17 she has some choices to make. She can become a nun or move out. For the last bit she has been working for a family teaching their boys. She has some problems there like the man of the house wants her as a mistress and she does not want that. She is also getting letters that someone wants something back and she doesn’t know what it is. She has also been writing with a man named Claude that is looking for a mail order bride. When her birthday comes around, she found out that her parents had left her money.  Now the choices come. Stay and teach boys of a man that may hurt her or move on to Claude and be his mail order bride? She chooses to move on to Claude. She leaves in the dead of night for her new life. 


Claude had no idea that the woman he has been writing and hoping to marry is going to be at his house one night when he comes home from work. When he meets Arabelle he is stun. He lives in a very small house and has very little to his name and hopes that will not scare her away. Now they will get to know each other and see where this will go. 


However, trouble follows Arabelle and it will test her relationship with Claude. Will they make it?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.

Rebecca Brides of the Oregon Trail 5; by Cynthia Woolf

Rebecca


Brides of the Oregon Trail 5; by Cynthia Woolf

I like how this book is a little different from the other books in the series. This book the journey to Oregon is very short. We meet Rebecca Taylor and her siblings as they are heading to Oregon, but the real story is what happens once they get there. I love how Rebecca is a take charge kind of woman, and we see how much she loves her siblings in the choices she makes. 

Rebecca Taylor is the oldest even if it is by 10 mins to her twin brother. She also has one other brother and 2 sisters. Both of their parents are dead, and she takes the responsibility to raise her siblings. So, she moves them all to Oregon. Once there she finds a home big enough for them all and more, but it needs of some big repairs. She is told that Ian will be perfect to help fix the house up. She hires him and vows to keep her mind off him. She has also caught the eye of a wealthy man in town, but there is something about him she doesn’t like. One thing is he is not Ian.

Ian Stanford is a widower with twin boys to raise. His wife was murdered, and the man is still out there somewhere. He has vowed to find her killer. He also has come on hard times as he lost his home and land to the wealthy man that is looking at Rebecca. When he agrees to help repair the house for Rebecca, he requests to move him and his sons into the house. She can’t refuse as she needs his help. However, the more time he spends with her the more he falls for her and her family.

When a new lead comes out about the murder of is wife Ian leaves to follow it. Little does he know this is going to change everything. Now Rebecca, his boys, and her family are all in danger. 

Rebecca wants Ian but can she stay alive to help him find the murder?  Will Ian lose her just when he realizes he wants her too? Can they keep their family safe from harm?

* I received a free advance review copy of this book and am voluntarily providing my honest review.