Amanda Brides of the Oregon Trail 7; by Cynthia Woolf

Amanda


Brides of the Oregon Trail 7; by Cynthia Woolf


I again enjoyed this book by Cynthia Woolf. 


When a woman signs up to be a mail order bride, she is never sure who will be waiting for her on the end of the trip.  This book has a twist to the mail order bride story that had me pulling for the man I really wanted her to end up with.

Amanda Winters was engaged to be married once but her fiancé ran off with another women and left her by herself. Not sure what to do now she chooses to become a mail order bride. She is going by wagon train to Oregon City and has made a new friend with the other bride (Jeanie) she is traveling with.  The Groom Jeanie was to marry was also traveling with them in the wagon behind them. Jeanie meet some other man and broke things off with Jamie.

Jamie Kilbride ordered a mail order bride and went to meet her and bring her home to Oregon City. However once there and they are getting ready to go his bride changed her mind and wanted someone else. He was good with that has he had just met the woman he wants. This woman’s name is Amanda, the traveling mate of his ex-mail order bride. Now he just needs to convince Amanda that he is the better choice for her.

As they travel Jamie learns Amanda is engaged to a man named Lewis Baxter, and he knows that Lewis is a very evil man. He tries to warn Amanda, but she is set to meet and marry Lewis. However, Jamie has put doubt in Amanda’s mind about Lewis so she going to tell Lewis she wants to wait and get to know him before they marry. Lewis is not good with this plan and attacks Amanda saying now she has no choice but to marry him. Jamie finds out about the attack and is willing to do anything to keep Amanda safe, as he has fallen in Love with her.

Will Jamie be able to keep Amanda safe? Can he also get Amanda to marry him and fall in Love with him? Will Amanda be able to stay alive and maybe find a happy every after life?

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

A Husband for Cordelia Brides of Golden City Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

A Husband for Cordelia


Brides of Golden City Book 2; by Cynthia Woolf

This book is just as good as the last book in this series. Cynthia Woolf has done a great job here. I look forward to the next one.

Cordelia Jameson is a strong woman that needs to plan for her future. He brother has died, and she now has no where to live as she has been living with him. She has no other family so what will she do? She does have the $5000 her brother left her but that will not last forever. With nothing else in New York for her and she hopes to have a husband and children someday, she decides to become a mail-order bride and go west. Just before she leaves her brothers ex business partner finds her and threatens her as he wants the money her brother left her. When she says no, he hits her good and just might have killed her if not for one of the other brides showing up. She hopes this move will keep him away.

David Thomas is a widow now that his crazy wife is dead. She was hung for kidnapping and attempted murder. He moved west after all that and is starting new. He does have a daughter that needs mother that will care for her. He also would like more children, but he is not looking for love again. He doesn’t want to go through that pain ever again.

As soon as she arrives Cordelia and David are married but not before he sees has had been beaten. He askes about it and she tells him about the trouble from Richard (her bothers ex business partner).  

Later when Cordelia, David and his daughter are in town they run into Richard. He still wants what he thinks is his. Richard gets the drop on Cordelia and almost kills her again. David is now protecting her and his daughter.

So, will Cordelia be able to stay alive with Richard in town?  Will David be able to keep her and his daughter safe? Will Cordelia be loved by David or will this all end badly?

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

A Husband for Victoria Brides of Golden City Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

A Husband for Victoria

Brides of Golden City Book 1, by Cynthia Woolf

I love reading books that take me back in time. Cynthia Woolf did a great job of that in this book. 

We go back to the 1870’s and start the journey in New York City. Here we meet Victoria Coleman a Governess that was attacked and is now with child. Her employers are divided on how to handle this. Mrs. Thomas is a threat to Victoria and her child as she thinks it is her husbands. Mr. Thomas is worried for Victoria and sends her away to a friend that finds brides for men out west. Victoria is now a mail-order bride on her way to Golden City in the Colorado Territory. She is worried that her husband will not accept her if she tells him about her attack and child, so she keeps that a secret for as long as she can in hopes he will love her.

Andrew Mayfield is a rancher in the Colorado Territory that lost his wife and infant son six months ago. He needs a wife for his two-year-old daughter and turns to a mail-order bride service to find his new wife.  He picks Victoria up and goes right to the pastor for marriage, then it is home to start their live together.

However, Mrs. Thomas is not done with Victoria or her baby and still wants them dead. She is willing to travel to Golden City to take care of the “problem”. Mr. Thomas finds out what is wife is planning and sends word to Victoria. 

Will word reach Victoria in time?  Will Andrew keep her when and if he finds out the truth about her past? Will Andrew keep her safe if he keeps her? Will Mrs. Thomas get what she wants? Will Victoria make it though all of this with her and her child’s lives? Will Victoria and Andrew find the love they both want?

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

Snowy Montana Nights: Dallas Debutantes Book 3 by Cynthia D'Alba

Snowy Montana Nights: Dallas Debutantes Book 3

by Cynthia D'Alba

Oh, my Cynthia has another hit here! I l loved this book. You don’t need to read the other books in this series, but I would do so any way as they too are good. I was not ready for this book to end. 


So, meet Dr. Wendy McCool. She wants to get away from Dallas and all the talk about what happened at her cousins wedding.  She is also wanting to revaluate her life goals. With her mothers help she finds a private apartment at a ranch in Montana. When she gets to the ranch there are a few issues, but she will be ok with it, Right? Well except maybe the sexy cowboy that is running the ranch could be an issue.


Zane Miller missed his family ranch and was done with this hedge fund manager position in Chicago. All he wants now is to work the family ranch and give his parents some much needed time off and time for his mom to heal from her illness. So, when his mom calls from Florida and tells him that her friends’ daughter is coming to visit for a while, he is not sure this is a good idea. The only thing he hears from the phone call is she is a spoiled debutante that was left at the alter in Dallas, and she is to stay in the apartment. An apartment that is not livable because of busted water pipes that he has not fixed yet nor did he tell his parents about the apartment problems. He asks when she will arrive, he is told this afternoon. Now what is he to do? He does not have time for this.


When he picks her up at the airport neither know what to make of the other. They really no nothing about the other person. Will they handle being on the ranch together or will she leave right after she gets there? 
Hint: sparks do fly but will they catch?

Charlotte Brides of the Oregon Trail Book 6; by Cynthia Woolf

Charlotte

Brides of the Oregon Trail Book 6; by Cynthia Woolf

This was a cute book. Travis and Charlie have a time trying to get to know each other and build a life. 

Travis MacGregor moves to Oregon City because he has a friend there and he wants to start over. He is going to set up a law office and he needs a proper wife at some point. The woman that has followed him to be his assist hopes she will be the wife, but he does not want her to be that wife. Then he needs help and meets Charlotte, he decides that she will be his wife.

Charlotte other wise know to all as Charlie Taylor is anything but a proper woman. She wears pants, carries a gun, and goes by a male name. She does not understand why someone like Travis would want her as a wife. She thinks if she shows him how wrong they are together he will move on, but the more time they spend together the more she likes him and thinks being his wife might be ok.

When they get caught in the rain life will change. Now they will marry, but will they fall in love with each other? Will the other woman that wants to be Travis wife be able to break them up? Can they compromise on Charlie’s ways of pants and no dresses? Can they get past all this and stay together, or will they fall apart?

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

A Family for Christmas; by Cynthia Woolf

A Family for Christmas; by Cynthia Woolf

I had a hard time putting this book down. It felt like it could have been a real story set during Christmas in the 1880’s. I could have been there or even been Charlotte.

Charlotte Walker is running from the only home (and town) she has ever known. She is widowed and her late husband’s brother thinks she now belongs to him. If she doesn’t run, she and her unborn child may be in for a horrible life she doesn’t want. However, she is running away during a blizzard. Now she is lost, cold, worried, and her horse just tossed her into a large snow drift. Hope is lost as she yells for help.

Adam Masters lives near Morgan’s Crossing by himself. He thinks he hears someone calling for help, but this is a blizzard and that can’t be right. Except it is, he finds a pregnant, half frozen women on his property in a snow drift. He pulls her out and takes her and her horse home. 

Now the fun starts. She goes into labor and he must deliver the baby. Once the baby come and they have time to talk and wait for the snow to melt some so he can take them to town. Adam thinks he just might be falling for Charlotte and baby. Though Adam will not let that happen he is still grieving for his late wife and child. He is not ready to try again, or is he? The more time Charlotte spends with Adam the more she falls for him, but is she ready to try again?

Adam takes Charlotte and baby to town so she can move on. It is there that her late husband’s brother finds them, and he is going to force her and her child to go with him. Luckily for her the people she is staying with don’t want that to happen. Now with this trouble following her what can she do? Will Adam protect her and her child, or will they be forced back where she doesn’t want to be? Can Adam take another change on love? Will Charlotte open her heart to Adam and move forward?

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

Spun Out Blacktop Cowboy 10; by Lorelei James

Spun Out


Blacktop Cowboy 10; by Lorelei James

OMG! Lorelei did it again! I tried to set this book down to make it last longer, but I always picked it back up I aa couple of minutes.

Bailey Masterson is Harpers younger sister and taking a “Break” from the Army to help her out. At least that’s what she tells Harper. So, this tough Sergeant is in Muddy Gap, WY not sure what to do next. That is until she tells her sister and the other parents of the lodge that there kids need boot camp not a craft camp. Now she is in charge of the 1 day a week camp.  She has also had a run in with one of the girl’s fathers and finds out that her mother is dead. Nothing in the Army prepared her to oversee kids especially the five-year-old Olivia.

Streeter is a widow and trying to take care of his five-year-old daughter that has some personality issues. Because of this he does not date. Bailey has left an impression that he is not sure what to do with. He also sees a huge improvement in is daughter Olivia’s personality issues and thinks it might be because of Bailey.

Both Bailey and Streeter have pasts and have been broken. Can they open up to each other? Can they help each other heal? Can they fall in love with each other?

* ARC provided by author for an honest review.