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Mountain Christmas Brides: Nine Historical Novellas Celebrate Faith and Love in the Rocky Mountains by Susan Page Davis, Mildred Colvin, Mary Davis, Lena Nelson Dooley, Darlene Franklin, Debby Lee, Tamela Hancock Murray, Carrie Turansky, Gina Welborn Published by Barbour Books on September 1st 2016
Pages: 448
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A trusting heart / by Carrie Turansky Home for the holidays / by Mildred Colvin One evergreen night / by Debby Lee All ye faithful / by Gina Welborn A carpenter Christmas / by Mary Davis Fires of love / by Tamela Hancock Murray The best medicine / by Lena Nelson Dooley Almost home / by Susan Page Davis Dressed in scarlet / by Darlene Franklin
From a Wyoming ranch in 1880, to a logging camp in Washington Territory in the late 1800s, to Denver, Colorado, in 1913, meet nine couples who find that Christmas is the perfect time for climbing to the heights of romance. Watch as their faith and courage propel them through challenges that come with mountain winters to cozy fireside celebrations that lead to lasting proclamations of love. Penned by an exclusive selection of Christian fiction authors—including Susan Page Davis, Vickie McDonough, and Carrie Turansky—this collection of nine romances is one to treasure.
Over all I enjoyed this book…but I had a couple small issues. A couple of the stories I had a hard time getting into, but thats expected from a book with 9 stories in it. I think my biggest issue was some were confected….the first story was stand alone the last 8 were split between two towns and so halfish were about one group of friend and the rest were another set. Maybe its just me I know I’m Big on connected stories, but I felt this one didn’t flow properly since it wasn’t all stand alone or all connected.
All of the stories were around Christmas,they all didn’t center on Christmas though. There were a few stories I really enjoyed!! I kinda loved all the ones centered around the girls who went to school together and got stuck in a storm some at one of the girls house and a couple of them on their way to there homes
About Susan Page Davis
FROM AUTHOR’S WEBSITE: I’m a native of central Maine, and grew up on a small farm with a wonderful mom and dad, three sisters and a brother. Most of my books take place in small towns, many of them in Maine.
My husband, Jim, and I moved to his birth state, Oregon, for a while after we were married, but decided to move back to Maine and be near my family. It allowed our six children to grow up feeling close to their cousins and grandparents, and some of Jim’s family have even moved to Maine!
Our children are all home-schooled. When Jim retired from his vocation as an editor at a daily newspaper, we moved from Maine to Kentucky.
I’ve always loved reading, history, and horses. These things come together in several of my historical books.
Another longtime hobby of mine is genealogy, which has led me down many fascinating paths. I’m proud to be a DAR member! Some of Jim’s and my quirkier ancestors have inspired fictional characters.
For many years I worked for the Central Maine Morning Sentinel as a freelancer. This experience was a great help in developing fictional characters and writing realistic scenes. I also published nonfiction articles in several magazines and had several short stories appear in Woman’s World, Grit, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.
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