A Bride's Agreement: Five Romances Develop Out of Convenient Marriages, by Elaine Bonner Powell, Ramona K. Cecil, Nancy J. Farrier, JoAnn A. Grote, DiAnn Mills
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Immerse yourself in the discomfiture of five couples who are virtual strangers when they agree to wed for practical reasons. Emily marry Steven for the sake of his children. Regina’s family has arranged for Diedrich to come from Germany as her groom. Chiquita is bartered in marriage to Eduardo to cover her father’s debts. Pearl accepts Jason’s hasty proposal to help him run his family’s farm. Sarah Jane is forced to marry Painted Hands, a trail scout, for propriety’s sake. Can romance develop despite awkward beginnings?
A Bride's Agreement: Five Romances Develop Out of Convenient Marriages, by Elaine Bonner Powell, Ramona K. Cecil, Nancy J. Farrier, JoAnn A. Grote, DiAnn Mills - Amazon Sales Rank: #625011 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Original language: English
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A Bride's Agreement: Five Romances Develop Out of Convenient Marriages, by Elaine Bonner Powell, Ramona K. Cecil, Nancy J. Farrier, JoAnn A. Grote, DiAnn Mills About the Author
RAMONA K. CECIL is a wife, mother, grandmother, freelance poet, and award-winning inspirational romance writer. Now empty nesters, she and her husband make their home in Indiana. A member of American Christian Fiction Writers and American Christian Fiction Writers Indiana Chapter, her work has won awards in a number of inspirational writing contests. Over eighty of her inspirational verses have been published on a wide array of items for the Christian gift market. She enjoys a speaking ministry, sharing her journey to publication while encouraging aspiring writers. When not writing, her hobbies include reading, gardening, and visiting places of historical interest.
Nancy J. Farrier is an award winning author who lives in Southern California in the Mojave Desert. She loves the Southwest with its interesting historical past. Nancy and her husband have five children and two grandsons. When Nancy isn’t writing, she loves to read, do needle craft, play with her cats, and spend time with her family. Nancy is represented by Karen Ball of The Steve Laube Literary Agency. You can read more about Nancy and her books on her website: nancyjfarrier.com.
JoAnn lives on the Minnesota prairie which is a setting for many of her stories. Once a full-time CPA, JoAnn now spends most of her time researching and writing. JoAnn has published historical nonfiction books for children and several novels with Barbour Publishing in the Heartsong Presents line as well as the American Adventure and Sisters in Time series for children. Several of her novellas are included in CBA bestselling anthologies by Barbour Publishing. JoAnn’s love of history developed when she worked at an historical restoration in North Carolina for five years. She enjoys researching and weaving her fictional characters’ lives into historical backgrounds and events. JoAnn believes that readers can receive a message of salvation and encouragement from well-crafted fiction. She captures and addresses the deeper meaning between life and faith.
DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to create action-packed, suspense-filled novels. Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. Library Journal presented her with a Best Books 2014: Genre Fiction award in the Christian Fiction category for Firewall. DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers; the 2015 president of the Romance Writers of America’s Faith, Hope & Love chapter; and a member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association and International Thriller Writers. She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas. DiAnn is very active online and would love to connect with readers on any of the social media platforms listed at www.diannmills.com.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Love Can Bloom Anytime, Under Any Circumstance By Blessings N' Bloggings Although an arranged marriage or a marriage for convenience may seem foreign for us in modern times it was very common in the centuries prior. This collection of stories in A Bride's Agreement is about women that enter into marriage for reasons other than love. There is also a strong Christian message in most of these stories.I would have to say that my favorite story was written by DiAnn Mills and titled Kiowa Husband. It is a story about a young girl that loses her parents on a wagon trail in 1848. The leaders of the wagon trail decide that she may not stay with the party as her parent's illness was highly contagious and they fear she may also have the disease. However they do not want to leave her to her death so decide to leave her with an American that was raised by Kiowa Indians named Painted Hands. In this day and age it would have shown a true lack of propriety if an unmarried woman was escorted by a single man, so the leaders marry them.The story continues through the trials of going west during this time period and shows how deep love can develop over time with God as their foundation. DiAnn did such a nice job of developing these characters that I was disappointed that she hadn't written a full length stand alone book. The remaining four books-Thanks to a Lonely Heart by Elaine Bonner, A Brides' Sweet Surprise in Sauers, Indiana by Ramona Cecil, Sonoran Secret by Nancy J Farrier and Love's Shining Hope by Jo Ann A. Grote are all well done, if you like the collections that Barbour Publishing assembles, you will really enjoy this one, I feel these are five really well done short stories and one of their strongest collections.This book was given to me by NetGalley for my honest opinion. The publisher is Barbour Publishing.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. They may or may not include marriage agreements that began with love. The stories are Christian based and will approach ... By Melissa This book is a collection of five stories set in the 1800’s and involving marriage agreements that may have included the bride and may not have. They may or may not include marriage agreements that began with love. The stories are Christian based and will approach a relationship with God in different ways as well as use various Bible verses or different aspects of applying Christian values. I found that with each story I was able to see myself within the pages and understand the conflict the characters were involved in. Most of the stories had the characters trying to find their faith in God and learning how to place their trust in God’s plan for them. There were other themes such as learning forgiveness and sins of arrogance, greed, excessive drinking and gambling in which the main and secondary characters were used to teach the reader.The stories:Thanks to a Lonely Heart by Elaine BonnerSteven Barnes is a long way from home and carrying a lot of guilt. When he receives word that his wife and passed away and that he must come home or his children will become wards of the state Steven makes a rash decision. He asks waitress Emily Johnson to marry him in name only and become the caretaker of his five children.Emily is a childless widow and says no to Steven but agrees to think on it. Emily finally agrees but can’t figure out why. Steven Barnes is cold and hardly speaks to her. When she arrives at the farm, she is met with anger and suspicion by the children and locals. She doesn’t know what else to do but follow God’s word and eventually she wins over three of the children, but can’t seem to break through the two older boys and even Steven himself.With faith in God, patience and time, Emily soon learns that Steven’s former wife was verbally and emotionally abusive to the point he couldn’t live with her and that she attempted to turn the town and the children against Steven. Steven with God’s direction discovers evidence proving his support and love of his family. When he confronts the children with the evidence along with friends who speak up regarding Rebecca’s games, Steven begins to heal himself and his family.A Bride’s Sweet Surprise in Sauers Indiana by Ramona CecilRegina Seitz thinks she is in love with Eli the miller’s son but her father refuses to allow the match as he is set on a German son-in-law to take over the farm. She is unaware that her father when faced with no local prospects for his daughter sends money to Germany and seals an agreement for a mail order husband.Diedrich and his father travel to Indiana but his heart isn’t it in. He has dreams of heading to California to find the promised Gold, but he won’t go back on his word and hurt his father and settles for the future set for him. He also wasn’t expecting how attracted he is to Regina.Falling for each other sets off a whole new set of problems, especially when a secret to do with Regina’s past that connects to Diedrich’s own family has his father calling off the wedding.In this story you read how sometimes we think we understand God’s word and are doing what he wants, only to find that we have become arrogant and have lost our trust in letting God take over. We have made assumptions that have displaced God’s will in our lives.Sonoran Secret by Nancy J. FarrierEduardo Villegas is a Christian man who makes a deal to marry in order to forgive another’s debts to him. When the man proves as devious as expected, Eduardo finds himself married to the wrong daughter.Chiquita has had such a traumatic past that she no longer speaks and is afraid of so much. She works hard and suffers in silence in order to make her new husband as happy as she can. Slowly she finds he is fair and will never hurt her regardless if he is angry or not.Chiquita has never been taught about Jesus, his love or his sacrifice. She has been taught she is unworthy. Eduardo shows her through God’s word who Jesus is and of his great love and forgiveness. When Chiquita’s life is threatened, she finds herself wishing she knew Jesus and reaches out to him.In Eduardo and Chiquita’s story you will see how even being a Christian such as Eduardo you will struggle with issues such as anger, but with God’s help and through prayer we can overcome anything. Chiquita is shown how truly worthy she is and how special God finds her.Love’s Shining Hope by JoAnn A. GroteJoAnn Grote is one of my favorite authors and her style of writing just draws me in.In Love’s Shining Hope she introduces us to Jason Sterling, a young man with hopes of marrying his childhood love Miranda and becoming an architect. With the unexpected deaths of his parents, Jason must place his dreams on hold to run the family farm and raise his siblings. He never expected Miranda to turn his marriage proposal down because of his responsibilities.Pearl Wells has loved Jason Sterling even though he always loved her friend Miranda. When she overhears Miranda callously throwing Jason’s love aside she is shocked. Pear decides to help Jason and his family even though the outcome could damage her reputation.Pearl continues to believe Jason loves Miranda. Jason slowly realizes he loves Pearl but thinks she loves his brother Frank. Miranda becomes jealous and wants Jason back. A twisted love story that only God can turn around through faith and trust.Kiowa Husband by DiAnn MillsThe saying saving the best for last applies to this story as it was my favorite of the group.A young girl, Sarah Jane, is traveling with her parents to Oregon with dreams shared as a family. She never thought they would succumb to Typhoid Fever. When the only one in the wagon train willing to help her is Painted Hands, a white man raised by Indians, she is told by the committeemen that she must marry him for them to stay behind together.Painted Hands has no use for the committeemen, especially the hypocritical clergyman. He turned away from God long ago and favors the Kiowa gods. With personal plans of his own in Oregon and no wish for a wife, Painted Hands tells Sarah Jane he will divorce her once they get to Oregon. He turns a cold shoulder to Sarah Jane in order to shut her out, but Sarah Jane isn’t so easily dissuaded.As the pair faces one obstacle after another, God works on Painted Hands through several miracles. Will Painted Hands give up the Kiowa gods in favor of the Almighty? Will Sarah Jane and Painted Hands find that God meant for them to be together regardless of their plans?Every one of these stories shows the human nature and how hard it can be to turn our lives over to God in faith and trust. I once read a line in RoseMarie Naramore’s book, Abound In Love, in which the character discusses God being in control but she was going to ride shotgun. That line stuck with me and I believe it is a good representation of how we should place our lives in God’s hands.Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.Proverbs 3: 5 NIVI received this book in exchange for my honest review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Such an Agreeable Book By Rebecca G. Guinn Five "novellas" in one cover telling stories about arranged marriages or marriages of convenience. Thing is, I don't think these were novellas, I think they were full length novels. I finished this last night, and I must say that it was a long haul to read this whole thing. One of the stories I'd read before--A Bride's Sweet Surprise in Sauers, Indiana.The novellas were all pretty good stories, but I think my favorite was Love's Shining Hope by JoAnn A Grote. Pearl has decided to help her friend Jase with his responsibilities since his parents were killed in an accident. He has two younger brothers and two younger sisters to care for, a farm, the house; and he's in over his head. Pearl comes to teach the older girl about keeping a home and cooking while Jase and the boys take care of the outdoor chores. When Pearl's parents come home from a trip, they tell her she is endangering her reputation by being at Jase's house unchaperoned. After two weeks with no Pearl, Jase asks her to marry him, in name only. She agrees and he gives her forty-eight hours to get ready for the wedding. Pearl has loved Jase since they were children, but it takes a while for Jase to realize that he does love Pearl and wants her for his wife in all ways.The olio has a wide variety of stories to please the reader: all of the authors are quite competent in their craft and they have done well with the stories in this anthology, the characters have depth, the settings are well-suited for the plots, and the plots move at a steady pace that keeps the reader involved.This is a five star, two thumbs up book, and a cooking lesson for an adolescent girl.Elaine Bonner--Thanks to a Lonely HeartRamona Cecil--A Bride's Sweet Surprise in Sauers, IndianaNancy J Farrier--Sonoran SecretJoAnn A Grote--Love's Shining HopeDiAnn Mills--Kiowa HusbandMy thanks to Barbour Books for allowing me to read and review this book.
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