Loved it!! And I love that it is a part of series with holiday brides a plenty. Totally clean romance at it's best! ( )

I always like to read a feel good, light Christmas read over the holidays. While this really didn't fit what I wanted, I did like it.

Positives: it's a clean read which I truly appreciate. Characters were well developed and story line kept my interest. Negative: Yes, it is the holiday season but that isn't dwelled upon and really could have been practically any holiday.

Plot: Summer James lives in an orphanage in New Orleans. She has two options: since turning 18, she can either become a mail order bride or be put out in the streets to fend for herself. She chooses to become a mail order bride Clayton Riley lives in Nowhere, Washington Territory (1870). His mother and brother send for a bride for Clayton without his knowledge. The first thing he does when meeting Summer is to accidentally shoot her in the foot!

I do recommend this book. ( )

Adorable

This was really sweet. Just the right amount of angst and pining and miscommunication needed for a book of this sort. I thought it was a lovely story and would probably be up for reading the next in the series. ( )

I found this to be a predictable romance. I was able to guess the plot twists long before they were revealed in the book, and I'm pretty sure I know who the mail order bride will be in the next book in the series even without seeing any blurb or preview of it.

I grew to like the Riley family and Summer James, but I did feel that the characters in the book were not very fleshed out. I also thought that if they'd just communicate with each other, they might not have had all the problems they did.

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Book Description....

Sheriff Clayton Riley asked for a pair of boots for Christmas, not a mail order bride! Unfortunately for Clayton, his brother and mother figured a bride would look better on him than a new pair of boots! After all, he'd been sulking around long enough after the death of his wife, and his family decided it was time to take matters into their own hands and see to it Clayton had a very merry Christmas!

Summer James was young, she was beautiful and, an impoverished orphan. Who would want such a woman? Obviously no one. For here she was, eighteen and now of age to set out on her own. But New Orleans was full of men with evil intent for one such as herself, and she saw no other choice but to take the only offer for survival she could find and become a mail order bride. What she didn't count on was becoming Sheriff Clayton Riley's Christmas present!

Title: The Christmas Mail Order Bride By: Kit Morgan Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Series: Holiday Mail Order Brides # 1
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean Rating: 4

Review:

"The Christmas Mail Order Bride"

What I enjoyed about this novel....

I liked this sweet romantic western holiday read. The author gives the reader a very well written story with characters that were for the most part well developed, captivating and believable. What a story this was...a brother and his mom finding a mail order bride for his a brother and her son. What will come of this? What will happen when Summer and Clayton's first meet? Now, to get that part you will have to pick up this good read to see what all happens with this heroine and hero. There will be some secondary characters that will really have you shaking your head and saying really? However, be really for some twist, humor and some suspense from this good read. ( )