May I just say how much the names of these short stories annoyed me? I like one rhyming title but not that many! Thankfully, the stories were still wonderful - my favourite being The Wedding Wagon. I loved how the marriages slowly became romantic, I’ve always been a sucker for the mail order bride stories!

These collections are sometimes hit and miss for me. It is sometimes hard to make it through 9 different stories when they are all novellas and the characters aren't well developed due to time. I actually really enjoyed these stories. Perhaps the idea of romance flourishing after the arrange marriage is just interesting to me. I like to think all marriage is like that. We may marry for love but we have to work on our marriages once that twitter of first romance changes into the rhythm of everyday life and the foibles of our partner unfold. I loved the use of spirituality and the reliance on God played in part in most of these stories. I think that unifying aspect of marriage is what makes it work. Anyway, I enjoyed the stories and thought that they each had a different perspective yet at the same time the focus was on working it out. I liked that several of the stories were linked. The four Craig sisters each got their own story but the continuation of the story gave them a feel of unity. I am happy to have had the chance to read these and thank Netgalley and the publisher the chance to read and review this collection.