Another really nice collection from Barbour Publishing. These stories varied wildly, and were only very loosely related to farming - maybe even a bit of a stretch to be included here.

I particularly enjoyed the second story, The Tie That Binds by Susan K. Downs, which revolves around adoption and the orphan train. But I found Debby Mayne’s Sunshine Harvest so over-the-top preachy that it was difficult to enjoy.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

The Farmer's Bride Collection is a collection of six stories. These stories include:
One Little Prayer by Kimberly Comeaux
The Tie That Binds by Susan K Davis
A Homesteader, a Bride, and a Baby by JoAnn A Grote
The Applesauce War by Ellen Edwards Kennedy
Sunshine Harvest by Debby Mayne
New Beginnings by DiAnn Mills
I enjoyed these sweet, clean and short stories. I was introduced to several new to me authors. I give this collection four stars.

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1. One Little Prayer ****: Tessa is a nagger, a shrew and a pusher and thinks she has a better link to God than James. So the 4 stars are because of James and Louanne, Tessa’s daughter; I thought they had a better relationship than James and Tessa. It was funny because of how the seven brothers kept interfering and the way Louanne kept coming back with fairytales. Short and sweet prayers, not aggravating.
2. The Tie That Binds *****: Beautiful story of two stubborn singles and two orphan siblings who are finally together because of a fire. Life is too short to waste it away apart from each other. One verse continuously repeated, albeit a short one and in context. Nicely done.
3. A Homesteader, a Bride, and a Baby *****: Hopeful romance about two strangers coming together to save a baby’s inheritance. Not too much drama about the grief they both felt. Not enough details about Chase’s farm (what does he grow, what happened to it, etc.).
4. The Applesauce War ***: Didn’t really see the romance between Pete and Verity, just friendship and a common goal. Typical case of joke turned bad between neighbors. Very short story and at least a dozen verses/prayers written down – waste of page count. The one who shouldn’t want to have help should be Gerard not Jacob. Verity cries for any reason; it gets old.
5. Sunshine Harvest **: The plan of salvation is explained in details many, many times. There are also large verses from the Bible. There are lots of drama, crying and problems. There isn’t enough time building the romance and love between Daniel & Anna so I didn’t see the proposal coming. I was left with unanswered questions such as what happened with the supplies, wagon and horse after the father died. I didn’t understand the anger when someone brought food and/or help; we all do that after a funeral.
6. New Beginnings *: Too many verses, prayers and sermons for such a short story. The whole wedding ceremony was there too. Betsy cries all the time and Nicholas is angry, not that I blame him. Most of the time I was like “Really?”, then at the end I thought “Yea, right.”.

A beautiful collection of Christian short stories of romance, love and farmers! The collection is five different stories from five different authors. I especially liked the story written by DiAnn Mills, entitled “New Beginnings”, but all of the stories are sweet and full of emotion and of course, a testament to God’s love for us. Highly recommended.

The Farmer's Bride Collection by DiAnn Mills will be available July 1, 2018 from Barbour Books. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this collection of romance stories. Each selection is well written with believable characters and great settings. I recommend to fans of romance.

I had previously read most of these stories, so they are not new. However, if they are new-t0-you, I certainly recommend this collection. Great stories of sweet, romance.

The Farmer's Bride Collection features novellas by several different authors. Each novella is a fun, quick read full of romance and family and fun. Settings vary across the country, but all are rural. Very clean-cut with Christian theme through-out each novella. Great collection and fun to read different authors.

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Not being particularly fond of short stories, I was pleasantly surprised with The Farmer's Bride Selection. There are six well told romance stories, each of them with a bit of a twist and with good Christian input. We are reminded throughout that God is definitely the One who makes the difference in relationships.

I adored this collection, the interfering innocence of the children made me smile. I loved the farming aspect, it was very much the perfect setting for a romance.