This is a wonderful selection of Christmas stories taken place in the old West. I love that the stories were about people from different countries that settled in the West. Sod houses, Indians, the Pony Express, and orphaned children are all pieces of history in the old West. Recommended!

A nice collection of 6 Christmas theme stories taking place in the old west. Each story written by a different author. Each a different year and location. Yet all are well written and remind us of how family and Christmas in the past played an important aspect of lives.

A good and enjoyable collection of stories.  Though I had some favorites, they were all nice Christmas season stories.
A Pony Express Christmas by Margaret Brownley
A young woman braves traveling a Pony Express route looking for her brother.  A bad time of season to travel, but she is persistent and winds up with a helper after saving someone’s life.  Enjoyable story, wraps up nicely.
A Wife in Name Only by Rosey Dow
Katie seeks a job to help her family, the only problem is the rancher will only hire married women.  Although I enjoyed all the stories in this collection, this one was my favorite.  Enough action to keep the pages turning, and likeable characters round out this one.
Lucy Ames, Sharpshooter by Darlene Franklin
Lucy Ames has dreams to travel and a gift for accurate shooting.  She joins a traveling show and adapts to life on the road away from family and making new friends.  Enjoyable story.
A Badlands Christmas by Marcia Gruver
Noela has plans, and they certainly didn’t include what turns into a permanent move.  Her family is ill equipped to deal with ranching and have a lot to learn, but thanks to a friendly neighbor and his father, they just might make it.  Really enjoyed this one, and the growth Noela goes through.
Unexpected Blessings by Vickie McDonough
This one may have been my 2nd favorite, but again all the stories are delightful.  Anna needs to deliver her 2 charges to their kin.  She doesn’t forsee the troubles that entails.  Fun characters in a very small town and precocious children.
A Grand County Christmas by Debra Ullrick
Awnya just wants to hunt some food.  Unfortunately she realizes she doesn’t know her way home and a blizzard is coming.   Amadeus comes across her and helps her to his home to wait out the blizzard.  Good characters with enough tension between to keep ones interest.

So maybe I was crazy. Or maybe I just wanted to feel colder weather even though it has been super hot and humid here in Florida. I'm not really sure the main reason why I chose to read Old West Christmas Brides  a collection of short stories by Margaret Brownley, Rosey Dow, Darlene Franklin, Marcia Gruver, Vickie McDonough, Debra Ullrick, since I don't usually enjoy short stories, but I did read it. Yes, I would have preferred longer stories with more details, but I knew when I started reading it, that the stories wouldn't be long enough for me. However, considering how short the stories were, the authors did a lovely job with the space they had.  All six stories were sweet and had happy endings.  While it was strange reading about Christmas in the middle of August, it made me excited for the coming months.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys romantic novellas. This book would probably be enjoyed the most around Christmas.

What a fun collection of Old West Christmas stories by good authors!  It would be hard for me to choose a favorite because I loved all of them.  These stories are clean, sweet, heartwarming, and entertaining.  These stories are novella length.  Each story is long enough to make each seem complete, but short enough you could easily finish each one in a couple of hours—the right length for Christmas holiday reading.  This book goes on  my holiday reading list. I’ll look forward to revisiting these stories each Christmas season.

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

Yes! So much goodness in just one volume, that’s what Old West Christmas Brides is! Loved the setting of the Old West at Christmas as the backdrop for wonderful romances from six terrific writers. Highly recommended!

Pub Date 01 Sep 2018

Thanks to Barbour Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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Fun collection of historical Christian Christmas novellas set in western US.  I enjoyed reading stories by both familiar and new (to me at least) authors.  Easy read, fun read, hard to put down!

Old West Christmas Brides is a collection of six stories set in the late 1800’s. Each bride is unique in her own way and not planning to wed. Each story is written by a different author so they can be read independently. The stories are set in different parts of the country and one happens as the bride is traveling in search of her brother. Some of the brides and grooms at first seem like opposites but as we have heard opposites attract. I loved this book as each story is completely unique and though in the same time era very different in setting and characters. Each author has made the characters come to life on the page. We see their strengths and weaknesses clearly as the struggle with love and dependence on God. Some have become dissolutioned and given up on God totally.  I could almost see the joy when they were able to see how God had been taking care of them and blessing them even when they had turned away.
I give this book 5 of 5 stars. The story lines are very intriguing and kept me immersed in the book to the end.
I received an advance copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Old West Christmas Brides is a god collection of Christmas novellas.  I enjoyed the Old West setting of the stories.  I found each of the books to be well written with th a good plot.  A few new authors for this reader.  I received an arc from the publisher via Netgalley and this is my unbiased review.

I love stories about the old American West and this book of six historical romances set in that time really was a winner! Written by six different authors, these stories were sweet and romantic and all set in the times of hard living and the settling of the American West. The stories are written with Christian values and strong characters that exemplify our stereotypes of the hardy people who lived during that time. A good collection that will give you hours of reading pleasure. 

Old West Christmas Brides by Margaret Brownley will be available September 1, 2018 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. An egalley of the book was made available by the publisher in exchange for a honest review.

After reading this book I felt so sad it was over. The stories washed over me with such a warmth of love for family and special memories.  Every story was so wonderful and for them to just keep going made me feel as if I hit the jackpot!  Some of the stories made me laugh, but each individual story gave me such a peace and made me reflect on my own special Christmases with all the smells and the memories. This book will be among my best books ever read!  Such a feel good book!

Each of the stories in the book is set in a different time and all of them are very well written. I really enjoyed reading this book. Thank you NetGalley and Barbour Publishing for the ARC copy of this book. This is my honest review.

I was surprised to see that all of the stories are old stories that have been previously published as a part of other collections. I thought this was a new collection, so I do wish it would be more obvious for loyal readers. However, having read these stories previously, I can attest that they are all great stories and if you are new to Barbour novellas, you will not be disappointed!

Old West Christmas Brides is a collection of warm and uplifting stories set around Christmas Time. I was excited to read these stories because Christmas is my favorite Holiday and I love western romance stories. If you want an uplifting Christmas read, this is full of them!

Old West Christmas Brides is a collection of six frontier stories at Christmas time. These stories include: 
A Pony Express Christmas by Margaret Brownley
A Wife in Name Only by Rosey Dow
Lucy Ames, Sharpshooter by Darlene Franklin
A Badlands Christmas by Marcia Gruver
Unexpected Blessings by Vickie McDonough
A Grand County Christmas by Debra Ullrick
Of the six stories, my favorite is Margaret Brownley's A Pony Express Christmas. 
Great collection! I give it five plus stars.

I really enjoyed this book. This collection of Christmas stories set in the west was a fun book to read in the middle of summer.

This is a very nice collection of historical short stories that are all independent of each other, all with their own happy ending. As I read this in the hot summer weather, it really made me feel like Christmas! I really enjoyed each story and plan to read them again at Christmas time.

I like to read these Christian holiday book collections.  They are sweet and easy reads.  I like Christian atmosphere of the different stories.  The stories were comforting and I liked all the variety.

A Pony Express Christmas


Ellie Mae Myers has set out to find her brother who used to be a Pony Express rider.  Her family is gone so now she has to find him.  She helps a man from hanging who ends up being an ex Ranger.  He helps Ellie Mae find what really happened but can he stop the love he is feeling for her?

A great read of some good characters it was nice to see Ellie Mae find happiness along the way on her long journey.  

A Wife in Name Only 

Katherine is looking for a job to help her mom and brother. She finds a ranch that is looking for a cook and she gets the job. Brett’s requirement is she must be married so she lies to him.  As someone is stealing food from the house things heat up and Katherine is falling for Brett but can she tell him the truth now?

Brett was great and you could feel the love and care he takes for his ranch, men and Katherine.  Great story.

Lucy Ames, Sharpshooter

Lucy has always wanted to be like Annie Oakley and she gets her chance with a Wild West Show.  She makes something of herself and preaches the work of God as well.  She falls for the son Gordon, but he is taking a teachers job can he find room for her too and will she go?

This was a fun read of the characters and how the wild west show shared the word and was true to their help.  

A Badlands Christmas 

Noela and her sister have been moved to Montana by their father little do they know it s a sod house they are moving into.  With the help of a neighbor, they get the sod house looking decent and Noela can’t help but think she is falling in love.

This story was of shock and forgiveness and help.  It was nice to see the characters come together.

Unexpected Blessings

Erik Olson is not prepared for Anna and the two orphans she has with her.  They are his brothers children but his brother died more then 10 years ago or did he?

Anna has to struggle to get Erik to understand and she has to work on the side to stay and take care of the kids until he sees reason.  She wasn’t wanting a relationship.  What will happen to her and the kids?

The kids won over the story they were cute to read about and how they changed their uncles mind.

A Grand County Christmas 

Awnya is now on her own after her father passed away. She is out looking for food and is about to shoot a dear when someone tells her no it is his pet.  

Amadeus has lost his wife a few years ago and has 2 boys, a daughter and his mom.  They all like her but Isabella, the daughter.  She doesn’t want to forget her mom.

Can these two still love each other and help Awyna and what about her home?

A great story of love and second chances.

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