I've read many of Ms. Knight's books and I've enjoyed each one. This book is the fifth of the McKinnie Mail Order Brides series. I haven't read any of the other books in this series, but I had no trouble reading it as a standalone. Ms. Knight does a beautiful job of creating the scenes and atmosphere that you get completely immersed in the story and can easily imagine every detail. The characters were well-developed and easy to fall in love with. This is definitely a well-written and compelling story. I was entirely captivated and enjoyed every part of it. This is a lovely story and am happy to recommend!

I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

I enjoyed this mail order bride story. The two main characters were Francine McKinnie and Walter Hunt. And also the rest of the characters too.

Francine McKinnie is very concerned for her sister well being. Her sister has   become a mail order bride and is in need of traveling along way. But with her sister health she is very concerned and decides to take her place as the bride. When she get there she is quite surprised by the groom. He is the opposite of what she wants in a husband.

Walter Hunt is in need of a bride. He decides to order one. He want to strike out on his own and not follow his family with their business.

This was quite different than most mail order bride stories that I have read it was heartwarming and  emotional.

I received complimentary copy via Netgalley. This is my honest unbiased opinion.

Thanks to Ciara Knight and Netgalley for an Advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I don't know how I missed this series but I am now going to go and read all the rest. I love Mail Order Bride stories but some of them don't hit the mark. This one was entertaining and surprising. Francine is determined to make a go of it when she reaches Washington from the South and starts her new life away from her sisters. Even though she is filled with trepidation at the thought of meeting her betrothed, she is sure that life will be better than it was before. When she meets her attractive intended, Wade, she finds herself in the middle of a family feud over women and honour and quickly decides that, while marriage may no longer be an option for her, she may have found a home after all.

I liked this book with only one exception: the storyline felt like there should be more descriptions and pizzazz. It felt short for me. It felt like I am reading a YA book.

To be honest I requested this from NetGalley because of some fellow reviewers and I loved the cover. This is part of a series about sisters getting married, but although I hadn't read any of the previous books I had no problem following this story.

Francine McKinnie has survived the burning of her city and most of her family's home in the Civil War, then a six month journey to Seattle as a mail-order bride to be married upon her arrival. She knows the name of the man she has a contract with, and hopes that he'll be a kind and gentle man, unlike the Union soldiers who destroyed her home, but that's definitely not the impression Walter Hunt makes when he finally arrives to claim her.

Walter Hunt has his own stories and scars from the war and now prefers the solitude of hunting to people, but according to the land act he needs to be married in order to get more land. Thanks to his duplicitous twin brother, his mail-order bride's first view of him isn't a good one. How can he get Francine to give him a chance to show her what he's really like?

This mail-order bride storyline was one I hadn't come across before. Walter and his twin Thomas have issues that run deep. So deep, I didn't think they'd get resolved in the length of this book. I liked that Francine doesn't want handouts, and stands up to these feuding brothers, especially when she doesn't take everything the scheming Thomas says at face value. I liked the moments she's alone with Walter and can see what kind of man he truly is. I especially liked when they went hunting and then sold the animal skins--the bartering between them of how much of the profit each would get was cute. There were a few twists in the story I didn't see coming which definitely showed the true characters of each of the brothers.

Whenever I read stories like these I know I was born at the right time for me. I know I wouldn't have done well in towns that were just getting settled. I would've gotten on the next boat to where I'd come from. This is a new author to me and I'll probably read more books by her.

I received a copy from the publisher, Author Collective 20, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions in this review are my own.

Francine McKinnie spent six months on a ship to get where she was going. She was a Mail Order Bride. She had come to marry after the war where she lost most of her family. All that was left is her sister and they traded husbands because her lungs could not take a sea voyage.
Walter Hunt was in the Union Army as was his twin, Thomas. Thomas manipulated Walter and most people so he could get what he wanted. When Francine got to Seattle as she was stepping out the door, there was a fight. She had hoped to get a kind man but when one turned out to be her betrothed she wanted nothing to do with him. There are a few surprises in the making. It is a clean story, with all kinds of emotions and love. I enjoyed the tale and I liked the characters and the situations they got themselves into. It was romantic, and with hard-working people.
I received this ARC from Net Galley and voluntarily reviewed it.

I wasn't a fan of the way this book was written. It felt a bit clunky and immature to me. It was very distracting. I was never able to connect with the characters or really lose myself in the story. I did think the concept was interesting.

Some historical books hit and some miss. This was a miss for me, i didn't like it. The story was wierd and i could'nt hang on, i felt it rushed too much and that ment that i did not get to connect or see character development.

I saw this beautiful cover and was intrigued. I read the blurb and was even more intrigued. But for some reason, I completely missed that this was book 5 in a series. I guess we can blame it on my tired brain not picking up on those details at the time. But never fear, I enjoyed it and didn't feel the least bit lost. So there's a plus right there!

The book opens with Francine arriving on a ship in Seattle to meet her contracted husband. She and her sisters were left destitute after the Civil War and each sign up to be a mail order bride. Each book in the series shows a different sisters' story. Francine has seen a lot in her lifetime after living through the war. She is determined to marry a kind and gentle man. Yet her first impression of Walter Hunt is anything but that.

Walter and his brothers, Thomas and Adam have some history. They have left the south and ventured to Seattle are to start their own business. Yet they still have struggles between each other and those struggles flair up when Francine arrives on the scene. Walter will have to figure out how to court her if he is to prove to her that he is the better brother and the man who will care for her.

I really enjoyed the setting of this book. Having lived in a big logging community before it was fun to be reading about the Hunt brothers' logging business and ventures. The characters were well written. Especially with all of their hurt and back story. There are some sweet and tender moments shared by them and on the flip side, there are some hard and hurtful moments shared by them.

I loved watching Walter watching Francine and discovering what she enjoyed and desired. How he worked hard to show her that he supported her. She had to decide what she truly wanted. And let me tell you, that wasn't an easy thing because of all the pressure she was getting to pick and do certain things from other characters in the book.

The sweet love story had me cheering for the couple. And I'll admit there were moments that I wanted to reach through my book and tell these characters what was what and that they better shape up or they were going to get their comeuppances. And on the flip side, I sighed and giggled and smiled and felt sorrow for some of their sorrows.

Content: Clean. Some fighting and some very mild innuendo. Nothing more than a few kisses.

I received a copy from the publisher, Author Collective 20, via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions in the review are my own.

Happy Reading!!!

This was a beautiful story about honesty and forgiveness. It is a story about a woman, Francine, who takes her sister's place as a mail order bride because she is worried about her sister's health and ability to make the long journey to Washington territory. She is betrothed to Walter Hunt. When she arrives, she finds Walter Hunt in a brawl. His twin brother, Thomas, does everything he can to convince Francine that Walter is not good for her. That he can't love.

Walter was Thomas' Union commander in the Civil War and Thomas resents Walter and continues to believe that Walter considers Thomas a coward but Thomas doesn't know or want to believe the true story about Walter. Thomas returned home and married the girl that Walter had been betrothed to. There is such animosity between these two brothers. Adam, is the level-headed younger brother that tries to be a peacemaker. At times, I wanted to throttle Thomas because of his hatred of Walter and determination to destroy him.

There is a happy ending and a beautifully told story of love and redemption. The story is clean with no foul language or graphic sex scenes.

I was given an arc copy of this book and I willingly offer my honest review.

The brothers had to learn to love each other again but one was so set in his ways he made life difficult and almost impossible for the other. Poor Francine was in a tug of war with the two brothers and she had reached her limit, it was time to take the bull by its horns, so to speak. An enchanting and exquisite story where true love would determine the course.

Love on the Sound is a well written mail order bride romance. Historical fiction is not my favorite but I must say that I enjoyed this book. My thanks to the publisher for my advance ebook. This is my unbiased review.

Sisterly love is a strong thing, a bond not meant to be broken. In this continuation of the McKinnie Mail Order Brides this is book 5.
We find a sister taking her sister's place in a mail order bride proposal because she thinks it;s the thing to do to protect her.
She is not expecting what she is greeted with, a bear of a man, quarrelsome and late to pick her up to boot!
Fast paced read with some unexpected twists.

Pub Date 05 Nov 2019
I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you.
All opinions expressed are my own.

Sweet mail order romance. Francine arrives to marry Walter Hunt; however, she has to determine what his true character by deciphering the lies that his twin brother, James, tells at every turn. This was a quick read, with a sweet story of self-discovery and standing up for what you truly wish for your own life.

Southern Belle, Francine McKinnie, faces a difficult life as a logging man’s wife after sacrificing her mail-order proposal to a cattle baron for her sister's sake.
Walter proposes a business arrangement to Ms. McKinnie, his protection for her help in acquiring investors for his proposed logging mill. Their marriage would be a ruse, but a beneficial one for them both.
Little did Walter know but his attraction to his mail order bride may turn into so much more.
This book contains a lot of sibling rivalry and jealousy. I do not usually care for books with a mail order bride scenario but this one surprised me with it's intensity.
I finished it in one evening. This is my first time reading a book by this author.
I gave this book 4.5 of 5.0 stars for story line and characterization. I liked both the H & h and some of the secondary characters but I disliked Walter's twin brother at introduction.
I received a complimentary ARC of this book to read. This in no way affected my opinion of this book which i read and reviewed voluntarily.

Can you imagine traveling to a strange place and marrying a man you never met? Well Francine McKinnie only hoped for a calm, good man after enduring the war in the south. She lost most of her family except her sister who she had traded places with on their husband choice. She traveled on a ship to get to her bethrothed Walter Hunt, but finds him in a brawl, filthy and definately not soft spoken or calm. But his twin brother Thomas comes in to save the day. Well, like the underhanded brother he is it seems!
Walter has had a really hard time, once he followed his brothers and set up to own land and do logging. His twin stole the previous woman he was to marry and was trying to take charge.
This is a journey to two people, both having scars from the past who each want a future, but it will be a journey to get there and what a journey it will be!
I really enjoyed this story and look forward to the next in this series.

I definitely enjoyed this novel and was happy with how the story ended. Though I wish I was able to see or read about every one's happily ever after. Maybe there's a book 2? I'll certainly be on the lookout. The novel is not your ordinary romance and this has the most peculiar courtship!

Love on the Sound by Ciara Knight is a mail order bride romance. This is book 5 in the series.

Francine takes her sister's place to travel from the east to Seattle as a mail order bride. She was trying to protect her sister. When she arrives after her long journey she is met by a man who looks like a bear, has a terrible temper, and he was late picking her up. She refuses to marry Walter but agrees to work for him and his brothers as a cook and housekeeper. Walter and Thomas are twins but do not get along. Youngest brother Adam tries to be the peacemaker. Francine becomes something new to fight about even though Thomas is already married.

I enjoyed the story and look forward to reading the earlier books. Francine is a very strong and independent woman in a time when women were usually pampered and taken care of by men. Walter is a bit of a loner who is haunted by his past.

Thank you to Netgalley and Author Collective 20 for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Historical Fiction, Romance
Release Date: November 5, 2019

A mail bride, can you imagine that! As much as it sounds funny to me it was pretty good. Especially in such an era. I had no idea this was a series, but it worked well for me though as it stood alone. Easy to read and fast paced. Love the strong female character of Francine, Not a lot of romance as I would have loved to read about, but still it was cute. I still wanted more from Walter and Francine relationship. Thanks to Author collective 20 and Netgalley for the ARC