Thanks for providing a review copy. I was unable to get into the book and wont be returning to it, so no official review posted at this time.

I enjoyed this collection of Medieval Christian romance stories very much. It is refreshing to find stories that are clean and have a focus on God.

Take a step back in time....way back in time....with these six romantic novellas. The five authors: Tracie Peterson (she writes two of the novellas which are linked together as Alas, My Love is a sequel to A Kingdom Divided), Dianne Christner (Where Angels Camp), Pamela Griffin (A Legend of Mercy), Yvonne Lehman (The Stranger's Kiss), and Jill Stengl (A Child of Promise). While this collection promises novellas set in the Middle Ages, Tracie Peterson's two novellas and Pamela Griffin's are the only two in the collection which are actually set in the Middle Ages. Each of the novellas has been published previously so some readers may recognize them or find them vaguely familiar.
These novellas are a quick read and one can read them separately and stop and come back to them later or read the entire collection in one setting. They are strictly romance and I actually prefer romances that include mystery or suspense. I do like novellas because I enjoy finishing the stories quickly at times...they are very relaxing and nice stress relievers. Faith and hope are woven into each story, making them very uplifting to read.
I am giving this collection a rating of 4 stars and recommend it to readers of romance and Christian fiction.
I received an ebook of this novella collection from netgalley and Barbour Publishing in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

6 historical novellas from medieval Europe.

I think I am not the best reviewer for this novella collection - simply because I am European. I have always thought that one can write best about the circumstances known to him (with several exceptions, of course). Sure, the historical circumstances are unknown to us living in the present times, but still - if I write a book about Wild West times, it would be probably not of good quality, simply because I don´t have any experience of the mentality, customs and way of living then and there. And as someone who walks daily around the churches and noble houses on my way to work (not to speak about studying the history of Europe much more compared to the other continents), I might have better intuitive understand of how medieval European life could be than the non-European authors.
So when reading this book, I have cringed many times because of being not able to connect with the plots of the novellas. If the genre was fantasy, I might connect better - but I don´t feel medieval Europe here.

I also don´t appreciate the (gentle) jabs against the Catholicism in the collection.

As for the stories themselves (apart from the historical setting) - I liked "A Legend of Mercy" by and Pamela Griffin and "A Child of Promise" by Jill Stengl the best (but unfortunately, I can´t honestly said that I liked them thoroughly, as I generally find it hard to connect with the characters in this collection).