The Regency Brides Collection

The Regency Bride collection was sweet and enjoyable, and a great read curled up on the couch. I enjoyed all of the different novellas, and I devoured them in less than a day. The plot lines were well written and allowed me to fully appreciate the main characters and their individual dilemmas even with the shorter length of a novella. I enjoyed the variety of settings (even within the same areas of England) and story lines, but I thought the novellas still complemented one another as a collection. The authors also did a great job incorporating meaningful themes and topics that I could relate to and learn from. Overall, I would highly recommend this novella collection to anyone looking for a charming, yet inspiring read.

'The Regency Brides Collection' was an inspiring group of stories that carried me to England in the early eighteen hundreds. I felt some were excellent while others were merely good, but all combined to make a very pleasant and hope-filled reading experience. For fans of the traditional Regency genre I can happily recommend this anthology.

Fans of Jane Austen, Poldark and anything British will want to read this lovely new collection of stories, all set in England from 1807 to 1819, during the Regency period.
The stories all have a charm of their own, some with action and risk, others more gentile and tender, but all quite good. An interesting cast of characters in each of these stories, representing nearly every level of society: musicians, wounded soldiers, highwaymen to noblemen, widows to young debutantes, a vicar's daughter and governess, to gentry. All of them had some inspirational aspect, with themes of faith, grace, redemption and forgiveness, trusting in God and looking to Him for guidance. A few marriage of conveniences for noble purposes, to some second chances at love, all with a tender, clean romance, and some with definite swoonworthy moments.
"I love you, more than life and air." Sigh.
If I must pick a favorite, it would be Michelle Griep's story set in Cornwall. Move over Poldark! Have to admit that all of the wounded gentlemen returning from war earned a soft spot in my heart, especially the ones in MaryLu Tyndall's and Erica Vetsch's stories.

Recommend for readers who enjoy clean historical romances with faith. Enjoyable reading for any
time of the year.

While I am not a huge fan of novellas I did find this particular book to be a very enjoyable read. Each story was well written and had a good story line. I felt the stories were well developed for novellas and thus they kept my attention. This book was what I would consider an easy read and was perfect for when you had a bit of time to read. Overall, a book packed with sweet little stories!

The Regency Brides Collection is another example of why I believe Barbour Books is the premier publisher of Christian fiction collections. The authors they have grouped together in this collection provide readers with an all star cast of enjoyable English Regency stories about brides finding love regardless of society's expectations. All the stories were good , but three standouts were Amanda Barratt's First Comes Marriage, Michelle Griep's The Gentleman Smuggler's Lady and MaryLu Tyndall's The Highwayman's Bargain. MaryLu's story had a particularly memorable quote, "Following after the things of this world is like living in a mud hut when God has a castle prepared for you." I loved that!

I'm looking forward to Barbour Books future collections, they provide such wonderful Christian historical fiction. I appreciate a copy of The Regency Brides Collection being made available for review.

If you’re a fan of Regency stories, this novella collection is sure to have something you’ll enjoy. Seven stories with characters who are members of the aristocracy, citizens of a small English town, a relative demoted to a servant, and even a highwayman and smuggler. From quickly and forcibly arranged marriages to love at first sight, the authors of Barbour Publishing bring the life and times of Regency England through on the pages.
These Barbour collections are some of my favorites because the novellas are short enough to read in one sitting and I’m often introduced to new-to-me authors. There’s just no way to go wrong with these books.

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Collections of novellas like this remind me of a box of chocolates: They are small, sweet, and you get to sample new flavors (authors)!
I jumped at the chance to review a ARC of this book through Netgalley, because it contained stories from two of my favorite authors (Marylu Tyndall and Michelle Griep). While the stories from those two authors were my favorite, because they involved the most action, I did find a couple authors that I had not read before that I enjoyed.

Anybody who likes religious books and Jane Austen-esque novels - you are in luck because this collection is for you! I adore Barbour's bride collections, they are my favourite books to review, but it's lovely to have some stories set in my native country! The stories never fail to make me smile and warm my heart, my favourite was definitely MaryLu's if I had to pick. I'm a sucker for a soldier!

This set of stories was amazing to read. I cried a little, smiled a little and enjoyed the tales. It is funny how mean people can be to each other. Sometimes it is hard to believe God is there. You just have to have faith. If it is meant to be , it will. The characters were amazing, kind, and deserving of love, to see their dreams come true. I loved when one of the characters was walking along a beach and her fella proposed. A very touching set of stories for all ages.

With a star-studded group of talented authors, and a central theme of love during the regency period, you can’t go wrong!

If you enjoy reading sweet love stories set during the Recency period then you will not want to miss out on picking up this wonderful book. Two of the authors in this collection were new to me, and I can honestly say that I enjoyed their stories as much as the stories written by my favorites.

Each story has it’s own dynamic cast of characters, with their own set of challenges, and a tender love story. Several of the stories I wished had been longer. But of course, there are limits to how long a story can be when it’s in a novella collection.

I would recommend this collection of stories to anyone who enjoys reading stories set during the Regency period. I give this collection 4.5 stars.

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The Regency Brides Collection is, in my opinion, Barbour Publishings best collection to date. I enjoyed every story and fully intend to read this collection again. I’ve never really been a fan of English Regency stories, but this collection has changed my mind.

I think that it is hard to “reinvent the wheel” when it comes to fiction. These weren’t new themes, but new stories with a slightly different slant to age old themes. Each story contained enough emotional struggles and twists in life events to keep me reading to the happy ending.

This is good, clean, uplifting reading that highly recommend.

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This set was fun. And had a story for everyone!! I think my favorite stories were  First Comes Marriage by Amanda Barratt and Three Little Matchmakers by Susanne Dietze. If you love regency novels or novellas this collection is for you. I've said it before but I love the set of these types of collections, because its Novellas I can sit down read one and feel like I can stop without the I need to finish one more page or chapter feeling. I also love the mix of authors I know and finding new to me authors!
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The Regency Brides Collection is everything readers could want from a novella collection…and more. I have already read it twice and would not be surprised if I find myself reading it a third time in the future. Each story is written in such a way that you find yourself rooting for the match, however much you may or may not want to, throughout their stories. Each story is different, but has the same undercurrent and values. I appreciated that while they were similar, they were each very-much their own story. Each author also does a superb job of weaving in the related faith themes without being preachy or making the story solely about that while showing how the characters’ faith gets them through certain situations and guides their decisions. Definitely recommended.

Popular authors Amanda Barratt, Susanne Dietze, Michelle Griep, Nancy Moser, MaryLu Tyndall, Erica Vetsch, and Angela Bell have written seven Regency romance novellas that provide several hours of delightful entertainment. My favorite stories were from Susie Dietze and Michelle Griep. They have a way with mystery and I enjoy their distinct writing voices. I love a good Regency Era story and six of the seven did not disappoint. That is a win in my book!

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This collection was set in England from 1807 to 1819, during the Regency period and I do enjoy reading this era. I like when the stories are clean, romantic, inspirational and with characters you can relate with! Some second chances a few marriage of conveniences for noble purposes always makes some good reading. I enjoyed each one!
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In this delightful collection of Regency novellas, there are seven romances by my favorite authors and also some new ones that will become favorites to me.  Every story is well developed and enjoyable to read. Plus they are readable in one setting, not taking several days to read. You will find all the characters to be likable with engaging plots and  happy endings.  I always love to read about happy endings, just puts the "icing on the cake." ......
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