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  • Mail Order Brides: Jessie's Bride

  • A Historical Western Romance Novelette Series, Book 1
  • By: Susette Williams
  • Narrated by: Jeff Harms
  • Length: 1 hr
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (40 ratings)

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Mail Order Brides: Jessie's Bride

By: Susette Williams
Narrated by: Jeff Harms
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Publisher's summary

Jessie Kincaid doesn't plan to follow in his three older brothers' footsteps, which seems to include being bachelors. There might be twice as many men as women in their town, but there are still other ways to go about finding, or competing, for a wife.

Jessie begins writing Sarah Engle in hopes that she will become his mail order bride. Even though there are miles between them, he feels connected to her. He sends her money, along with a stage coach ticket, to come see him so that they can be married.

Not everyone is happy with their decision to wed. When the preacher said, till death do you part, did he mean literally? Or can a mail order bride and her groom truly have a happily ever after ending?

Mail Order Brides series:

  • Jessie's Bride
  • Montana's Bride
  • Caleb's Bride
  • Marshall's Bride
  • Husband of the Bride

©2014 Susette Williams (P)2015 Susette Williams

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Entertaining!

Jessie's Bride was easy listening to and kept my interest. I didn't want to stop until I finished the book! I would recommend it to anyone that likes romantic books! Can't wait to read your other books,

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Short but very enjoyable!

I was given this novelette in exchange for an honest review. This was only about an hour long, but that hour was more than enough time to get to know the main characters, Jessie and Sarah. Jessie sent off for Sarah to be his mail order bride. Sarah immediately headed his way, even though there was bound to be trouble from her father. Their sudden marriage also sparks comments from Jessie's family. Sarah and Jessie bond right away, but is it enough to withstand all the negatives from their families?
I found this novelette to be very enjoyable! The narration was very suitable for the story and easy to listen to.

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Compact romance

Narration - Jeff Harms - pretty good. He really has a lovely voice!

This is a cute little book - it's a short story that contains all the elements of a full length romance novel in compact (very quick) form. Young couple, forbidden love, get together, big misunderstanding, angsty near break-up, danger-danger, near death experience, bad guy gets his! Hea!

The author has designed these to be quick stories you can read in a single sitting while waiting on your kids, at the doctors, etc...to quickly get the full novel experience. I would actually be interested in continuing this series.

I received a copy of this audiobook free of charge from audiobookblast in exchange for an unbiased review.

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Jessie's Bride was a Really Good Mail Order Short

JESSIE'S BRIDE was a great Mail Order Brides story. It was probably the best one I've listened to although I like them all. These are clean romance novelettes. This one had a good twist toward the end. I didn't like Sarah's pa and was hoping he'd change but nope. SUSETTE WILLIAMS did a great job writing this short story and I hope to listen to MONTANA'S BRIDE as well. I liked the excerpt at the end.

JEFF HARMS is a new narrator for me and I loved his voice. He did a super job reading this story and had great voice inflections. I really enjoyed his performance and hope to hear more from him in the future. Great work from both.

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."

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Jessie's Bride

What a wonderful short story! I can't wait to listen to all the different books in this series and anything else done by the author and narrator! I would recommend this to everyone.

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Good Book!

I don’t usually read many books from this genre, but I really enjoyed this one. The narration brought the story to life and held my interest throughout. The story was well thought out, complete and will keep you listening. I will be watching for this author in the future.

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A little nugget

Susette Williams achieves what she set out to do, which is to provide a sweet short story. This is a little nugget of a story, which still manages to provide all the historical Western romance fixings. It is perfect for someone who likes the genre but doesn't have much time to dedicate to a longer story.

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Wonderful, sweet romance

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This book is exactly what Susette Williams says it is. The perfect length to enjoy when on the run. I walk everyday, and this book was the perfect escape for my hour walk. Jessie Kincaid is the youngest of four boys, but the first to get married. He sends for Sarah, a 17 year old mail order bride. she is beautiful, sweet, is in love with Jessie, but has a horrible father. The characters in the story are very well,developed, especially for being so short. You get a real sense of family when you meet Jessie's brother, Marshall and his mother. The outcome of this story is a little surprising, but leaves you wanting to dive into book two!

Jeff Harms is a wondeful narrator. His voice is soothing and great for books like these. He makes yiu feel at home.

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Sweet story

Such a sweet story and easy read/listen.

Just goes to show that there must have been something to the 'Mail Order Bride' system because like arranged marriages, it seems to work.

Here we have two people who write letters to each other and who have never met, falling in love, meeting and getting married. After a few hiccups they live happily ever after.

I found it very interesting hearing a male voice reading a 'love story'. What a novel idea - well read - well done!

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A sweet clean historical fiction. This was very endearing !

The narration was well done.

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