Sun River Brides: Mail Order Bride Box Set, Books 1-9

By: Karla Gracey

Narrated by: Alan Taylor

Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Immerse yourself in nine mail order bride stories in the Sun River Brides series.

Come along for the ride to meet feisty Boston city girls who know what they want, and rugged Montana men who just need to be loved. It's 1900, and things are changing fast in sleepy Sun River. As the town begins to expand, its inhabitants are getting restless, looking for love and adventure.

©2016 Karla Gracey Books (P)2016 Karla Gracey Books

A Great Book Collection

I love this collection. Its so romantic and heartwarming and intriguing. The only complaint is that the stories weren't longer. You come to love each character and want to keep up with them. Also the readers voice is excellent. He changed his pitch and tone slightly with the characters without it interfering with the story. Great job.

Short stories.

I enjoyed all 9 of these short love stories. each a little different but all end with love & marriage. Thank you so much.

Great Short Stories

I absolutely love these fairy tales, short stories! They are great, can't wait for the stories. Sincerely, Amparo Esparza

Sweet historical romances

I thought the narrator did an excellent job! His voice was perfect for the many different characters!

The stories were each so unique despite the fact that all the grooms were from Sun River and all the brides were from Boston.

Some of the ladies were friends previously and some of the men were brothers and cousins, but each story was truly unique. A circus performer, a politician, a recovered drunk, a baker, a maid, etc! My biggest concern was that each story seemed to repeat the love at first sight theme. I wish at least a few would have had deeper feelings developed over a longer period!
I will definitely be reading and listening to more books by Karla!

SUN RIVER BRIDES SET

I really l liked the stories. Have listened to them twice while I am going to sleep.

9 Sweet Stories - 1 Classic Collection

1.Carlton: A great kick off to a new series. I absolutely love this book. I hope that the rest of the collection is as good.


2. Mackenzie Annie dreams of a life on her own since her good friend Myra answered a mail-order advertisement and went west to Montana. Annie would never do anything that daring, but after seeing a unique ad and feelings unappreciated by her "new money" employer, she accepts Mackenzie's one-way ticket to Sun River.

This book touches on a woman forced to do something she doesn't want to. It may make some listeners uncomfortable.

3. Ethan – This is the longest of the installments. Maggie has seen the success of the mail-order bride advertisements for the young men in the pages of the newspaper. Why not see if she can have that success?

Through their correspondence each comes to realize that the other reminds them of a partner they had in their youth. Could it be true? If it is, will they be able to get past the old hurts and slights?

4. Tom: Before her father can marry her off to an old man, Katherine sends a Hail Mary to a mail order bride ad. Tom receives the reply for his advertisement and senses her distress. Will the be able to solve one another's problems?

5. Matthew – Emily is injured in her family's dangerous circus act. With her overbearing parents. She finds solace in her brief pen-pal style correspondence with Tom. Will it develop into or will the injury proved to be more for Tom and his young son to be able to accept.


6. Daniel: Alice hopes to follow in her sister, Maggie's footsteps as she was successful in finding a groom through a mail order bride advertisement. Daniel has everything a man could want… Except those areas needing a feminine touch – cooking, babies, etc. will this unlikely duo hit it off or will there differences be too much to establish a relationship?

7. William: Madeleine is scandalized through no fault of her own. However, the vultures don't care. Dr. William Havering is an ambitious physician who needs help. Will she escapes society and how in the world can she adjust to life in Montana? Those huge questions loom when Dr. Will's answers Maddie's advertisement?

8.Orphan Fredrica has suffered at the hand of her aunt. Fredrica decides to take fate into her own hands and places an ad on her own… Who could have known the huge impact that this tiny ad will have on her life, Aaron and two others in an unexpected way?

9. Gideon: Alberta is the daughter of a driven politician. She is the last of her friends to marry and have children. Gideon MacAlpine is as driven as Alberta's father, aspiring to become the governor of Montana. He doesn't want a wife, but one is required for such a lofty goal. How in the world will these two find a happily ever after?

These are wonderful, sweet, innocent romances [with the exception of one or two which hint that more heavy material.] I listen to them back to back and I would not recommend that as it would offer more surprise and enjoyment if you listen to them one at a time – between other books or projects. That will keep them fresh, in my opinion.

Alan Taylor is an above average performer. I really enjoyed his narration, especially the "voices" of male characters.


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wonderful

This was a wonderful collection. Each story was so heartwarming and enjoyable the characters were amazing and easy to like. The narrator done an amazing job with this collection I usually prefer male and female narrators to cover the different gender of the characters but in this collection he really brought life to both the male and female characters I would recommend this collection as well as following the work of this narrator.

Too Little

These are great stories but, they are too short. I loved the story lines but, theirs not enough of it.

Great short reads

This audible box set ended way too soon. I enjoyed each and every one of these 9 short clean romance stories. They were quick and to the point, an easy listen during a days worth of driving our housework. A few surprises here and there. Would recommend adding this to your collection.

Surprised

I was surprised at how in-depth such short stories could be. I loved them!