Heirloom Brides: Four Romantic Novellas Linked by Family and Love

by Gina Fields, Colleen Coble, Kristin Billerbeck, et al.

Book Overview

In 1858, orphaned, Charity Davis must join Ethan Cole's wagon so she can can continue along the Oregon Trail. Can a lady and a rough carpenter be equally yoked? Happily enough, she becomes his Button... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577489748
• ISBN13: 9781577489740
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A sweet read that maked you laugh and say awww

This is a series of stories about an antique wedding dress and chest. It also is about family and love. The book begins with Charity Davis, a recently orphaned lady on the Oregon Trail. Circumnstances have her joining wagons with Ethan Cole and his two kids who are motherless. ( Not to mention Ethan is wifeless due to her tragic death)Faith in God leads her to getting the thouandth button on her button string, given to her by her soon to be husband. Faith Cole thinks she has no hope of wearing her mothers wedding dress because one of her legs is longer than the other. The only men who want her are ones who only want money. A trip to her great grandma's is to take her mind off reality but when she meets Daniel it only makes her think more of it. Daniel doesn't seem to notice, but does he want something other than Faith? The Bayside Bride ( my favorite) has Josephine Mayer running from her step-mother who has stolen the family's wedding dress. Mairain should have worn it at her wedding but was denied it. Jo is in California trying to get enough money for her sister Claire to escape too and come live with her, her sister, her nephew, and her brother-in-law. But jobs are hard to find during the late 1920's. That is untill the man from upstairs, who is living with his sister and her husband, manages to get Jo a job. Glen, the up stairs neighbor, is great with Jo's nephew, Davy, kind, good looking, fatihfull in God, and smugling alchol during Prohibition? And worse, the job he got Jo has her working at a speak easy. Is Glen all he seems to be? And why is he so nice to Winthrop who came in drunk? Carly Simmons is a modern day lady, working for social services at the hospital. She is 30 years old and doesn't have any idea if she'll ever use the antique wedding chest. That is untill she meets Mitch who was on his way to the top of archetectual engineering when his gambling problem gets in the way. When Carly meets him he has been hit by a truck, and is penniless. Carly trys to help him get back on his feet, and back with God, but will his pride allow Carly to help. Will his heart allow Carly in? ( This one is my least favorite) This book is really good. I enjoyed it a lot. Button String Bride was intersting (and very predictable). Wedding Quilt Bride had you hoping and reading faster in the life of a slightly unperfect lady. Bayside Bride was wonderful. And The persistant Bride was good. I hope I've been helpfull.

Lovely! Wish there were more like this!

I greatly enjoy historical Christian/inspirational romances and I found these very pleasant & easy to read! Each are connected by family, faith & a wedding chest full of heirlooms. It all starts in 1858 along the Oregon Trail in The Button String Bride. The Wedding Quilt Bride (my favorite) is set in Victorian Pennsylvania. The Bayside Bride (my second favorite) is set in post-war, pre-depression era California. And The Persistent Bride has a more modern setting. If you enjoy faith-based historical romance, then you will like this!