While she was technically courted by Nate’s parents, she quickly realizes that she actually did fall in love with the real him. This story works well because Savannah has gumption. Too bad Nate had nothing to do with those letters, and the whole thing was orchestrated by his well-meaning, albeit meddling, parents. So she decides to become a mail-order bride, corresponding with Nate Brooks for a year, falling in love with him and his boisterous family, before agreeing to travel to his home in Montana Territory. The Civil War took everything, and after the death of her beloved grandmother, she is without any kin of her own. Savannah Knowles is a nice Southern girl with nothing left. This features the well-worn plot device of the mail-order bride that the “groom” knows nothing about, but Hart makes it fresh by writing a fabulous heroine. Couple that with my love affair for Harlequin Historical westerns, and it’s no wonder that I plowed through Western Weddings in record time. I find anthologies just the ticket for when my brain is mush, my attention span is on par with the life cycle of a fruit fly, and the mere thought of any story over 100 pages causes my blood pressure to spike. I tend to think of them as my comfort reads. Many readers don’t care for anthologies because they can be wildly uneven affairs. Historical romance anthology released by Harlequin Historical 1 May 08 Wendy the Super Librarian‘s review of Western Weddings by Jillian Hart, Kate Bridges & Charlene Sands
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