Fire & Ice by Mary Connealy

Fire & Ice by Mary Connealy is the final installment of the Wild at Heart series.
Each of the books have chronicled the Wilde sisters. This one tells the tale of Bailey Wilde, the oldest sister. She's seen her fill of horrors when serving in the Civil War and enjoys her secluded life away from men.

When Gage Coulter shows up trying to convince her to allow passage through her land to reach his canyon she doesn't want anything to do with him. Up until now she's kept her distance from folks so they won't learn her secret. She has no intention on allowing Gage to get close enough to discover it either.

You'll find the same fire and ice in these set of characters as Mary Connealy has packed into each of the other books in the series. I highly recommend it and rate it as a 4.5 out of 5 for happily-ever-after endings. You won't want to miss it.

Review - A Bride for all Seasons

Listen up all you romantics. The best mail order bride book of the year is A Bride for all Seasons.

Mail order brides is one of the most enduring premises in historical romance, and why not? Who doesn't admire a woman crazy enough to travel across country to marry a complete stranger, or a western man who plunks down good money gambling that the woman of his dreams will step off the train?

What makes this book so great is there are four novellas rolled in one book, written by four of the best authors in the historical romance genre - Margaret Brownley, Debra Clopton, Robin Lee Hatcher, and Mary Connealy.

The match maker in all four stories stretches the truth a little. All right, he stretches the truth a lot. And the brides come with their own problems--one is superstitious, one has a guilt complex, and one brings a ready-made family with her. Nothing the prospective grooms expect; in fact, they have a few surprises for their brides, including one who thinks he's dying. But in the end all four couples find themselves perfectly matched.

There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of books about mail order brides, but the authors make these novellas fresh and entertaining. Best of all, the stories reminds us that all things work together for good to those who love God.