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Book Review of Heirloom Brides: Button String Bride / Wedding Quilt Bride / Bayside Bride / The Persistent Bride

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"Button String Bride" by Cathy Marie Hake
Unexpectedly orphaned and all alone in an untamed world, Charity Davis is ordered to combine wagons with widower Ethan Cole. Ethan needs help with his children; she cannot care for her oxen and pull guard duty. United as a team, they may continue with the train; apart, they must both drop out.

"Wedding Quilt Bride" by Colleen Coble
Faith, club-footed and withdrawn, is visiting her grandmother in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Daniel is also visiting town to check on the dam. His fears about the dam's stability are confirmed one May day and now his new love may be swept away.

"Bayside Bride" by Kristin Billerbeck
Jo has left home to escape her new stepmother. The mansion where she finds work cleaning hides a "speakeasy" during Prohibition. Two men will vie for her attention until she discovers where God wants her to be.

"The Persistent Bride" by Gina Fields
Carly longs to use the heirlooms passed down to her, but she feels she is aging too fast for Mr. Right to catch up. As a hospital social worker, Carly meets a new patient. Mitch is angry at the world. Can Carly help him? Could this bitter man be the one for her?