Bygone Brides Christmas Six Stories of Old-Fashioned Christmas Romance is a novella collection by six new-to-me authors. Do I even need to explain to anyone why I chose to read this book?  Christmas, duh! I mean, what could be better than a sweet Christmas romance?I very much enjoyed this book. The cover is festive and the stories were enjoyable. All six stories are set in the 1800s and take place in America, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.  I mention this because I don't often read books

A perfect set of Christmas stories filled with faith, love, and life during a very magical time of the year! These are the kinds of books you discover wonderful new authors and get a special look into each and every one of their styles.

Some of the stories were good and some were not.

Pull up a chair by the fireplace, grab a mug of hot tea and snuggle your kitty while you read these six delightful historical tales set in America,Scotland,Ireland,Wales and England. These Christmas tales are set in yesteryear and the author's do a great job of portraying this in their stories. The characters have faults and character defects just like we do and that makes them more likable and the stories more believable . With understanding and kindness the character's stories turn out well. W...

Bygone Christmas Brides is one heart palpatatable, heart raceable , stomach butter flyable, and skin culpable novellas . You find yourself so self absorbed into the story you have no idea what is going on around you. I jumped when my phone rang when I was into the novellas . Not one novella is bad. Each one is heartwarming and heart touching. They are deep and full of Faith . You can't do anything better than having GOD at the forefront of each story. I love love love this book and I do not say

Review soon Excellent set of stories during the Christmas season.

Six stories, told by six different authors give the reader a peak into the past. Each story is about a bride who falls in love and marries at Christmas time. Set in a historical setting, the six stories are tied together by the theme. Each writing brings their personal writing style and thoughts on love, romance, and faith to tell a story that is both sweet and entertaining. I enjoyed each story in the book. But it was nice to be introduced to several authors I'd hadn't read before. These books

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Lost and Found (c)2006 by Ginny Aiken 3 stars'Tis the Season (c)2013 by Carla Olson Gade 4.5 starsI Saw Three Ships (c) 2006 by Pamela Griffin 5 starsColleen of Erin (c)2006 by Tamela Hancock Murray 3.5 starsA Right, Proper Christmas (c) 2006 by Jill Stengl 4 starsMercy Mild by (c) 2013 Gina Welborn 5 starsNOTE - I discovered some of these stories have previously been grouped in other books.Some stories feature a recipe following them.Stories of faith set in 1800s in England, Scotland, Wales, Ir...

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Bygone Christmas Brides Review Ginny Aiken, Carla Gade, Pamela Griffin, Tamela Hancock Murray, Jill Stengl, Gina Welborn Review4****Bygone Christmas Brides is a feel-good collection of enjoyable and touching Christmas stories. I’m glad I had the opportunity to read them.Lost and Found by Ginny Aiken3***This was an interesting and enjoyable story set in Wales in 1870--mostly in a mining town. My favorite character is Trefor, who is a true hero and has strong faith in God. I love the spiritual the...

Take a trip back not only to the 1800’s but also to the countries of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England and America in Bygone Christmas Brides. Each of the stories features messages of faith, with different morals such as trust, forgiveness, honesty and grace, to name a few. Some are touching in various ways, heart-warming, sometimes magical and also informative. Naturally, each one includes generous doses of romance! Of course, each story is about Christmas, too!I enjoyed learning more about tra...

There are 6 stories in this volume. As you would expect, I liked some more than others but I think anyone who enjoys reading Christmas stories, especially historical Christmas stories, would enjoy this book.

Ah with Christmas just around the corner, time seems to slip away from us with simply too much to do. We all want to get into that perfect mood, to sit by the fire, on a cold night, sip our favorite beverages and just relax and find ourselves perhaps some place else for just a little while. Novella's or short stories that feel like novels are the perfect way to take that virtual vacation and escape into the historical past and visit different time periods and places all set during the Christmas

Bygone Christmas Brides by Ginny Aiken, Carla Gade, Pamela Griffin, Tamela Hancock Murray, Jill Stengl and Gina WelbornRating: 4 out of 5 stars____________________________________________________________Story NotesEach of these wonderful Christmas-time stories had lessons to learn and love to share as as well as fairly good plots and dialogue.As a great Christmastime lover, I am always thrilled to read stories that are centered around my favorite holiday of the year. The celebrations, traditions...

Despite two 5 star stories in this book, it averages 3.3333333 (etc.), so 3.5 stars it is.As with most anthologies, the stories are by different authors, so despite a common theme, and two taking place in NJ around the same time period, the characters and their situations are all different. Not a bad thing, but its almost guaranteed that the reader won't like or love all of the stories. I loved two of them, really disliked two of them and enjoyed the other two. I'm not fond of characters being b...

"Bygone Christmas Brides" is a collection of six Christian romance short stories set in the 1800s in America, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Of course, all where Christmas-themed. There was no sex or bad language."A Right, Proper Christmas" by Jill Stengl. Set in 1860's in England. I was mainly interested in this story since it's by Jill Stengl. A low-born ex-soldier feels God's call to preach to those of his class, but no one will teach him theology or even give him a job. He's starving...

So, Christmas is just around the corner and you are single and need escorts to all the balls and parties. What can you do? Well, these stories are just the thing to give you some inspiration. Maybe your father meddles in your life. Maybe you just meet by accident. It doesn't matter, it's Christmas magic. That's what you'll get when you read Bygone Christmas Brides put out by Barbour Publishing. Six stories by six great authors who know how to put together a great story for an afternoon's reading...

Bygone Brides Christmas Six Stories of Old-Fashioned Christmas Romance is a must to add to a reader's Christmas reading. This collection includes:Lost and Found by Ginny Aiken ’Tis the Season by Carla Gade I Saw Three Ships by Pamela Griffin Colleen of Erin by Tamela Hancock Murray A Right, Proper Christmas by Jill Stengl Mercy Mild by Gina Welborn I enjoyed every one of these stories. If I had to choose a favorite, it would be Tamela Hancock Murray's Colleen of Erin. 4 1/2 stars.

An enjoyable collection of novellas set in the 1800's, with faith, hope, love and Christmas traditions!From Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Victorian England, to a mountain resort in early America, these tender tales of romance each had an interesting setting. The couples sometimes had to reach across social classes to meet each other, and come together through faith and friendship. There are lovely Christmas traditions from various countries that continue today, like mistletoe, tree lighting, gif...