Mail Order Bride: Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set

3 stars
I purchased a copy of the Twenty Mail Order Bride Boxset by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A compilation of 20 short clean mail order bride stories covering a gamut of situations and containing interesting characters. However the writing is a little awkward and most of the stories end just as the “couples” realize they love each other.

1.***A Rich Miner for the Poor Widow With Twin Babies:
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Rich Miner for the Poor Widow With Twin Babies in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
East Coast-west coast,subterfuge and a mail order bride with a happy ending. Amy’s employer corresponds for her and arranges a marriage with Clayton who is unaware of Amy’s twin daughters.

2.***A Bride for the Widower with Troublesome Twins
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Bride for the Widower with Troublesome Twins in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Mischievous eight year old twins surprise their father. A romance complicated by untold truths and an accident. Factory worker Mae leaves behind a grueling job, her best friend, and frequent headaches to go west to marry the Arizona rancher and single dad, Harvey.

3.***A Bride for the Pastor with Twin Babies
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Bride for the Pastor with Twin Babies in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Widower and single dad of twins,Pastor Dan hopes to find a loving and faith filled second mail order bride but what he receives is Janie from New York who is running away from creditors and grieving for her recently deceased fiance.

4.***A Bride for A Bride for the Widowed Rancher with a Baby Girl
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Bride for the Widowed Rancher with a Baby Girl in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A love at first sight novella. When Roxie’s father dies, she takes her companion and heads west to be a mail order bride to Lee Haywood but an unforeseen carriage accident places her at the ranch of single father James Granger.

5.***A New Bride and a New Baby
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A New Bride and a New Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
When her estate manager steals her fortune, Lillian leaves Connecticut to marry Montana rancher Cole but they both receive a surprise when she learns Cody is the recent guardian of his niece and he learns she does not know how to care for children.

6.***A Bride for the Wealthy Rancher with a Baby
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Bride for the Wealthy Rancher with a Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
New York factory worker Libby escapes an unsavory situation by traveling to Wyoming to become the wife of single dad and rancher Alexander only to learn he was looking for someone from a different social class and when he proposes to make her Bella’s nanny instead of his wife she has to make a hard choice.

7.***The Mail Order Bride and the Unwanted Baby
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Mail Order Bride and the Unwanted Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Finding love and Faith when you least expect it. When her friends and her intended shun her and both her father and sister take to drinking after her brother in Law’s incarceration, socialite Alexandra takes charge of her infant nephew and flees to Wyoming to become General store owner William’s wife and unpaid employee.

8.***The Runaway Bride and the Abandoned Baby: too many errors
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Runaway Bride and the Abandoned Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A sequel to The Mail Order Bride and the Unwanted Baby, this novella features William’s friend the Saloon owner Mick and his trials in finding a mail order bride. Twice jilted New York socialite Daphne travels to Wyoming to show Mick she is strong enough to live out west but difficulties arise when Mick finds her unannounced on his doorstep with an abandoned baby.

9.***The Reluctant Farmer and the Orphaned Children: too many errors
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Reluctant Farmer and the Orphaned Children in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A sequel to The Runaway Bride and the Abandoned Baby. A story of infertility and adoption. After a year of corresponding,Carolyn accepts Wyoming farmer Matthew’s proposal of marriage but their marriage is instantly challenged when Carolyn learns of Matthew’s inability to have children.

10.***Ava and the Unexpected Baby: very poor editing
2 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Ava and the Unexpected Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Former Chicago socialite Ava enters Western Hearts seeking to be a mail order bride to the Idaho farmer and single dad William when she finds herself penniless and alone with a large debt. The surprise occurs when Ava arrives in Wild Oaks,Idaho and finds out that William is not childless devastating William.

11.***The Bride with an Unexpected Baby
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella The Bride with an Unexpected Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A sequel to Western Hearts Mail Order Brides:Ava and the Unexpected Baby. Widowed single mother Eveline seeks Elizabeth’s help to allow her to keep her son thus finding herself in Wild Oaks, Idaho but instead of security she finds herself rejected by the rancher Tyler Hughes.

12.***Christmas Baby Miracle
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Christmas Baby Miracle in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Boston resident Christina seeks a husband when her brother in law moves everyone but her to England. Becoming the Mail Order Bride to the Montana rancher Walter seems to be the answer until she argues with him daily.

13.***A Bride & A Baby for the New Year
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Bride & A Baby for the New Year in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Widowed Chicago resident Iris arranges to become a mail order bride to Wise River Valley Montana rancher Paul to provide housing to her, her son, and her sister unfortunately a train robbery changes everything.

14.***Valentine’s Baby
5 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Valentine’s Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A sequel to A Bride and a Baby for the New year. This rocky romance with a happy ending features Boston socialite Rachel who heads west to escape lecherous and superficial suitors but her marriage to widower and single dad Max is hindered by lies and grief.

15.***Maggie and the Kidnapped Baby: How old is Maggie if she is older than Sophie and Sophie is older than Garth? Poor editing.
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Maggie and the Kidnapped Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
To escape her in laws, widowed Maggie takes her son Freddy and heads west as a surprise answer to an add only to find the bachelor had married a year ago but a neighboring struggling single father was available. Unfortunately, Maggie’s past comes back to haunt them.

16.***A New Life for Josie & Robbie
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A New Life for Josie & Robbie in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A little twist, 2 bachelors and a happy ending. Wealthy New York widow Josie exchanges herself with her maid and travels west to marry Colorado rancher Wes to protect her son from being kidnapped.

17.***Tilly and the Orphans
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Tilly and the Orphans in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A story of faith, altered plans and adoption. Disappointed with suitors who only want wives who can have children, Tillie travels west to accept a proposal from Pioneer, Nevada mine owner Owen but does not tell him her condition until she arrives.

18.***Ora and the Orphaned Baby
3 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella Ora and the Orphaned Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
Contains enslavement. A sequel to Tilly and the Orphans. Sewing factory sewing machine operator Ora leaves the druggery of her Massachusetts life in response to a mail order add only to have Pioneer, Nevada Sheriff Jasper Darnell save her from a life worse than what she left.

19.***MaryAnne and the Orphan Boy
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella MaryAnne and the Orphan Boy with a Baby in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A sequel to Ora and the Orphaned Baby. Pioneer,Nevada resident and mine overseer Wilson “Coon” seeks a Godly wife in Maryanne from a New York but she has a hidden agenda.

20.***A Baby and the Bitter Widow
4 stars
I purchased a copy of the novella A Baby and the Bitter Widow in the Twenty Brides and Babies Mega Boxed Set by Emily Woods and this review was given freely.
A second chance at love, the power of prayer and a fragile pregnancy. Lilly is a matchmaker between her widowed Aunt Fran and her widowed father in law Malcolm.