02027cam a2200325 4500 605505103 TxAuBib 20220101120000.0 150417s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014501844 9781628369106 pbk. 1628369108 pbk. (OCoLC)866937687 BTCTA eng BTCTA YDXCP BDX UKMGB CNSOA OCLCO IHI OCLCF CNCAR DLC TxAuBib The reluctant brides collection : love comes as a surprise to six independent women of yesteryear / Cathy Marie Hake ... [et.al.]. Urichsville, Ohio : Barbour Publishing, Inc., 2014. 446 p. ; 23 cm. An unexpected surprise / Rosey Dow -- Ribbon of gold / Cathy Marie Hake -- Light beckons the dawn / Susannah Hayden -- The reluctant schoolmark / Yvonne Lehman -- School bells and weddening bells / Colleen L. Reece -- Rose Kelly / Janet Spaeth. Take an adventurous ride along on the bumpy trail to love as six independent women of yesteryear are cautiously courted into matrimony by men they have both intrigued and hurt. Angie thinks she can pick a bride for her brother-in-law. Isabel tells her new boss how to do his job. Percy keeps secrets from the lumber camp doctor. Christa tries to help a man in a predicament. Meredith disputes the school superintendent. Rose pries into a homesteader's mysterious history. Will troubles douse the sparks of love before anyone can become a bride? 20220101. Romance fiction, American. Christian fiction, American. Courtship Fiction. Dow, Rosey. Unexpected surprise. Hake, Cathy Marie. Ribbon of gold. Hayden, Susannah. Light beckons the dawn. Lehman, Yvonne. Reluctant schoolmarm. Reece, Colleen L. Schoolbells & wedding bells. Spaeth, Janet, (Christian fiction writer) Rose Kelly.