CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough

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Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough  Finally it’s here! Jack’s story is a hoot. McDonough let her grow up but she kept her rascally personality intact. Even jailbird Carly is back—her story though small was important to me from the other books and I’m glad to know what happens with her. Butch, Jack’s nemesis turns up in an unexpected way as well. This is the last book in the Boarding House Brides series (you don’t need the others first but you’ll be missing some good reading if you don’t get them!) and it’s sad to let the characters go. McDonough…

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CAN Book Feature: Finally a Bride by Vickie McDonough

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  Title: Finally A Bride – book 3 in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series Author: Vickie McDonough Publisher: Barbour Publishing ISBN: 978-1602606494 Keep your eyes wide open for romance in Lookout, Texas. Noah Jeffers enters town determined to make up for past misdeeds. Reporter Jacqueline Davis is determined to nail her story. Will she uncover Noah’s secret before he can capture her heart? With nowhere else to go, ex-con Carly Payton returns to the Lookout boardinghouse. Garret Corbett is looking for an upstanding wife, not some jailbird. What will he do when overpowered by Carly’s unassuming appeal? Does love deserve a second…

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CAN Book Review by Diana Brandmeyer: A Wealth Beyond Riches by Vickie McDonough

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I love sequels and this one–A Wealth Beyond Riches–follows The Bounty Hunter and the Bride. It is Jimmy’s story. His world is spinning after rescuing a beautiful woman who disappears. He’s surprised when she appears at the very place he has been hired to build a house.   Sasha’s world is turned upside down in the first few pages. She discovers she’s not who she thought she was and heads west to look for her uncle and finds a way of life she’d never imagined. McDonough is a great storyteller. Her plots and characters stay with you after you finish the…

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CAN Book Review: The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough

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 THE ANONYMOUS BRIDE by Vickie McDonough  Review by Carla Stewart  Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc. (April 1, 2010) ISBN-13: 978-1602606968   Veteran writer Vickie McDonough’s first trade length novel, THE ANONYMOUS BRIDE, delights and entertains with fresh characters and puts a fun, new spin on the mail order bride story. Set in late nineteenth century Texas in the fictional town of Lookout, the characters dance off the page from the very first scene. When Luke Davis returns to the hometown he left several years, he is excited about being the new town marshal, but dreads facing Rachel, the woman who betrayed…

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The Anonymous Bride by Vickie McDonough

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The Anonymous Bride,  Book 1 in the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series by Vickie McDonough from Barbour Publishing released April 1, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60260-696-8 Three mail-order brides arrive in Lookout, Texas, each expecting to marry the local marshal. But—he didn’t order a bride. When a contest ensues to discover which bride will make him the best wife, there is a surprise fourth entry –an anonymous one. Mayhem occurs as the whole town tries to figure out who the anonymous bride is, and the mayor pressures the marshal to pick a bride or lose his job. Will Marshal Davis tuck tail and run for the hills? Or…

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