Sagebrush Knights by Erica Vetsch

Plot:

(From Amazon.com)- Journey along with the four Gerhard sisters as they head to Wyoming Territory in search of husbands and discover that happy endings are not ready-made. Evelyn arrives in Wyoming with a secret and a grudge, only to find her prospective groom holds a secret, too. Jane vies for the attention of her workaholic husband who is bent on saving his ranch even if it means losing love. Gwendolyn’s would-be husband dies, leaving her to the will of another man. And Emmeline’s knight-in-shining-armor herds sheep instead of cattle. Will love prevail, or will their journeys have not so happy endings?

 My Initial Expectation:
My first thought when I picked up the book was, 'Great, another Wyoming story.' However it is Romancing America so I wasn't too turned off by it. I loved the cover and was interested to see which character was the one on the cover (for the record, I believe it's Emmeline). I'm starting to enjoy the stories that are linked together as opposed to the stand alone ones so I was looking forward to that part.

My Thoughts:
I LOVED this book. The stories were super short, though. We're beginning to see the ones that were written for four-in-one books as opposed to Heartsong Presents novellas combined into a volume of three or four. My favorite one was the one about Emmeline marry the shepherd. This was the one when all the sisters come together and the stories are wrapped up. 

The one thing that I was super curious about was how Vetsch was going to handle the wedding night what with this being a story about mail order brides. I was concerned that each story was going to be the same. It had all the potential of being the same old story of the characters keeping each other at arm's length until they finally fell in love. This book wasn't like that at all. Each set of characters had their own story and their own way of handling the potential awkwardness of the wedding night.

This is a good read and I highly recommend it.

Ratings:

(See rating chart on right)

Overall Concept-4
Plot-5
Loveability of Characters-4
 Cover Appeal-5
 Overall Rating-5

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