The Express Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse - A Book Review

  

I get so excited every time I see that there is a new book coming out in the Daughters of the Mayflower series, doubly so when the new book is authored by Kimberley Woodhouse. Each book in the series works well as a stand-alone read. So you can jump into the series wherever you like and expect true reading pleasure.

In this book, the ninth in the series, Jacqueline, under the nickname of Jack, is running a Pony Express station and way station for the stagecoach line, assuming her late father's duties and responsibilities. Raised by her dad following her mother's death when she was quite young, Jacqueline loved her family made up of the Pony Express riders, her foster brother, and their only neighbors in this out of the way place. Little did she know how much her life would change with the arrival of Mr. James Crowell and Mr. Elijah Johnson o the stagecoach on October 12, 1860.

The Express Bride includes some intrigue and suspense along with historical romance, making it all the better. Woodhouse includes important spiritual truths without sounding preachy. Faith is so woven into the lives of these characters that their living out of that faith, even while struggling, seems as natural as breathing. Loving and forgiving are a foregone conclusion,not a decision, because as Christians they seek to live like Christ, an example to all readers of this delightful story.

I am grateful to have received a copy of The Express Bride from Barbour Books via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was under no obligation to provide a positive review and received no monetary compensation.

The Patriot Bride by Kimberley Woodhouse - A Book Review

  

The Patriot Bride is the fourth book in the Daughters of the Mayflower series. Kimberley Woodhoue wrote the first and fourth books. In this most recent addition to the series, Faith Lytton, great-great-great granddaughter to William and Elizabeth Lytton, was orphaned at the age of ten and made ward of then twenty-year-old George Washington. Faith grew into a fine, Christian woman who embraced the Patriot's cause. Having been widowed after one week of marriage and having never remarried, Faith felt compelled to take on a dangerous mission as messenger between Patriot spies, sparing those women with husbands and children from the dangers involved. Matthew Weber, a close friend of Washington's and a thirty-six-year-old bachelor, was a Patriot spy among the Loyalists. It was to him that Faith carried coded messages while receiving messages in return. Neither anticipated the spark that became a flame growing between them, nor the consequences of the request of the Loyalists whom Matthew moved among that he spy on the Patriots.

Woodhouse provides her reader with an interesting historical romance with a dash of intrigue. While the book is one of a series, it works well as a stand-alone read. The book holds the reader's interest without a great deal of complexity; is is a simple, entertaining, quick read. For me books like this are akin to using a palate cleanser between courses.

I thank NetGalley and Barbour Publishing for providing me with a copy of The Patriot Bride in exchange for an honest review. I was under not obligation to provide a positive review and received no monetary compensation.