A Bride Rides Herd is the perfect title for The 12 Brides of Summer novella by Mary Connealy.
Betsy Tanner is busy riding herd on a number of children and Matt steps in to help–since he’s related to them, too.
While not a sequel to last Christmas’ The Advent Bride, A Bride Rides Herd follows up on stories from several of Mary’s full length novel series and two books in particular: Calico Canyon and Husband Tree.
Mary couldn’t help herself.
“Once I thought of revisiting the old families from the Lassoed in Texas series, the Montana Marriages series and the Sophie’s Daughters series, I just got really excited. I love all of those folks!”
Mary explained how the stories all fit together. Fans will recognize and be excited to see what happens A Bride Rides Herd follows up on stories from several of Mary’s full length novel series and two books in particular: Calico Canyon and Husband Tree.
Mary couldn’t help herself.
“Once I thought of revisiting the old families from the Lassoed in Texas series, the Montana Marriages series and the Sophie’s Daughters series, I just got really excited. I love all of those folks!”
Mary explained how the stories all fit together. Fans will recognize and be excited to see what happens next:
“The first born son of Grace Reeves (Daniel already had five sons when Grace married him) finds and married The Husband Tree heroine Belle Tanner’s youngest daughter, Betsy.
Matt Reeves and Betsy Harden run the gauntlet of ranching and childcare (Betsy’s babysitting for three little girls with way too much Reeves blood flowing in their veins), because Betsy’s big sister Sarah married Mark Reeves and left Betsy to babysit while Mark and Sarah went on a cattle drive.
Matt and Betsy fall in love right under the drawn gun of famously overprotective Belle and Silas Harden.”
Obviously, the story is set in the same American west as Mary’s other books and that’s pretty much where it resembles her Christmas story.
The American West
“It’s similar in the sense it’s in the American west. And there are children running amok through the stories and there are plenty of sparks flying. But this is a more true western, set on a ranch, than The Advent Bride novella.” next:
“The first born son of Grace Reeves (Daniel already had five sons when Grace married him) finds and married The Husband Tree heroine Belle Tanner’s youngest daughter, Betsy.
Matt Reeves and Betsy Harden run the gauntlet of ranching and childcare (Betsy’s babysitting for three little girls with way too much Reeves blood flowing in their veins), because Betsy’s big sister Sarah married Mark Reeves and left Betsy to babysit while Mark and Sarah went on a cattle drive.
Matt and Betsy fall in love right under the drawn gun of famously overprotective Belle and Silas Harden.”
Obviously, the story is set in the same American west as Mary’s other books and that’s pretty much where it resembles her Christmas story.
“It’s similar in the sense it’s in the American west. And there are children running amok through the stories and there are plenty of sparks flying. But this is a more true western, set on a ranch, than The Advent Bride novella.”
The Advent Bride is available for 99 cents here.
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