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  1. wfnren
    St Cloud, FL
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Wonderful stories!
    January 22, 2014
    wfnren
    St Cloud, FL
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Match Made in Texas.
    A COWBOY UNMATCHED

    by Karen Witemeyer

    Clara Danvers is a widow expecting a child, a child who she is trying to keep from being taken away from her the minute it's born. Her father-in-law is watching her like a hawk, he even assigns guards to her homestead when she gets close to time to deliver. She will do anything to protect her child from being raised by him.

    When Neill Archer, just arrived in Dry Gulch, Texas, arrives on her homestead to do repairs she greets him with a rifle. She wasn't expecting anyone and thinks Mack Danvers has hired him to watch and report to him when the baby is born. Neill is there because he received an anonymous note about a widow needing repairs to her home and to meet at the school house the next night to see who will get the job. When he arrives at the school house there is nobody there, just a lit lantern and a note with directions to the widows home and $20.00 for materials to get started on the repairs.

    AN UNFORESEEN MATCH

    by Regina Jennings

    Grace O'Malley has been a school teacher for many years in Dry Gulch, Texas but after going gradually blind the school board has had to let her go. They have set her up on a ranch about two miles outside of town and made arrangements for someone to deliver food to her daily. She can only make out bright lights and some shapes.

    Clayton Weber is on his way to the land rush when his horse stumble's and has to be put down. He ends up in Dry Gulch and now has to earn money for another horse and has little time to make the deadline to enter for the race to stake out some land. Clayton has to overcome his past, his father was a horse thief and he has a bad scar on his face to show for it. He sees that the town looks pretty deserted except for the school so he goes there and asks about odd jobs. When he returns to where he stashed his saddle there is a newspaper with an ad circled about a handyman needed at Grace O'Malley's homestead and payment is set aside at the Bank to be paid after the work is inspected.

    Grace is frightened when Benny, her dog, alerts her to someone coming up the lane. Grace had mentioned jokingly to a friend that she might put an ad in the paper for a mail-order husband so when Clayton comes she thinks her friend put an ad in the paper and he is the answer to her ad. Clayton is very confused at the questions she's asking him and Grace is very confused when he reads the ad he has come in answer to.

    NO MATCH FOR LOVE

    by Carol Cox

    Lucy Benson has no family left and has been living with her best friends family, but now her best friend is getting married and she feels like she has to find a way to move on. After all she can't continue living there after Dottie is married and she can't live with Dottie and her new husband. This is where the anonymous Dry Gultch matchmaker steps in, they give the pastor a train ticket with an ad to give to Lucy. Since she doesn't want to marry Walter Harris, who has asked her numerous times so Lucy decides to go to North Fork, Texas and be a companion for Andrew Simms's widowed aunt Martha.

    When she arrives on Martha's ranch, Martha begrudgingly lets Lucy stay. Lucy doesn't see any of the signs Andrew has mentioned about his aunt imagining things, at least not at first. When Lucy begins seeing and hearing the things Martha has claimed, Andrew is upset that Martha is pulling Lucy into her imaginings, or is she?

    MEETING HER MATCH

    by Mary Connealy

    Hannah Taylor is the teacher at Dry Gulch school as well as the caretaker of her three younger brothers and her father since her mother's recent death. She totes two year old Kevin back and forth to school each day so she can watch him as she works to bring in money to the household. She has given up on marriage after both of her younger sisters have gotten married besides the fact that there is only one single man in town and he will barely speak to her and is a half-wit, his own description of himself.

    A few months after Hannah's mother died in childbirth her father surprises her one day after school with his new bride, Essie. The children are to call her ma and Hannah will be moving into Essie's dingy room above the diner in town. Hannah's clothes are all packed ready to be loaded into the wagon and taken to her new home. When she finds out through the town gossip that Essie is pregnant, Hannah's life is thrown into a whirlwind and things happen fast after that.

    I really liked all four of these stories and was thrilled when I started reading Karen's "An Unforseen Match" and found out it was a continuation of her books "Short-Straw Bride" and "Stealing the Preacher". I thoroughly enjoyed all four of these stories and each author did a great job of wanting me to continue on and reading late into the night. I like the 'mystery' about the matchmaker, I never did figure out who it was, until the last story of course. Now no cheating and reading the last story first, and just a hint, if you want to keep it a mystery don't read the blurb on the back of the book!

    Thank you to Bethany House for providing this book for review. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255
  2. Emilee
    Alabama
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    lovely read
    January 10, 2014
    Emilee
    Alabama
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Match Made in Texas.
    I had not been a big fan of novellas in the past but this book won me over! I was pleasantly surprised to read a follow-up to "Stealing the Preacher" by Witemeyer. It was an amazing start to the 4 part story. Each story flows wonderfully into the next. I love the western frontier setting! I highly recommend this book!
  3. Judy K Burgi
    Kendallville, IN
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    I Loved This Book!
    January 7, 2014
    Judy K Burgi
    Kendallville, IN
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Match Made in Texas.
    A Match Made In Texas has four different Novella's to read and enjoy!

    A Cowboy Unmatched by Karen Witemeyer:

    I loved this novella for the simple reason the author wrote about Neill Archer. Oh how I love those Archer Brothers. Neill is the youngest and he feels it is time for him to venture out on his own and make his mark in the world. He is tired of being treated like a child. He ends up in Dry Gulch, Texas and sets about looking for work. Enter the, very pregnant, beautiful widow Clara Danvers and watch this story unfold. This is one you don't want to miss!

    An Unforeseen Match by Regina Jennings:

    I loved how this Novella ties in with the first story in this book. We read about familiar places and familiar character names.

    Grace O'Malley is forced to leave her teaching duties because of her declining eyesight. She has now been banished, if you will, to the old homestead that belonged to Clara Danvers. However will she survive being alone but dependent on others to bring meals to her?

    Clayton Weber arrives in Dry Gulch long enough to earn some money to replace his horse Sal that broke his leg by stepping in a jackrabbit hole. Clayton is on his way to the Cherokee Strip land run. It is his only hope to have a ranch of his own.

    Will Grace survive on her own or will help arrive? Does Clayton finally reach his dreams of owning his own ranch?

    Through sheer determination of two lonely souls and God's hand in their lives we read about their courage, faith, and love.

    No Match For Love by Carol Cox:

    Lucy Benson learns upon her Father's death, because of bad investments he made, she is now penniless and dependent on her friend's family. Not wanting to impose on them any longer she accepts a companion position for Martha Simms in North Folk, Texas. She isn't sad to leave Dry Gulch behind and the likes of Walter Harris who wishes to marry her.

    Andrew Simms, Martha Simms nephew, meets Lucy at the train station and cannot believe someone as refined as Lucy would accept this position to be a companion for his widowed Aunt.

    There are a few mysterious and strange things that happen a short time after Lucy arrives. Will this bring Andrew and Lucy closer together?

    Meeting Her Match by Mary Connealy:

    Once again we find ourselves back in Dry Gulch. Hannah Taylor has been a successful match maker and is quite pleased with herself. Now she is wondering if she is destined to be a lonely spinster for the rest of her life. Is there anyone out there that might be a match for her in the future?

    Hannah is a school teacher and loves her job, at least she did until some unforeseen things take place that steals her joy. I found my heart going out to Hannah. Will she ever know true happiness?

    Marcus Whitfield works in his Dad's bank. He has admired Hannah from afar for many years. He is positive she could never be interested in a shy man like him who doesn't talk much. Is it possible that someday he might get up the nerve to tell Hannah how he feels?

    I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well as the other three novellas. If you want some good stories to read this is the one. You will love it!

    I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author and Bethany House Publishers to enjoy and review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.
  4. Sally D
    Fayette, MO
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    What a delight to read!
    January 4, 2014
    Sally D
    Fayette, MO
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Match Made in Texas.
    What a delightful read! A Novella collection so well tied together by 4 authors, retained my interest so well, I did not want to put this book down. A little romance here and there and no heavy duty stuff, which is what I enjoyed. All four novellas are very good. I recommend this fine reading!
  5. KavR
    Canada
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Awesom!
    January 1, 2014
    KavR
    Canada
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for A Match Made in Texas.
    Four wonderful stories told in four distinct voices. Kudos to Bethany House for pooling together such a rich resource of talent! I am a fan of each of these authors so I knew I was in for a powerhouse read. Loved the common thread that sifted through all four stories...just a barely there wisp in A Cowboy Unmatched that grew more substantial and increased my anticipation by the time I reached the last story, Meeting Her Match. One of the best novella collections I have read.
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