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Mail Order Bride: Westward winds: A Clean Historical Cowboy Romance (Montana Mail Order Brides Book 1) Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 23: Montana Mail Order Brides

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True love requires trust... Can it thrive when a relationship is built on secrets and lies?

Tessa O’Connor is tired of the high society lifestyle, and the pressure is on for her to marry a wealthy man. Fearful of becoming trapped in a life that would make her increasingly miserable, she decides to try the mail-order bride approach.

Meanwhile, Dean Samuels is struggling to take care of his two young children while managing his ranch and business in the wake of his wife’s death. He jokingly agrees to his brother’s suggestion to place an ad for a bride, never expecting that anyone would reply… or that he would develop feelings for her so quickly.

After several months of correspondence, it’s clear that there’s something burning between Tessa and Dean, and Tessa starts planning to run away to Montana to meet him.

Everything looks perfect… Until Tessa uncovers a secret… Can she really trust Dean? And how many of their private and intimate moments are less private than she thought?

But Dean isn’t the only one with a secret, and when he discovers what Tessa’s been hiding, he isn’t sure he can trust her either.

Is their relationship doomed to a fate of mistrust and secrecy? Or is the love between them enough to carry them through and find their way back to each other’s hearts?

Mail Order Bride -Westward Winds is the first book in the Montana Mail Order Brides series. Brimming with love and the hope for a better life, it’s a tale of trust and betrayal… and one that will stay with you long after you put the story down.

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Montana Mail Order Brides Reading Order: Westward Winds #1 Westward Dance #2 Westward Bound #3 Westward Destiny #4 Westward Fortune #5 Westward Justice #6 Westward Dreams #7 Westward Holiday #8 Westward Sunrise #9 Westward Moon #10 Westward Christmas #11 Westward Visions #12 Westward Secrets #13 Westward Changes #14 Westward Heartbeat #15 Westward Joy #16 Westward Courage #17 Westward Spirit #18 Westward Fate #19 Westward Hope #20 Westward Wild #21 Westward Sight #22 Westward Horizons #23

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mail Order Bride Dept, Beldene Publishing (June 24, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 24, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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J. Gonzales

Very interesting book

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024

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I loved Westward Winds. Tessa comes from a well to do family and tries to be the daughter her parents want her to be. But Tessa has dreams of a different lifestyle. With the help of her aunt, she is able to go in search of her dream. The dream to meet and marry a rancher she has secretly been writing to. Dean is a widowed rancher with two children. When he agrees to let his brother write up an advertisement for a mail order bride, he really didn't expect anything to come of it. But indeed it does. Dean and Tessa have some bumpy moments but learn to love each other deeply. This is book one in the series. I highly recommend it.

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Cyn

A nice clean audio I really enjoyed

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2016

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I really enjoyed this audio from the narrator to the author it was a fun clean read of finding one’s self, learning to talk things out, overlooking the little things, finding a place to call home that you find exciting enough to last you a lifetime.

Tessa wants more out of life than to be someone’s wife who is there to make her husband look good, never having a mind of her own, living with a boring man who is just out to make a name for his self living it up with party after party. She wants a man who truly is a man one that doesn’t mind a women being a women with a mind. She has gone through all the men in her town and fines them lacking, she sees an ad for a mail order bride which seem exciting. A place she doesn’t know anyone, where she can get a fresh start not only in her life but in her writing as well. She reads a letter from a man who she wants to get to know better. As they write back in forward she decides she wants to meet him. Off she goes not telling any of her family. On meeting Dean sparks fly and as they get to know each other she finds this is a man who she could live and love.

When Deans brother tells him about the mail order bride program Dean laughs and said sure why not. His brother write for him, when a letter comes back they are both shocked to get a reply. Dean wasn’t even serious but his brother was. Dean is great at a lot of things but writing and telling about his feelings has never been one of his strong points. Dean agrees to let his brother write back to Tessa, of course he reads her replies and tells his brother what to write with his brother adding more in detail of things a woman might like to hear which will cause trouble down the road. Dean likes what he sees when he meets Tessa as times goes on he finds he is very attracted to her never guessing he would feel this way about another women.

They have their ups and downs as they learn to talk, and deal with day to day issues. Most day’s things are more down than up leaving Dean confused as to just what Tessa wants or expects. She sure does know how to beat a dead horse.

J. Scott Bennett I thought did a wonderful job of narration he put feeling into the audio. His voice is very powerful, clear and pleasant to listen to. There are no background noises or any high or low tones. His tones are very even never leaving you guessing how the character feels. He gives you a very clear rich audio that you do not want to put down. His male voices are as pleasant as his female voices. You never have any trouble knowing who is talking or just what is on their mind. I did feel he at times he didn’t give a chuckle when the author said the character had chuckled but in no way does that take away from the audio but I felt it would have added more to the listen. I really enjoyed his voice and could listen to it all day with no problem. I do feel the audio made this a more enjoyable read than just reading the book…just my thoughts.

The one thing I found annoying in this audio is I do not think when the character is talking if you use character voice that you need to say he said or she said the different voices should tell you who is talking without saying who is. There were a few places that it was mostly all the author put in there. As for reading that is fine but in an audio is not needed. I am unsure if that would be the narrator or the author to make this decision. It isn’t so bad or very noticeable if there aren’t a lot of these all in one area as in this book. Again that is just me and most likely others wouldn’t even think of it.

I did find this story for the most part believable. Since they lived in a small area so far from town I doubt much would have been said about them living in the same home with no other females there. I believe in some area there was something called hand fasting where you lived as man and wife until you could be married. This isn’t like they are in a big city or town where they would be talked about. I did find Tessa went a little over board on the fact that he didn’t write the letters in a time where a lot of people could not read or write. I think with him saying he was sorry and why he did this that should have been good enough and things should have been forgotten. The way the author wrote it made it a much interesting story with this in it.

I did like the characters and at times I had to laugh at things they said or did. I loved the children they can get by with saying things that others could not. They are innocent and say what they think. I thought both of their families were adorable and love how her father checked on her to make sure she found a true gentlemen. I enjoyed how his brothers teased and embarrassed Tessa and Dean with their talk of the love act. There are so many wonderful things in this story, the plot is great, and the one step forward and two back is darling. I very much look forward to listening and reading more from this narrator and author. It was just a nice fun clean read of two people finding there is life out there and the right one is just around the corner.

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Kindle Customerrose waselewski

Dean and tessa

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2024

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Tessa fell in love with Dean over his letters. However when she came out west she found out his brother wrote the letters for dean. Things got complicated but true love saved the day. Good read!

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Enjoyable Story Despite Mistakes

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2014

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Tessa O'Conner hates her high society life of social functions and their way of keeping women in their place. She feels stifled by it, but her parents won't take her requests seriously. When she sees an ad for a mail order bride, she begins to correspond with the rancher in Montana. With careful planning, she manages to get away undetected, but will life in Montana be what she expects, and will Dean Samuels be the man she thinks he is?

Dean Samuels lost his wife three years ago, and grief nearly consumed him. Only his two children forced him to go on. Now Sadie is eleven and Jack is seven, and he knows his brother is right and they need a mother. When his brother puts an ad in the newspapers in his name, his hand was forced, but he still has misgivings. Can he really give his heart to another and risk being hurt so badly again?

This story had a lot going for it. It held my interest and I liked the main characters. However, the mechanics and execution of the story left something to be desired. It switched time and scenes without any kind of break to let the reader know, and the dialogue was too often awkward. At times, it also told the story rather than showing it. The points of view also changed abruptly without indication, giving way to head-hopping, and there was even an omnipotent point of view when it stated that "Dean was having much of the same feelings" in someone else's POV. The whole novella had a modern feel to it, but it's set in the 1800's. Therefore, Tessa could not have told what color eyes and hair Sarah had from a black and white photograph. Neither could she have stayed with Dean for months without them being married. The community would have ostracized them, especially Tessa. Tessa corrected Dean's grammar with his very same words, which were correct, but the author used lots of incorrect words: "cherry" for "cheery," "word" for "work," "invited" for "inviting," "rise" for "rear," `picture" for "pitcher," "say" for "says," "you're" for "your," On top of all this, profanity was a problem. There wasn't that much cursing, at least the book was not saturated with them (mostly h_ll, d_mn, and _ss), but the men said them to ladies, who acted as if nothing was wrong with it. This would not have happened during this time period. Don't let the cover turn you away, however. This novel is not a bodice-ripper and has no sex scenes.The fact that I'm rating this a three despite the many errors, indicates how much potential the author has, but she needs to get a good editor or at least enlist the help of a proficient English teacher.

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happy baker

Interesting family adavetures

Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2023

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Good story line. Nice that it is continued into book 2 nd 3 so that you get a whole family picture.

Kindle Customer nicola Ki from west yorkshire

griping and fun and romantic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2023

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a book that was unable to put down its so quick and fast to read a top of my list book now onto book 2

翔太坂本

クリーンで健全なロマンス

Reviewed in Japan on November 29, 2023

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「Westward Winds」は、不必要なドラマが一切なく、爽やかなロマンスを描いた作品です。登場人物たちの真のつながりと歴史的背景により、心地よく、心温まる読み物になっています。

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sumit sabal

Five Stars

Reviewed in India on July 13, 2015

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nice book

Cozzie

Mail Order Brides

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2023

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I enjoyed this book!
It was a clean, easy read! A few spelling errors, but apart from that, I enjoyed it.
I may read books 2 & 3 to find out what happens to Dean's 2 brothers.
A quick read.