Alberta Brides: Unchained Hearts/The Heart Seeks a Home/Chastity's Angel/Crane's Bride

by Linda Ford

It is a daunting role to be a woman in Canada's pioneer era. Finding a place to feel secure in body and soul is the challenge faced by four Chastity is afraid to become bride to a man who may leave at any moment. Maggie makes a desperate bride's vow to escape abuse. Lydia is willing to work for shelter to avoid becoming a bride. Abby is content with her role until she's kidnapped as a bride. Will these women find the comforts of home, or will happiness in the wilderness elude them?

Genres: Christian Fiction, Christian, Christian Romance, Romance

480 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Linda Ford grew up devouring books and making up stories in her head—often late at night when she couldn't sleep. But she hadn't planned to write. Instead, she dreamed of running an orphanage. In a way, that dream came true. She married, had four homemade children, adopted ten and lived (at times, endured) the dream.

Writing first took her to non-fiction human-interest articles for newspapers and eventually a non-fiction book about tuberculosis set in the 1930s and 1940s (Touched By The White Plague). But romance had always been her first love and she turned to writing love stories. She is multi-published in the CBA market.

She lives on a small ranch in Alberta, Canada, where she can see the mountains every day. She and her husband continue to enjoy their children and grandchildren.

Reviews

[ANNETTE · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories that warmed my heart.
Found this book at a library sale.

[Ruth L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm going to give a brief review of each story. Just a heads up, Christian romance isn't my favorite, so I'm kinda biased.

Chastity's Angel - 1 star
I hated this one. I found Charity very unlikable.

Crane's Bride - 4 stars
I loved this one. It was the only one I really enjoyed. The characters were endearing and I liked that it was from the perspective of the guy. Girls are sometimes too unreliable.

The Heart Seeks a Home - 2 stars
Lydia was not as unlikable as Chastity, but I had a hard time believing she wasn't an eight year old girl. This story wasn't too bad, just kinda boring.

Unchained Hearts - 1 star
I thought I liked this one at first. I really did. But it quickly got boring and the ending was way too cringey.

[Partridge Public]

Ford, Linda PB

[Katrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because each story is told from only one person's viewpoint.