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American Mail-Order Brides #48
Libbie: Bride of Arizona
Libbie: Bride of Arizona is forty-eighth in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series.
Alone for the first time, tomboyish Libbie Van Eycken accepts a mail-order proposal and travels across country to find a place to call her own. Arizona rancher Dell Stirling needs a wife but didn’t count on the eccentric creature that brings chaos in her wake.
Alone for the first time, tomboyish Libbie Van Eycken accepts a mail-order proposal and travels across country to find a place to call her own. Arizona rancher Dell Stirling needs a wife but didn’t count on the eccentric creature that brings chaos in her wake.
132 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2016
About the author
Linda Carroll-Bradd
139 books304 followersAs a child, Linda was often found lying on her bed reading about characters having exciting adventures in places far away. Upon reaching a landmark birthday, she decided to write one of those romances she loved so much. Easier said than done. Perseverance paid out and twelve years later, she received her first call from a publisher and a confession story was published. Now Linda writes heartwarming contemporary and historical stories with a touch of humor, and many have a tie to her previous home of Texas.
Linda enjoys writing from her cabin in the mountains among the cedar and pines with her husband of 34 years and their two much-loved dogs.
Linda enjoys writing from her cabin in the mountains among the cedar and pines with her husband of 34 years and their two much-loved dogs.
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January 13, 2016
Loved it Too Short!!
I wanted to see into all of the siblings life of both Libby and Dell. Gonna look and see your other books!- Barbie
I wanted to see into all of the siblings life of both Libby and Dell. Gonna look and see your other books!- Barbie
April 23, 2018
Great read
I have really enjoyed reading the books on the 50 states, each one is so different than the other ones.
I have really enjoyed reading the books on the 50 states, each one is so different than the other ones.
April 9, 2018
Good story, nice characters, average writing
The story idea was great. The characters were believable and the settings well researched, or author has solid knowledge about Prescott, Arizona and areas of Australia and South Africa. The writing was often amateurish taking reader to a summary with no process. I chose the book because the review indicated revised editing of typos which many self published books need. There were very basic punctuation errors. I get more frustrated with each self published book I read over this lack of professionalism. There are many easy to study books available on basic writing and punctuation. To call oneself an author, I hold a firm belief one must know how to use simple and basic rules of writing. If those rules are broken let it be with full knowledge of the rules and creativity, not ignorance. This book was not the most difficult to read, just very bad use of commas which made for a pause in the reading when the sentence should flow. There were a few very beautiful and descriptive sentences.
The story idea was great. The characters were believable and the settings well researched, or author has solid knowledge about Prescott, Arizona and areas of Australia and South Africa. The writing was often amateurish taking reader to a summary with no process. I chose the book because the review indicated revised editing of typos which many self published books need. There were very basic punctuation errors. I get more frustrated with each self published book I read over this lack of professionalism. There are many easy to study books available on basic writing and punctuation. To call oneself an author, I hold a firm belief one must know how to use simple and basic rules of writing. If those rules are broken let it be with full knowledge of the rules and creativity, not ignorance. This book was not the most difficult to read, just very bad use of commas which made for a pause in the reading when the sentence should flow. There were a few very beautiful and descriptive sentences.
January 10, 2019
Good Story but a Bit Too Short
All the books in the American Mail Order Brides series are novellas, but this book is probably one of the shortest in the series. The author has an easy to read style and created loads of secondary characters. She laid a lot of good groundwork for additional stories.This story was good but a bit chopped up to fit the novella size.I really liked the heroine, I wish she gave more of the perspective of the hero, and the addition of the ostriches was brilliant.
All the books in the American Mail Order Brides series are novellas, but this book is probably one of the shortest in the series. The author has an easy to read style and created loads of secondary characters. She laid a lot of good groundwork for additional stories.This story was good but a bit chopped up to fit the novella size.I really liked the heroine, I wish she gave more of the perspective of the hero, and the addition of the ostriches was brilliant.
September 2, 2020
Worst so far
Geez- it barely gets started and then it ends! Very disappointing...it could have been a really good story but it’s so short there wasn’t even time for any character development. Very bad!
Geez- it barely gets started and then it ends! Very disappointing...it could have been a really good story but it’s so short there wasn’t even time for any character development. Very bad!
June 8, 2022
Loved this one!
So different from most ranching stories and a great storyline! I was a worried about the birds as ostriches and I have had a rough experience in the past, but it really made the book!
So different from most ranching stories and a great storyline! I was a worried about the birds as ostriches and I have had a rough experience in the past, but it really made the book!
August 29, 2023
Left me wanting more
Libbie's story left me wanting more. I enjoyed the opposites attract storyline, but the ending seemed abrupt, and I want to know more about Libbie: her history, her brothers, her life with Dell.
Libbie's story left me wanting more. I enjoyed the opposites attract storyline, but the ending seemed abrupt, and I want to know more about Libbie: her history, her brothers, her life with Dell.
September 4, 2017
Great book
March 20, 2020
The ending, while good, it was a bit too quick and didn’t answer some of the major questions in the plot. Otherwise very good.
November 14, 2021
Good story, but ending was very abrupt.
March 9, 2016
Libbie: Bride of Arizona (American Mail-Order Bride #48)
By: Linda Carroll-Bradd
4/5 stars
Libbie has a vastly different background than any of the other brides in this series. Libbie grew up in Australia, on a cattle station and in South Africa. But once she hit a certain age; her mother decided that she needed educated in Boston, at a finishing school, while living with her aunt and cousins. But when tragedy visits her family in two different ways on the same day, changing her entire life as she knows it, she has to make fast choices.
A chance look at the Groom’s Gazette that was brought to the house by one of the maids, she decides that may be her only option since she has to move out of her aunt’s house and also has no money. Even though she’s unaccustomed to the ways of the people in the United States, she makes her plans and boldly moves forward.
Dell, an Arizona rancher, is in need of a wife, and has finally found one. But he hasn’t told anyone, so it comes as a shock to his family and his workers. He’s been having problems with cattle rustlers, so that disrupts his plan to pick up his wife and his first wedding day. And from there, chaos just seems to follow this young couple.
Libbie is used to doing her own things and two different ways of life compared to her new life with her husband. And her husband has high expectations of what a wife should be like, instead of thinking about how different Libbie is in the first place.
Libbie had strength and courage and willingness to take chances.
By: Linda Carroll-Bradd
4/5 stars
Libbie has a vastly different background than any of the other brides in this series. Libbie grew up in Australia, on a cattle station and in South Africa. But once she hit a certain age; her mother decided that she needed educated in Boston, at a finishing school, while living with her aunt and cousins. But when tragedy visits her family in two different ways on the same day, changing her entire life as she knows it, she has to make fast choices.
A chance look at the Groom’s Gazette that was brought to the house by one of the maids, she decides that may be her only option since she has to move out of her aunt’s house and also has no money. Even though she’s unaccustomed to the ways of the people in the United States, she makes her plans and boldly moves forward.
Dell, an Arizona rancher, is in need of a wife, and has finally found one. But he hasn’t told anyone, so it comes as a shock to his family and his workers. He’s been having problems with cattle rustlers, so that disrupts his plan to pick up his wife and his first wedding day. And from there, chaos just seems to follow this young couple.
Libbie is used to doing her own things and two different ways of life compared to her new life with her husband. And her husband has high expectations of what a wife should be like, instead of thinking about how different Libbie is in the first place.
Libbie had strength and courage and willingness to take chances.
February 15, 2017
I loved this book! I loved the characters of Libbie and Jomo. They could have been richly developed but it came to an abrupt ending. Was there a word or page limit on this series? A few could have been developed into good novels rather than a god short story.
January 7, 2016
Bride of Arizona: Libbie and Dell's story
Book 48 of an unprecedented 50 book series by 45 different authors which have been being released one at a time every day. Libbie is a young woman is is in Boston living with her aunt learning to be a proper lady after living much of her life in South Africa and Australia helping with her family's ranch and learning native culture. She first learns of the death of both parents in carriage accident in South Africa. The very next day her aunt passes away leaving her with few options because her cousins want nothing to do with her. She happens across the Groom's Gazette, a newspaper wherein men request for mail-order brides. She answers the ad of a rancher in Arizona then, along with the last gift from her parents: some ostriches. Dell Stirling has decided that it's time to settle down with a wife of his own and sends away for a bride. When she arrives she gets a quick meet-and-greet with Dell's family before she's whisked off to be married. After some interesting moments the couple come to love and appreciate each other.
Book 48 of an unprecedented 50 book series by 45 different authors which have been being released one at a time every day. Libbie is a young woman is is in Boston living with her aunt learning to be a proper lady after living much of her life in South Africa and Australia helping with her family's ranch and learning native culture. She first learns of the death of both parents in carriage accident in South Africa. The very next day her aunt passes away leaving her with few options because her cousins want nothing to do with her. She happens across the Groom's Gazette, a newspaper wherein men request for mail-order brides. She answers the ad of a rancher in Arizona then, along with the last gift from her parents: some ostriches. Dell Stirling has decided that it's time to settle down with a wife of his own and sends away for a bride. When she arrives she gets a quick meet-and-greet with Dell's family before she's whisked off to be married. After some interesting moments the couple come to love and appreciate each other.
August 10, 2016
Touch of Africa
When a young miss from Africa by way of Australia more accustomed to working on the compound rather learning to behave like a Boston lady in spite of her aunt's best efforts learns of her parents' the day before her aunt dies, what is she to do? Suddenly thrown from riches to rags and needing a place to keep the birthday present sent by her parents, she agrees to a marriage to a rancher in Arizona.
The author did a great job developing the primary as well as the secondary characters, although the hero Dell was a annoyingly typical. Her research of South Africa and Australia was evident and helped make for great story that was not a cookie-cutter mail order bride romance. It is for the birds, but in a good way. I recommend it.
When a young miss from Africa by way of Australia more accustomed to working on the compound rather learning to behave like a Boston lady in spite of her aunt's best efforts learns of her parents' the day before her aunt dies, what is she to do? Suddenly thrown from riches to rags and needing a place to keep the birthday present sent by her parents, she agrees to a marriage to a rancher in Arizona.
The author did a great job developing the primary as well as the secondary characters, although the hero Dell was a annoyingly typical. Her research of South Africa and Australia was evident and helped make for great story that was not a cookie-cutter mail order bride romance. It is for the birds, but in a good way. I recommend it.
March 12, 2016
A long way from home
Libby became a mail order bride after hearing that her parents had been killed and the aunt she was visiting died. So from Boston to Arizona. She came with a few surprises including 6 ostrich her parents had given her for her birthday and they came with a hired man. Libby and dell have a lot of problems to work out but they also found love.
Libby became a mail order bride after hearing that her parents had been killed and the aunt she was visiting died. So from Boston to Arizona. She came with a few surprises including 6 ostrich her parents had given her for her birthday and they came with a hired man. Libby and dell have a lot of problems to work out but they also found love.
March 7, 2016
Libbie
Being from Arizona held me spellbound as to what a writer would do with a South African bride. Libbie being from Australia, South Africa and Boston put quite a different flare to the story. You add Dell and ostriches to the mix- wonderful. Enjoy!
Being from Arizona held me spellbound as to what a writer would do with a South African bride. Libbie being from Australia, South Africa and Boston put quite a different flare to the story. You add Dell and ostriches to the mix- wonderful. Enjoy!
March 19, 2016
I really liked Libbie's different background and the characters in this book. I understand that there were parameters set for the authors involved in this series but I really wanted to hear more of this groups story. There was so much introduced but not explored.
August 26, 2016
When will you write about the brothers.
This book was great. I hope you continue and write about Lobbies brothers. It was a great story line that made you reread it to the end. I really want you to write more about the rest of the family.
This book was great. I hope you continue and write about Lobbies brothers. It was a great story line that made you reread it to the end. I really want you to write more about the rest of the family.
July 8, 2017
This series was my first experience with multiple authors working together to write a series on a large scale. I enjoyed every book in the series and found several new authors that I hadn't read before.
January 6, 2016
Good read..
This is the first time I've read any of linda Bradd books, it was ok didn't keep me in it took most of the day to read it...
This is the first time I've read any of linda Bradd books, it was ok didn't keep me in it took most of the day to read it...
February 28, 2016
Good story about different cultures and expectations clashing... but the end was not really satisfying. It ended too soon with lots of unanswered questions and problems that needed to be resolved.
March 8, 2016
Great
Loved this book from the beginning to the end made you laugh cry sigh an enjoy the entire story line. A book you don't want to put down.
Loved this book from the beginning to the end made you laugh cry sigh an enjoy the entire story line. A book you don't want to put down.
March 31, 2016
That's it?
For real? That's the ending? It was actually somewhat of an interesting read, but the ending was abrupt. A hea, but more head scratching than an awwww feeling.
For real? That's the ending? It was actually somewhat of an interesting read, but the ending was abrupt. A hea, but more head scratching than an awwww feeling.
June 4, 2016
Loved it
Would like to see a series . maybe about liubbies brother. And dells sister. Or lobbies other two brothers in agfrica
Would like to see a series . maybe about liubbies brother. And dells sister. Or lobbies other two brothers in agfrica
December 12, 2016
This addition to the series was hilarious I was laughing like crazy it was funny.
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