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Bear Creek Brides #1-4

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Can you find love while living on the ruthless Frontier? Follow four passionate romances as they try to find happiness in the dangerous untamed wild west.
Mathew Jenkins knows loneliness better than anyone. Jenny Philips needs to escape her domineering uncle who’s trying to sell her to the highest bidder.

A mail-order bride ad brings these two tortured souls together. Upon meeting the Virginia rose, Mathew falls hard and offers to help her get settled.

Although Jenny finds herself attracted to the kindhearted cattle farmer, she fears that a marriage amid deadly conflict between miners and natives could spoil their chance at happiness.

Can the couple survive a bumpy trail to love and begin a new life together?

Sheriff Jacob Benning dreams of only one thing: being a father. After placing a mail-order bride ad, an accident ruins his handwriting and with it, a chance to meet an educated lady.

He believes his dream of fatherhood is over.

But Rosa Casey, a woman battling anxiety and low self-esteem, finds the sheriff’s bad handwriting charming. For the first time in her life, she swallows her fears, packs her bags, and takes a leap into the unknown.

In the small Montana town, Jacob and Rosa begin to build a life. But dangers of the frontier lure at every corner, threatening to destroy a relationship that has just started to blossom.

Will Jacob and Rosa survive the dusty dangers to live happily ever after?

Dan Mavis, a schoolteacher in the small town of Bear Creek, Montana, believes the only way he’ll finally marry is if he mail-orders a wife. His elegant female colleague, Phoebe James, strongly disagrees.

After having her heart broken one too many times, Phoebe finds herself falling for a handsome educator, a man strikingly different from those who’ve previously courted her.

Just as Dan starts noticing the beautiful assistant and things start heating up between them, Dan’s advertisement reaches a woman keen to take up his offer.

Dan’s mail-order bride shows up at the worst moment, ready to break the starry-eyed couple apart.

Will this dramatic interruption ruin Dan and Phoebe’s best chance for a happily-ever-after?

When Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he didn’t plan on falling in love. Since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down and he wants nothing more than to worship the Sioux beauty and be a devoted husband.

But the call of the tribe is strong.

Morning Sun loves Edward with all her heart, but her loyalty lies with her tribe.

Can she really ask Edward to give up his life to live with the Sioux? Does Edward love her enough to leave behind the life he built?

As doubts and fears plague the couple’s minds, the US military plans to banish the Sioux to a reservation, taking Morning Sun away from Edward forever.

If they run away together, they can save their love, but what will become of the tribe?

Can their love survive the harshest of tests?

In Bear Creek Brides: Books 1-4, you’ll find four exhilarating stories of how one brave act of venturing into the unknown can change your destiny.

868 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 18, 2020

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Amelia Rose

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I am a shameless romance addict with no intentions of ever kicking the habit. Growing up I dreamed of entertaining people and taking them on fantastical journeys with my acting abilities, until I came to the realization as a college sophomore that I had none to speak of. Another ten years would pass before I discovered a different means to accomplishing the same dream: writing stories of love and passion for addicts just like me.I have always loved romance stories and I try to tie all the elements I like about them into my writing.

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76 reviews1 follower
November 10, 2023
Deviating from my usual reads, this box of 4 novels was a nice change of genre. Set in the "wild west" during the United States' formative expansion time we get to see four different couples get together, build a community, and spread positive moral values to the budding town of Bear Creek. Each of the women have left life as they know it to begin afresh with one of the Bear Creek men.

Books 1-4 overall review:
I really liked the positivity and resiliency of all the townsfolk. While the plot and conflict was not too complex, the focus was really on the type of people and how they solve problems together instead of on the drama of the conflict. Sometimes it read a little slow and a bit too sugary - but there is a time and place for different styles of writing and this sweet set of stories was what I needed to truly feel faith in humanity again.
On the other end of my review, while i loved the character Black Bear and his tribespeople, I did not like how they were portrayed as mystical mythical people who only served to elevate the consciousness of the settlers. American history has a way of mythicizing any groups that don't follow traditional Christian culture, and it felt like the natives were more portrayed more for their helpfulness to the settlers and the story overlooked a lot of real anger and hurt they must have felt until the very last book.

My favorite characters so far have been Phoebe and Dan - who had the most real relationship conflict and portrayal of emotions. They faced their emotions as irrationally as a normal person would and without the "wise knowledge" of someone who knows the outcome before they know it.

My least favorite character has been Jenny - as her adjustment to Bear Creek life and approach to take anything that comes her way without an ounce of resistance or negative apprehension seems fake. She seemed like such a flat character.

Overall, I enjoyed this cozy read, however I am glad i got this on Stuff Your Kindle day, as I don't think I would be purchasing any more of the Bear Creek stories.
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8,598 reviews121 followers
September 3, 2024
3 Stars

Bear Creek Brides Series Boxset contains the first four Books in this twelve book Bear Creek Brides Series by Amelia Rose. This is an historical, western romance series with mail-order brides, lonely hearts, adventure, challenges, drama, a little angst, emotion, finding love unexpectedly, and life in the old west.
-The Rescued Bride’s Savior (Book #1)
A lonely cattle farmer falls hard and fast for a mail-order bride who only wants to escape being sold to the highest bidder- and the wild west seems to be the safer option. But with conflict between the miners and the indigenous people destroy their chance of happiness?
-A Faithful Bride for the Wounded Sheriff (Book #2)
An accident threatens his chance of finding love and starting the family he’s always wanted. But fate intervenes, bringing mail-order bride Rosa to his door. But danger isn’t ever far away in the wild west- so will their love survive?
-The Untangling of Two Hearts (Book #3)
When a lonely schoolteacher believes his only chance at love and happiness would need to be mail-ordered to his door- he just might find that love has been right in front of him the whole time.
-Indian Bride for the Trusty Miner (Book #4)
Edward James came to town to manage the mines- and found love in the process. But loving Morning Sun brings a whole slew of challenges that they will need to overcome if they have any chance of a future of happiness together.
Happy Reading…

Thank you, Amelia Rose!
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3,515 reviews38 followers
May 23, 2021
Listened to audio narrated by Alan Taylor. He's easy to listen to, but I would have liked a bit more dynamics in the narration.

These four books are sweet romances, simply told and include a dash of danger. The men are from a small town that grew from gold mining, there are few woman and they each place an ad for a mail order bride. The women are from the East and face a variety of challenges, including making friends with the nearby friendly Sioux Indians and dealing with the dangers of prejudice and the local wildlife.

I would have liked a bit more complexity and emotional range from the various characters. The dialog and narration felt like it was written for a much younger audience.

Sweet, slow build, historical romance.

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2,103 reviews13 followers
July 16, 2021
I listened to this one on audio. The narrator, Alan Taylor, is fantastic!

Book 1 – The story for this book is quite interesting. I thought it fantastic and a great and perfect start to this series, Bear Creek Brides.

Book 2 – I listened to this one on audio. The narrator, Alan Taylor is fantastic!

I loved the realness of this story. Trying to write with a broken arm, then the person reading it thinking, whoa, what is happening. I loved the relationship between the character and her employer.

Book 3 – I listened to this one on audio. The narrator, Alan Taylor was fantastic!

This book was great. Loved it. There was a bit at the beginning and I thought ok. The person is our heroine. Then the story progresses wonderfully. Then bam, this person shows up. I had actually forgotten about her. That was funny because of her personality. I loved the characters and story of this book!

Book 4 – I listened to this one on audio. The narrator, Alan Taylor is fantastic!

This was an excellent book. The characters of course are great, you can’t expect anything less from this author. The story was great and incorporated real-life historic events, like the army rounding up Indians and putting them on the reservation. There were a few twists I did not see. I would say this book is a bit more complicated and detailed than others this author has written so far in this series, but it needs to be. Excellent. I look forward to reading/listening to more in this series.
11 reviews
March 23, 2022
It's a nice mostly clean series. There is some violence, and the word "h*ll" is mentioned a few times. The major problem is when you download the Audible and Kindle versions. It's not a good idea if you use the two together to learn English or to learn to read. The narration changes some of the sentences and adds to or removes words from what's on the screen. The narrator is okay, but I'm not a fan of male narrators doing female character voices. Also, he uses very few accents. (One character did fake a southern drawl.) The characters from Boston don't have that distinctive silent "r" accent.

(I changed my mind about the narrator. At least his female characters kind of sound female. The female narrator of Books 5-8 makes everyone sound almost alike. None of the male characters sound male at all. I've heard other female narrators do a better job.)
118 reviews1 follower
October 10, 2023
I enjoyed this set. The stories are very well written. I have great respect for all people regardless of race or creed. However, this being set as Christian fiction, I think it is important to remember that Jesus said no one comes to the Father except through Him. My concern is that we not try to mix Christianity and the Indian way of worship. Nor should we simply leave anyone alone and not introduce them to Jesus. Just as importantly, while introducing Jesus we should not be guilty as our ancestors were, in trying to change a peoples culture. Having only read the first four books the author may deal with this topic in later books. All that being said I recommend this series.
61 reviews1 follower
May 3, 2022
A town of whites with an Indian tribe near by.

The town of Bear Creek has many town folks that have become good friends with the Sioux Indian chief and some of the braves. This doesn't set well with all the towns people. In a crisis the Sioux tribe has come to help the town. In time the Indians decide they want to learn the English language. These books cover the peoples stories that live in Bear Creek and how they came to be.

Enjoyable reading with western romance and excitement and danger around many corners.





38 reviews
August 24, 2025
Gold in the mine and Gold in Morning Sun’s Heart

A great western romance. The mine owner, who is half-Sioux falls in love with Morning Sun of Brown Bear’s Sioux tribe in the Montana mountains above the town of Bear Creek. A disapproving father, cavalry that come to move the tribe to a reservation, and a murder within the tribe all must be resolved if Edward and Morning Sun are to find happiness. Wonderful small town with interesting characters to keep the action moving. A clean family romance.
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723 reviews7 followers
June 19, 2021
Bear Creek Brides: Books 1-4 from Amelia Rose is a fantastic historical clean romance that takes place in the wild west. It is a look in life in times of those pioneers in America. It is very nice to dream back to this time and take a look. It is a well-written series and with great characters that you learn to know very much. I find the stories so fascinating that I can hardly lay down the book and I start quickly with part 5.
4 reviews1 follower
March 25, 2022
Bear Creek Brides

Amelia Rose has such a wonderful imagination! When I read her stories I feel like I am right there with her characters. The stories are so interesting that I just can’t stop reading. I want to know what is going to happen next. The stories are rich with many different personalities. I can’t stop reading. There are so many twists and turns in the plot. Amelia Rose you have been blessed it’s an awesome gift of storytelling.
2,101 reviews19 followers
March 30, 2022
Enjoyable

I really enjoyed these books. Each story was interesting and had good characters and issues that kept my interest all the way through. I most appreciated the community spirit where everyone looks out for the interests of others. Brown Bear & White Raven were my favourites. They show great heart, wisdom and integrity. Was nice getting a glimpse of Sioux living as well. Looking forward to the rest if the series.
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41 reviews
April 19, 2021
I am sorry

I read the first 4 books of this series. I kind of wish I hadn't. Much of it is redundant and not necessarily good for the story. By the time I got to the 4th I was ready to give up and basically fast forwarded to the end. I don't like to give a poor review, so I am sorry. No I will not go for the 5th.
274 reviews1 follower
May 26, 2021
Great series all are excellent reads, highly recommend.

All four of these books were great reads. I enjoyed all of them. This writer is wonderful. I really enjoyed book for as I have native American ancestry in my heritage. This writer did an awesome job on all books in the series. I could not put this down. I can’t wait to read more in the series either.
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523 reviews5 followers
December 15, 2021
MS Rose continues to expand her stories of westward expansion...

Each one is caught up in the growth of Bear Creek. The stories are easy to fall into but still carry their own weight. Her writing is flawless a d makes a very goodread. Thanks for sharing your talent. I read from Kindle unlimited. Looking forward to the next set of the series!
2,658 reviews10 followers
April 28, 2022
What a book set

Four stories that just blew me away! Each story unique in its telling but all based around the same town. I loved the people, warm and genuinely there for each other including the Indian tribe that lives by them. Its a don't miss, now I can move on to the next four adventures.
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410 reviews6 followers
May 9, 2023
Audiobook Version
Absolutely lovely stories. I enjoyed each of these stories. They are well written and the narration was perfectly performed. Great characters and intriguing plots. Each of the stories contained a bit of drama, various emotions, some active scenes and plenty of comical relief. I definitely recommend this boxset.
3 reviews
March 5, 2024
Fantastic

If ya really like romance that ya wouldn't mind sharing with anyone this is for you. These are all good without having to skip over pages cause it's too detailed in some areas. Folks this is awesome without being x-rated. Thank ya for writing such good books. I really appreciate stories like these.
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705 reviews17 followers
April 15, 2024
I finished book #1 about Matthew and Jenny. I skimmed a lot of the repetitive parts. It's a lovely story. I enjoyed it, but a lot of hashing over the same thoughts. I did find though skipping past all that extra stuff and just reading the story. :)
I will probably come back to the Deer Creek Brides. Right now I want to read something else.
4 reviews
August 31, 2024
Bear Creek books 1-4 Mail order bride

I love historical romance books. It was really nice to read ,about a little town that was all intertwined with each other. Would recommend this series to anyone that loves history romance . Its clan and living before my time.
Thanks for the series
725 reviews2 followers
June 25, 2021
Great book set

Each story connects to the community of Bear Creek and the struggles of early pioneers. Each story builds on the importance of community and possibility of relationship with local indians.
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1,537 reviews6 followers
July 7, 2021
Kudos

I appreciate the effort and persistence it takes to gets books written. Well done on that part.
But, please please, please do some real research on your subject.
Ride a draft horse to work cattle? Spend a work day exercising the cattle?
I just can't read any more...
302 reviews3 followers
March 28, 2022
Gold

The story was good. What people will do for gold. Edward and Mountain Sun, will have a happy life. Like all the other characters in all the books. I have already purchased the other stories. I like your style of writing. Thank you for many great hours of reading.
117 reviews3 followers
October 16, 2022
very interesting stories

I loved that the characters continued in the books. I also thoroughly enjoyed the series.
I recommend these books for anyone interested in Wild West Romance stories.
2 reviews
March 2, 2023
A great read kept me interested.

I enjoyed all of the characters and their different encounters, I especially liked how each chapter included the previous families and children.
141 reviews2 followers
April 13, 2023
Indian and White Worlds Meet

A charming and engaging saga of the town Bear Creek and a nearby Sioux tribe. You’ll enjoy every page! This set of books 1-4 are a start to the string of marriages happening in the town. Wonderfully romantic!!
1 review
June 21, 2023
Book 4

I do not agree with Book 4 ending the is a people that need to be forward the people needed to part of the community and a business man back into a tepee Morning Sun came off as as weak to me
5 reviews
August 15, 2023
Looking forward to more by this author

Very moving and well written. I was immersed in the times and culture. I liked how the community of whites and native Americans worked together for the benefit of all
59 reviews
February 25, 2024
I normally don’t read a box set but the Bear Creek Brides 1-4 was so amazing, I could not put the book down until I finished all four stories. I can’t wait to read the next box set of 5-8. Fantastic stories.
558 reviews
April 15, 2024
Great

These are truly great stories I love reading about the west during the times with the native Americans even though I wish they had not been treated so badly. Truly great stories though.
133 reviews2 followers
April 30, 2024
Sweet clean romances

This set has a wonderful town with lots of interesting characters in the series. The descriptions are well done and the stories original. Good all around clean read.
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