Blessed Bouquets

by Lyn Cote, Lenora Worth, Penny Richards

A heartwarming 3-in-1 of editorially connected novellas in which three couples find love and happiness while attending the same Arkansas wedding.

Wed by a Prayer by Lyn Cote
The Dream Man by Lenora Worth
Small-Town Wedding by Penny Richards

Genres: Love Inspired, Christian Fiction, Christian, Romance

512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 2005

About the author

Lyn grew up loving books. Her favorite night of the week was Friday night, when the Bookmobile came to her neighborhood in Illinois. She’d spend those two hours chatting with the driver of the Bookmobile and the librarian and making the big decision of the week — which books to check out! In those distant days, children were limited in how many books they could check out. Lyn could only take home six a week — and there were so many to choose from. Her favorites were Cotton in my Sack by Lois Lenski, The Little House series and the One of a Kind Family series. Later, she discovered Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances!
This love of books led to a desire to write. Lyn won prizes in high school and college for her poetry and, not surprisingly, Lyn became a history and English teacher. When she became a mother, she gave up teaching, and while raising a son and a daughter, she began working on her first novel. Then she wrote her second and third. Long years of rejection followed — as it does for most writers. Finally in 1997, Lyn got "the call." Her first book, Never Alone, was chosen to appear in the first year of the new Love Inspired line. Lyn has written many articles on writing and the emerging Christian Booksellers Assoc. (CBA) fiction market. In 2006, Lyn's book, Chloe, is a finalist for the RWA's RITA, the highest award in the romance genre in the inspirational category.
Now, Lyn spends her days writing books that show the power of divine as well as human love. Her nest is empty and she and her real life hero, her husband, have more and more time to spend together in their home on a lake in the lovely northwoods. And books are still dear to her heart.

Reviews

[Suzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute book i enjoyed how it spread generations

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

[Melissa (Vacation Mode) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet LI story collection about three women who find love and marriage.

[Meredith Sparks · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the stories seemed rushed to me but hey it was a quick read

[Jennifer Robb · Rating 3 out of 5]

A friend sent me this book in a box of books. She must not have put it on this site before she did though.

The book is 3 novellas (or perhaps short stories) that involve three friends, all of whom made a pact in their close to high school years to stay single and remain friends forever. Predictably, each finds the love of her life.

I liked the women's friendship that spanned many years.

In two of the stories (Jo's by Lyn Cote and Elizabeth's by Lenora Worth) the women meet their "true love' only shortly before deciding he's the one and getting married. Hannah's story is different in that they knew each other years before. I did guess the twist in Hannah's story though.

Overall, all three stories were good, especially for this publishing line.

[Christina Sinisi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strangely, I'd just finished reading a trio of novellas where three men made a bet about who would succumb to marital chains first.

This book is about three women who made a pact not to succumb to the same thing.

Interesting coincidence--even though I have no idea what that means for my life. :) But these were uplifting short romances and some good heroes.

I do appreciate the lessons--enjoyed the first two more than the last--why did the young love have to have turned out to be skeevy? Why couldn't his memory be good, but he still was human.

Being flawed doesn't have to mean terrible.

I still enjoyed the book.

[Debbie Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the first 2 stories the 3rd one not so much. I would read it again and I would recommend it