1. They open flat on table.
2. The pages can be gently wiped clean. I'm pretty messy
3. Great recipes- easy for me to make. I'm not a cook.
4. Tasty recipes.
I made these sweet potato fries. Delicious. Every last bit was eaten.
This is a new cookbook. I highly recommend this for your kitchen
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Each son was strong, handsome and determined to accomplish their father's request.
There are seven stories by seven different authors in this collection. I was familiar with most. Each story was about one brother. By the end of the collection, I felt connected to the Hart Family.
I appreciate collections like this. I can easily read one story at night and pick up the next later on.
These clean and wholesome stories were just to my liking. I would have loved it if the Hart's had seven more brothers.
I received this from Celebrate Lit to review.
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About the Book
Book: Seven Brides for Seven Texans
Authors: Gabrielle Meyer, Erica Vetsch, Amanda Barratt, Lorna Steilstad, Keli Gwyn, and Vickie McDonough
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release date: April 29, 2025
Seven brothers, seven heiresses, and one meddling grandfather—can mismatched matchmaking pave the way for true love?
Abraham Kennebrae, a powerful Minnesota tycoon, hatches a bold matchmaking scheme to secure his grandsons’ futures by pairing them with the wealthiest heiresses in town. But the brothers have no intention of complying, and their prospective brides harbor plans of their own. Jonathan battles to protect his fortune from slipping through his fingers, while Melissa guards the secret that could shatter her world—and her heart. Noah seeks refuge on Sutton Island, where fate throws him into the path of his destined bride, Anastasia. Meanwhile, Eli resigns himself to an engagement with Clarice Zahn, though his heart stirs at the sight of her younger sister, Josie.
With emotions running high and loyalties tested, Abraham’s carefully crafted plan spirals into chaos. Can love triumph when hearts rebel against expectations, or will the grandfather’s meddling prove too great a challenge for even the most determined romantics?
Gabrielle Meyer, a Minnesota native, draws inspiration for her historical fiction from the rich stories and landscapes of her home state, where she lives on the banks of the upper Mississippi River with her husband and four children. A former employee of the Minnesota Historical Society, Gabrielle loves weaving real people, places, and events into her captivating tales.
Best-selling, award-winning author Erica Vetsch weaves her love for Jesus, history, romance, and sports into her stories, including The Debutante’s Code, the first in the Thorndike & Swann Regency Mystery Series. When she’s not crafting fiction or planning her next trip to a history museum.
Bestselling author Amanda Barratt brings to life overlooked moments in history through her award-winning novels, including The Warsaw Sisters, Within These Walls of Sorrow, and The White Rose Resists. Based in Michigan, she’s often immersed in research, tackling her ever-growing TBR stack, or savoring a slice of lemon cake.
Carol Award finalist Lorna Seilstad explores life’s complexities with humor in her nine novels, including the Lake Manawa Summers and Gregory Sisters series, as well as several novella collections. When she’s not writing, she teaches women’s Bible classes, runs a toy store, plans weddings, or spends time with her Pyredoodle, Honey Bea.
Keli Gwyn crafts inspirational historical romances that she loves to read. A California native, she now lives in the greater Sacramento area with her husband and their sweet orange tabby, enjoying life close to family.
Vickie McDonough, a CBA, EPCA, and Amazon best-selling author of 54 books and novellas, brings the Old West to life in her award-winning romances featuring ranchers, cowboys, and lawmen. Though married to a computer geek who fears horses, she lives out her ranching dreams through her stories—and when she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, gardening, making cards, and traveling.
Hi, I’m Erica Vetsch, and I loved collaborating on the stories for the 7 Brides for 7 Texans collection. It was fun writing stories that were so intertwined, and working closely with the other authors in the collection to bring the whole concept together.
Initially, I was approached by a publisher, asking if I would be interested in heading up a novella collection loosely based on the idea of 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, the classic musical. The parameters were that the stories must be no longer than 25K words, be historical in setting, and that I could choose the overall concept, as well as my team of authors.
I, of course, jumped at the chance. Before I contacted anyone, I worked up a rough idea of the premise of the stories. A wealthy Texas rancher with seven strapping sons is tired of waiting for them to get married and provide him with grandchildren, so he issues an ultimatum. Get married by the end of the calendar year, or you’re disinherited.
I named all the sons after famous Texans, and gave them a birth order, then I began contacting writing friends to see if they were interested in joining the project. Everyone I asked said yes! 😊
Then the real fun began. We formed a private Facebook group, and as the characters were chosen by the various authors, the order of the stories in the collection formed, and as ideas for storylines poured in, I began creating what we came to call The Master Document.
In the MD we tracked main characters’ names and appearances, secondary characters, a map of the fictional town of Hartsville, TX, and more. It eventually ran to more than 20 pages of information. We named the town newspaper, the general store, and kept track of the layout of the Harts’ massive ranch house. Keeping these details all in one place made it easy for the authors to flesh out their story world in a way that was consistent with everyone else’s stories.
Because the stories are so closely tied and on such a tight timeline, each of the authors’ characters would appear in another author’s novella. We needed to respect each other’s visions for the characters and treat them with respect, while also having the freedom to write our own stories.
Early on, as the project coordinator, it was established that if a dispute arose between two authors on how something should go, it would be myself who would cast the final vote. However, that contingency never came into play, as all the authors worked so well together.
One of the most challenging aspects of the project was, that as the project lead, and the one writing the final story in the collection, I needed to know the most about all the stories. Just before the deadline to turn our stories into the publisher, each author sent their story along to me to read for continuity. I spent a long weekend at author Gabrielle Meyer’s house, and we read every novella aloud, making notes for consistency and continuity throughout. These notes were turned in to the project editor, and she used them in her editing process to make sure seven separate stories felt cohesive.
It truly was a fun—and to me—unique, project, and when the publisher asked if I would like to head up a follow up collection, I was eager to say yes, and thus 7 Brides for 7 Texas Rangers was born.
Both of these intertwined collections went out of print, but they are now being released once more, this time through Wild Heart Books. I’m thrilled that we can tell our stories to new readers and prolong the lives of these characters.
To celebrate their tour, the Wild Heart Books Authors are giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!
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Simple Harvest Reads, May 24 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)
Devoted To Hope, May 25
For Him and My Family, May 25
Stories By Gina, May 26 (Author Interview)
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Tell Tale Book Reviews, May 28
Cover Lover Book Review, May 29
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Books You Can Feel Good About, May 31
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Tilly loves her family with all her heart. She is very protective of her children but knows she has to let go. Will her daughter go down the same path as she? Will her son be influenced by his father's family?
Her marriage to Sam is a treasure to behold. He is there by her side through thick and thin. What a man! I totally get it as I have the best husband myself.
Her family has had one upset after another. But can they survive the loss of Maggie May? The ship her husband loves the most.
Everytime Tilly's daughter went out to an event, I held my breath. Please keep her safe. I prayed that she had a good head on her shoulders. And I'm not her mother!
I enjoyed the story. Very entertaining. I loved Tilly.
I received this book to review from Boldwood Books.
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Troubled Times for Tilly
A gripping saga of courage, resilience and fractured dreams, set in Victorian London.
Life on the river has never been easy for Tilly and Sam, but through hard work and determination, they’ve built a home filled with love. Joey, Tilly’s eldest son, has lived between two worlds—cherished as her child but granted privileges, denied to her other children, through his wealthy birth father’s family. It’s a fine balance that has always held… until an incident at a glittering Celebration Ball shatters the fragile harmony.
Tilly fears the consequences, especially when her spirited, headstrong daughter Martha is involved. Martha has ideas of her own. How will she fare when she faces Joey’s entitled friends and their easy lives?
Disaster strikes Sam’s business, shaking the family’s foundation. Tilly’s worst fears come to life when Joey’s affluent relatives start making plans to reclaim him. Tilly is torn between fighting for her son and respecting his dreams.
As old wounds reopen and new temptations arise, Tilly must summon all her strength to keep her family together. But will love and loyalty be enough, or will the promise of wealth and comfort lure her children away forever?
A Powerful follow-up to The Water Gypsy. Perfect for fans of Anna Jacobs and Dilly Court
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Author Bio – Kay Seeley is a talented storyteller and bestselling author. Her short stories have been published in women’s magazines and short-listed in competitions. Her novels had been finalists in The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. She lives in London and loves its history. Her stories are well researched and beautifully written with compelling characters where love triumphs over adversity. Kay writes stories that will capture your heart and leave you wanting more. Often heart-wrenching but always satisfyingly uplifting, her books are perfect for fans of Anna Jacobs, Lesley Pearse and Josephine Cox.
Kay is a Member of The Alliance of Indie Authors and The Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
All her novels are available for Kindle, in paperback, audio and in Large Print
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I love cats. I have my own. He's sitting on my lap right now. And there's no way he could be considered a "Little Mouse". My cat weighs 16 pounds. And he probably would not jump and protect me from a bad guy.
Lizzie finally is making her dream come true. Unfortunately, someone is not happy for her.
Lizzie has the greatest friends. They are supportive and have her back at all times. She also starts to see her friend's brother as more than a friend.
Lizzie and her friends have a mystery to solve. And they need to solve it fast before someone is hurt.
I received this book from Celebrate Lit to review.
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Book: Lizzie’s Little Mouse (The Heart of the Amish Series Book Eight)
Author: Anne Blackburne
Genre: Amish/Christian Fiction
Release date: April, 2025
Lizzie Has Dreams That Won’t Be Deterred
Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.
Ever since attending a wedding in Louisiana, Lizzie Miller has been fascinated by French baked goods. With permission of her parents and bishop, she did a two-year internship in a French bakery in New Orleans. When a local Amish bakery became available, she bought it and opened her own French inspired bakery.
But now someone wants her out of business. During her grand opening, a strange man accosts her, then a brick is tossed through her window wrapped in a note telling her to leave. Someone breaks into her apartment above the bakery, and her cat chases the intruder out.
With the help of her friends, Lizzie will get to the bottom of why someone wishes her to fail. And at the same time, she’ll realize that sometimes dreams can be fulfilled with what—or who—was always close at hand, just waiting to be noticed.
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Anne Blackburne lives and works in Southeast Ohio as a newspaper editor and writer. She is the mother of five grown children, has one wonderful grandchild, and a spoiled poodle named Millie. For fun, when she isn’t working on Amish romance or sweet mysteries, Anne directs and acts in community theater productions and writes and directs original plays. She also enjoys reading, kayaking, swimming, searching for beach glass, and just sitting with a cup of coffee looking at large bodies of water. Her idea of the perfect vacation is cruising and seeing amazing new places with people she loves.
I’m so excited that once again, the amazing bloggers who work with Celebrate Lit are going to do a blog tour for my brand new book in Barbour’s “Heart of the Amish” series, “Lizzie’s Little Mouse”!
Lizzie’s story is available now to readers in print and online wherever fine books are sold, and I feel so blessed to have the help of the Celebrate Lit folks in launching this wonderful story.
If you read either of my previous two books in the series, “Ruth’s Gingersnap Surprise” and “Mary’s Calico Hope”, you’ll remember Elizabeth Miller, their sassy friend with the darling Haflinger pony named Goldie who gave Mary a ride one morning before church services. Elizabeth, or Lizzie, was also mentioned in Ruth’s story as one of the lucky recipients of a kitten from their elderly friend, Lydia’s, cat’s final litter.
Lizzie’s cat is a gray kitty she named Petit Souris, which is French for Little Mouse. Why Little Mouse? Because as a tiny kitten, the darling reminded Lizzie of a mouse!
And why the French name? Well, our heroine is not your typical Amish miss. After attending a wedding in New Orleans as a teen and tasting the amazing baked goods for which the city is renowned, Lizzie began dreaming of opening her very own New Orleans style French bakery – in Ohio’s Amish country!
She loves everything to do with New Orleans, and learned to speak their dialect of French while doing an internship in a bakery there when she was 18. Upon returning home she went to work at the local bakery to learn more about the business, and to save up for her dreams.
As the story opens, we find that Lizzie’s dream has come true! It’s opening day of The Plain Beignet, Lizzie’s bakery in Willow Creek, Ohio. Everyone comes out to wish her well, including friends you’ll recognize from my first two books!
But when something unexpected and frightening happens during the grand opening, it becomes apparent that not everyone is as happy as Lizzie and her friends about her success.
Along with some help from her pals, and her best friend Jane’s handsome big brother, John, Lizzie will get to the bottom of the mystery of who wants to put her out of business, and why!
They discover, among other things, that Lizzie’s bakery was the site of a murder a hundred years before! What could this historic crime have to do with Lizzie’s current problems?
As she, John and their friends search for clues, Lizzie will discover that there’s more baking than her latest batch of beignets!
Could it be romance?
Thank you for taking the time to learn about Lizzie’s story! This book is my third in Barbour Publishing’s series, “The Heart of the Amish”. Look for other great reads in the series from authors Mindy Steele and Lisa Jones Baker.
I’m currently writing my fourth book in the series, which will feature a young woman you’ve met in all my other stories, Jane Bontrager.
Just like her friends, Jane received a kitten from their friend, Lydia; a little brown tabby. Her story, “Plain Jane’s Secret Admirer”, is due out in early winter 2026. .
I hope you’re having as much fun reading about these remarkable young women – and their kitties! – as I’m having writing about them. Thanks for being part of our journey!
As for me and mine, we are all well and enjoying spring in southeast Ohio. In other words, enjoying the sunshine, but carrying a sweater and an umbrella, just in case!
God bless you and yours!
Joyfully,
Anne Blackburne
The Avid Reader, April 30
lakesidelivingsite, April 30
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 1
Carla’s Book Crush, May 1
Life on Chickadee Lane, May 2
Vicky Sluiter, May 2
Simple Harvest Reads, May 3 (Guest Review from Marilyn Ridgway)
Texas Book-aholic, May 4
Locks, Hooks and Books, May 5
Holly’s Book Corner, May 5
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 6
Stories By Gina, May 7 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, May 7
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, May 8
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, May 9
For Him and My Family, May 10
Jeanette’s Thoughts, May 10
Bizwings Book Blog, May 11
Lily’s Corner, May 12
Little Homeschool on the prairie, May 12
She Lives to Read, May 13
Cover Lover Book Review, May 13
To celebrate her tour, Anne is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon eGift card and a copy of the book!!
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Michigan has much to be proud of. We are known for our Great Lakes. We have coney dogs. We also have Little Caesars, Detroit Tigers and Red Wings. But most of all we have Jody Hedlund!
A Wager with the Matchmaker is the third book of the Shanahan Match series by Ms. Hedlund. And I have loved every one!
Bellamy, the Matchmaker was one clever Irishman. He knew what he was doing even though Alannah and Kiernan weren't exactly sure who they were to be matched with.
I really enjoyed the story. Alannah and Kiernan came from completely different backgrounds. Is there a chance they could have a future together?
The Matchmaker, Bellamy, is an interesting character himself. I look forward to the next book as the Matchmaker might make a match of his own.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author/publisher. I was not required to write a review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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