| For botanist, Bettina Gilbert, mining is an offense against God’s green earth. With the shortage of women in Montana, Luke travels to Chicago to manage the Montana mining exhibition hoping to also find a wife. Only that pretty botanist keeps disrupting his mining presentations … and his chances of meeting the right woman! A city girl who despises his way of life would be the worst choice for a miner’s wife, wouldn’t she? Uplifting, wholesome romance set in the Gilded Age during Chicago’s World Fair. Written by bestselling author and professional genealogist, Angela Breidenbach. Accurate to history while entertaining, inspiring, with a lovely ambiance of hope. Genre: Historical Romance Release date: January 1, 2022 Click here to get your copy! |  |
My Review
Will love distract them both...?
Angela Breidenbach has done it again with one of her Queen Of The Rockies series novellas. Successfully bringing a fascinating snippet of Montana's history to life in a sweet and charming historical romance that only takes a little while to read. Seriously, I think more people would enjoy learning about their state's history if they could read books like Angela Breidenbach's Queen Of The Rockies series.
Bride Of The Rockies was a little different than all of its predecessors as most of the tale takes place outside of the state of Montana. However, it takes place during one of my favorite events to read about, the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago (also sometimes called the Chicago World's Fair). The marvels found at that Exposition are hard to imagine even today but one intrepid group of ladies from Montana presented an exhibit and definitely made their mark!
When I started Bride Of The Rockies the story did seem a bit familiar and after a little Goodreads sleuthing I discovered that it was part of the Blue Ribbon Brides Collection a few years back. It was just as much fun to read it the second time around and I enjoyed reacquainting myself with the hero's delightful matchmaking friends...
As I said before, Bride Of The Rockies is a truly sweet historical romance and an enjoyable little read. If you need a quick break from the busyness of everyday life and like learning something new, try the Queen Of The Rockies series from Montana author Angela Breidenbach...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Bride Of The Rockies by Angela Breidenbach a 4 Bark rating.
Angela Breidenbach has done it again with one of her Queen Of The Rockies series novellas. Successfully bringing a fascinating snippet of Montana's history to life in a sweet and charming historical romance that only takes a little while to read. Seriously, I think more people would enjoy learning about their state's history if they could read books like Angela Breidenbach's Queen Of The Rockies series.
Bride Of The Rockies was a little different than all of its predecessors as most of the tale takes place outside of the state of Montana. However, it takes place during one of my favorite events to read about, the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago (also sometimes called the Chicago World's Fair). The marvels found at that Exposition are hard to imagine even today but one intrepid group of ladies from Montana presented an exhibit and definitely made their mark!
When I started Bride Of The Rockies the story did seem a bit familiar and after a little Goodreads sleuthing I discovered that it was part of the Blue Ribbon Brides Collection a few years back. It was just as much fun to read it the second time around and I enjoyed reacquainting myself with the hero's delightful matchmaking friends...
As I said before, Bride Of The Rockies is a truly sweet historical romance and an enjoyable little read. If you need a quick break from the busyness of everyday life and like learning something new, try the Queen Of The Rockies series from Montana author Angela Breidenbach...
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives Bride Of The Rockies by Angela Breidenbach a 4 Bark rating.
(I received a copy of this book from the author. All opinions are entirely my own.)
More from Angela
Rabbit trails. The paths that draw a writer away from her planned research. That’s what happened when I started researching Queen of the Rockies. I hopped down a rabbit trail that took me into an entirely different story. Here I was writing about the beginning of Montana as a state, the real people, and the unusual stories of the Gilded Age. Then a thread of the Chicago World’s Fair kept popping up like little bunnies in the middle of the field that darted here and there.
Well, those little rabbit trails captured my fascination. I couldn’t stop chasing them. I wanted to know more about why people who were busy carving out a new state would want to travel halfway across the country and live in Chicago for five months. Why would they care? What were their goals? Who were these unusual people? So, I did the smart thing. I started a new document to think about writing a later story.
Well, those little rabbit trails captured my fascination. I couldn’t stop chasing them. I wanted to know more about why people who were busy carving out a new state would want to travel halfway across the country and live in Chicago for five months. Why would they care? What were their goals? Who were these unusual people? So, I did the smart thing. I started a new document to think about writing a later story.
| The more I researched the first book in this series, Queen of the Rockies, the more I found tidbits of names that reappeared in newspapers. Then I followed a few of those names just to see what had become of them. I found a lot more than I expected. From the social pages in newspapers to club minute books to journals the stories of some really interesting women came to light. Their goals were much more than for one family or one town. These people found a cause bigger than themselves. They found a bond in forging a state that held respectability in the world’s eyes. These people were tired, and offended, of the constant slur — the Wild West. And they were going to change that erroneous misconception! |  |
The rest of civilization didn’t understand how modern, elegant, and valuable Montana was in the 1890s. But the people of Montana were about to prove their infant state was the shining star on the American flag. She was no infant. This beautiful state, whose capitol was fully electric already, could hold her own among the elegant countries slated to be at that fair in 1893.
Come turn the pages of Bride of the Rockies and find out what these people, and especially the women, did to put Montana in the world headlines. See why they stunned with never before seen discoveries displayed in their pavilion during the Columbian Exposition. Can you imagine being given 10% of the budget while the men had 90%, in essence set up as the underdog, and blowing the world away with what you do with it? Walking away with the win? Not just one win…seven!
Bride of the Rockies took me on a fabulous rabbit trail of research. I hope this story will be fun for you, too!
Come turn the pages of Bride of the Rockies and find out what these people, and especially the women, did to put Montana in the world headlines. See why they stunned with never before seen discoveries displayed in their pavilion during the Columbian Exposition. Can you imagine being given 10% of the budget while the men had 90%, in essence set up as the underdog, and blowing the world away with what you do with it? Walking away with the win? Not just one win…seven!
Bride of the Rockies took me on a fabulous rabbit trail of research. I hope this story will be fun for you, too!
 Angela Breidenbach | Angela Breidenbach is a professional genealogist, media personality, conference speaker, bestselling author of eighteen books, and screenwriter. Angela lives in Montana with her hubby and Muse, a trained fe-lion, who shakes hands, rolls over, and jumps through a hoop. Surprisingly, Angela can also. Catch her show and podcast, Genealogy Publishing Coach! |
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