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Mail Order Calamity: Book 4 ~ Kansas Brides Series Kindle Edition

by Barbara Goss (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
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Sometimes the heart needs a nudge in order to go in the right direction.


Elaina Andrews witnesses a bank robbery and recognizes one of the bandits, and struggles with fear and stress from his threats. Her best friend, Sarah gives her a train ticket so she could take her place as the mail order bride of Peter Mullins, constable of Hunter's Grove.

Pete turns out to be a fine gentleman and he marries her and brings her to his farmhouse. Every domestic duty Elaina performs turns into a disaster. She doesn't like the house or the chores he'd burdened her with. She wonders if she should have the unconsummated marriage annulled even though there is a definite physical attraction between them. A rich man, Brock, steps into the picture. Is he her escape route, or will she find a way to reconcile with Pete?

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    Kansas Brides
  2. Print length
    124 pages
  3. Language
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  5. Publication date
    December 20, 2016
  6. Reading age
    13 - 18 years
  7. Grade level
    7 - 12
  8. File size
    2155 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N2W4TX4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (December 20, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2155 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 124 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings

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Barbara Goss

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Amazon best-selling author, Barbara Goss, is married and lives in Western New York and to date has written 50 Christian/Clean Romance books, mostly westerns. She enjoys crossword puzzles, reading, swimming, and her feline writing helper, Molly, but not necessarily in that order. She writes exciting stories with a bit of God’s word spread within, without dominating the story.

Barbara began writing in 1988 and her first book, Forbidden Legacy, won first prize for fiction at a Christian Writers Convention in Titusville, Florida in 1989. This won her a book contract with Publishers: Fleming Revell and later Baker Books. She wrote four books for them under contract. She then took a few years off to work full time as a secretary to the county hospital and the local school system.

Barbara’s greatest influence in writing is the 100 books written by Grace Livingston Hill. As a Christian writer, Barbara weaves some godliness into the romance and adventure yet her books are always clean. Barbara is well on her way to catching up with Ms. Livingston.

She is now turning her wonderful Ebooks into Audiobooks. Look for them on Amazon and Audible.

My website: http://www.barbaragossbooks.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraGossBooks?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Barbee44

Sweet Wild West Reads is a Facebook group and a wonderful place for sweet western romance authors and readers to discuss their favorite stories, thoughts, and authors. Join the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1832790870336744/

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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52 global ratings

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Liz Austin
5.0 out of 5 stars She never disappoints
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
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Well, Barbara Goss never disappoints! Bringing us another excellent installment in her Mail Order Bride series. Calamity finds the town sheriff, Peter, marrying Elaina Andrews, a young women who witnessed a robbery and who needs protection from the criminals.... But the marriage isn't very blissful from the start. Will these two be able to make their hasty marriage work? Can Pete protect Elaina from harm? Read and find out! ;)

I love Goss' books, you can always count on her to write an interesting and enjoyable story. Fascinating plots, relatable characters, bundled up with originality. A must read author!
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Ellen Oceanside
4.0 out of 5 stars Humor & Love
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
Good thing she had a friend to help her out. What else could she do after seeing someone she knew and close to the family but flee to the west. Good humor as she had many disasters before recalling that all that was needed was love. Given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion
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5.0 out of 5 stars The book
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2017
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This book keep my interests all the way through to the end. It's nice to read a store about two people falling in love
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Ashley Hedden
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020
Mail Order Calamity: Book 4~ Kansas Brides Series was another good read by Barbara Goss. Elaina witnessed a bank robbery and recognizes one of the robbers. She struggles with their threats and takes up her best friend Sarah on the offer to give her a train ticket. She takes Sarah's place as the mail order bride of Peter Mullins, the Constable of Hunter's Grove. Pete decides to marry her and be a fine gentleman. But every domestic duty Elaina tries, turns into disaster. I really enjoyed Elaina and Peter's story and can't wait to read more by Barbara Goss.
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Terri C.
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Barbara Goss book so far!
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018
I listened to this book in audio. I loved this story! I really think is one of the better books I've read by Barbara Goss. The characters of Elaina and Peter were easy to relate to even though they are in a different time.
I really like western romances. I love how simple the times are contrasting with how hard life was at that time. Elaina and Peter meet as Elaina gets off the train (loved the discussion on how fast it was to travel that way) and are married shortly thereafter. Elaina's lack of cooking and farming skills were sad and laughable at the same time, but it certainly made you feel for the despair her shortcoming brought her. Peter's willingness to help her learn was heartwarming.
Peter'a character was such an upstanding guy that you had to like him. I wanted to shake him once in awhile, but he sure didn't get what he was expecting in his mail-order bride. His protection of her spoke volumes.
This was a great clean, western romance with a great plot and great characters. I highly recommend. I was given this audio book, but all thoughts are my own.
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HeatherY
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Audiobook!
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2017
Another great mail order bride novel by the talented Barbara Goss! Elaina is witness to a bank robbery in her hometown, and is shocked to recognize one of the bandits as a man close to her family. He threatens to kill her if she identifies him. She confides in her best friend, Sarah, who offers to give her the train ticket she was sent by a man in Hunter's Grove, Kansas. Elaina realizes this is her only option and accepts, hoping that the man she will meet there will protect her.

Peter is the constable for Hunter's Grove, and owns a dilapidated farmhouse outside of town. He's happy to find Elaina so kind and beautiful, and agrees to marry her immediately. He brings her home where things don't go as well as he'd hoped. Elaina can't cook, and the old house seems to be too much for her to handle. Immediately she brings up an annulment, but Peter wants to fight to make the marriage work.

I love books filled with descriptions of domestic duties during that time, and this one has plenty. I really enjoyed Elaina and Peter's personalities, and the book had plenty of action and villains, as well as the romance. It kept me hooked the entire time. There are appearance by other couples from the series, but this can be read as a standalone.

Reagan Boggs was an excellent narrator as always, she pulled me right into the story without overacting. I was provided a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
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Judy Tucker
4.0 out of 5 stars Happy ending
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016
Another mail order bride makes a trip west to find happiness. Good plot and well paced story.
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2.0 out of 5 stars He had to waist his money as Sheriff to satisfy her whims because she refused to do anything for ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017
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Spoiled little rich girls who throw temper tantrums when they have to cook and take care of animals. That's what happens when she goes out west for reasons other than to marry. That's why a lot of people out west didn't want city brats for wives. I felt sorry for Pete. She was rich brat who never learned to grow up. He had to waist his money as Sheriff to satisfy her whims because she refused to do anything for herself. He deserved better.
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