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Title: A January Bride

Subtitle: A Year of Weddings Novella

Author: Deborah Raney

Narrator: Christy Ragland

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 12-24-13

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 24 votes

Genres: Romance, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A year's worth of novellas from 12 inspirational romance authors. Happily ever after guaranteed.

Who can work in a house that's overrun by contractors and carpenters? Not Madeleine Houser, a successful novelist who gladly accepts the help of her octogenarian friend, Ginny, to arrange for a temporary office in the charming bed and breakfast owned by Ginny's friend Arthur. Maddie's never met the innkeeper - but a friendship grows between them as Maddie and Arthur leave messages for each other each day. To Maddie's alternate delight and chagrin, she seems to be falling for the inn's owner - a man who's likely many years her senior - and who she's never even met.

Members Reviews:

Can Writer's Walk Down the Aisle?

The next novella in the Zondervan Bridal series is the January Bride by Deborah Raney. A little hint if you liked a novel The Accidental Bestseller which has appeared at Writerâs Corner then you will love this novel!

Synopsis:

Madeline Houser needs to get her next novel written. Her sister says come to their house oversee the renovations and get your writing done because you can write anywhere. After spending some time at the house Maddie is barely able to get work done and wants to have a serious talk with her sister. Then her neighbor Ginny comes to the rescue. The she suggests going to this inn to write. It is owned by a widower who has lost his wife. Maddieâs first visit inspires inspiration and she finds working there great! It also helps that the widower leaves her notes. She also leaves him notes. What will happen when they actually meet? Could there be another bride going down the aisle?

My Thoughts:

I am a writer and I love stories that discuss authors in the process of writing their novels. You would think that might not appeal to me, but it really does. I could not wait to visit this story each evening to find out what would happen next! The most major downer was that I sort of knew where the story was going with the bride going down the aisle. It was still fun to see how the plot of the story progressed.

Deborah Raney has written other novels that are worth devouring!

Sweet romance

I'm not much of a novella person. I read A December Bride and it was a wonderfully light, sweet, fun book. I discovered that one of the good christian authors I've read (Rachel Hauck, I reviewed her books on my blog) wrote A March Bride (coming out in March, obviously) and I thought it would be fun to read these novellas. Why? Honestly because I haven't read many fictional christian authors I thought were above almost ok, so this is a cheap way of maybe discovering some new authors. I read a lot of romance novels and my favorite authors are all between books. I need more material! :)

The best thing about this book was that it made me laugh out loud. Deborah has a nice rhythm to her writing and although once again I was left wishing this were a full size book, that's not something to complain about, it is a novella, after all. The book is sweet, real, funny. The difficulties the characters face are things you can relate with, but without the excessive drama some christian authors feel they have to put in a book.