Miranda: 1 (Mail-Order Brides of Sapphire Springs) Paperback – 26 Jan. 2017

I have really enjoyed reading this. Believable characters that it is easy to care about, flaws and all. I will be reading the rest of Margery Scott’s novels. Can’t get enough of them.

This was a really nice story. Full of kindness and sensitive thoughts. The characters were portrayed in a very moving way. A story to make you feel good.

I loved the story of Miranda. She was a very strong woman who didn’t know her worth due to the way her mother, amongst others, put her down and told her she wouldn’t be worthy of a man to love her.

Miranda has lost her sister and job all in one day and is now homeless. Seeing an advertisement for men in the West wanting brides, she visits the address mentioned. Worried that no man will find her worthy of being attractive enough because it had been drummed into her by her mother, she still takes a chance. What else can she do?John Weaver is a widower with twin girls aged five. He runs a diner while his Aunt Ruth looks after his girls, but the girls are becoming withdrawn and morose because of their aunt's strict, no nonsense regime. It is time to look for a mother for them without his heart or feelings becoming involved.The story idea was good, but I felt it could have been packed with lots more detail to make it even more interesting. More conversations between the girls and Miranda perhaps and not so much introspection about her self image. The reader got the message.I know what it feels like to be brought up with little self worth and indeed it is difficult to overthrow, even when in later life friends disparage what your family have led you to believe about yourself. I also brought my two children up giving them positive images of themselves.I should have liked to see that in the book. Did she ever have the conversation about the freckles afterwards? Was that the only sentence she mentioned about the child's lack of eating everything on the plate? Miracles don't happen unless you reinforce them. This would have been valuable padding to the story, not just to skate over phrases and move on. This makes the difference between good and great books.To much introspection also from John and not enough positive interaction between the two characters. All we see us them washing/drying dishes or occasional sentences in front of the fire. The reader is expected to imagine that other activities are going on behind the scenes. John goes from a vow of never loving again after the love of his life dies to suddenly telling Miranda he loves her more than he ever did his wife! I do hate that when authors do this. It makes a mockery of the first love you are led to believe about. Why can't he just find a new love?

My first book by this author and it won't be mt last.It kept my interest from page one to the last.Looking forward to reading more of her book's.

Good read. Lots of adventures. Tears and happy bits. Looking for a nice read with interesting characters then this it.

excellent, light and wholesome.

Interesting characters, even the hard nosed aunt, and especially Miranda. Surprised the story didn’t introduce other characters for other books in the series.

Very interesting and fun read! I loved it and read it all in one sitting😁 praying her next book is just as good🙏

I found this book very enjoyable I only wish it were longer :) I can wait to read book 2

Miranda, Mail-Order Brides of Sapphire Springs, by Margery Scott is an American Western romance character-driven story. I appreciated Ms. Scott’s writing style. She immediately provides the backstory into her two main characters when we meet Miranda Lowe, the female lead, and John Weaver, the male lead. Both characters are multi-layered and wounded while both needs saving. Both are strong and disillusion but are realists and thus we understand their agreement to enter an arranged marriage through the vehicle of a mail-order contract. It soon becomes evident that their plight is one of a tests of wills but the one saving grace is that they both have a common end goal—the happiness and welfare of twin girls.Ms. Hutton expertly utilized two literary devices—dialog and descriptive language. I found the dialog to be exceptional. I also appreciated how she incorporated each character’s inner dialog with themselves to reveal their true feelings. This helps readers to more than identify with them but to understand them. Her clever use of this helps readers to see these characters grow and change. Likewise, the descriptive language she employed crystalized scenes in the reader’s mind. For example, the scenes in the barn when Miranda learns to milk a cow transports a reader to be a first-hand witness. There are sex scenes in this book, but I believe Ms. Hutton handled them respectfully. If you want to learn more about Miranda and John and what led them to their quests for second chances, then I highly recommend you picking up this book and reading it. Happy reading!

Fell in love with this heart warming story. The characters where loveable and through all the sad circumstances, love wins in the end.

Heartwarming tale about two people who experienced lost and aren't quite sure if they are entitled to happiness and love. Enjoy.