Blessed are the Merciful (Mail Order Bride Series #4) [Paperback]

Al & Joanna Lacy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 16, 1999

In 1878 Adam Burke leaves Philadelphia for North Platte, Nebraska. The young lawyer wants to start a new life after being spurned by his fiancee. Adam also has another reason to leave -- he accidentally ran over and killed a woman named Nancy Mason in a thunderstorm. In North Platte he finds success in more ways than one when Rachel Mason answers his ad for a mail order bride. Adam considers the last name an odd coincidence -- but only after their marriage and after they both come to the Lord do they discover the awful truth: Adam killed Rachel's mother. Thanks to a pastor's intervention, Rachel overcomes her shock and bitterness to forgive Adam, just as God forgives us all.

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About the Author

Al Lacy has written more than ninety novels, including the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series. He and his wife, JoAnna Lacy, are coauthors of the Mail Order Bride, Hannah of Fort Bridger, and Shadow of Liberty series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Multnomah Books (August 16, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157673417X
• ISBN-13: 978-1576734179
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,686,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Al Lacy has written more than ninety novels, including the Angel of Mercy, Battles of Destiny, and Journeys of the Stranger series. He and his wife, JoAnna Lacy, are coauthors of the Mail Order Bride, Hannah of Fort Bridger, and Shadow of Liberty series. The Lacys make their home in the Colorado Rockies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING, April 27, 2011

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Timi A. Hedger (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blessed are the Merciful (Mail Order Bride Series #4) (Paperback)

This book is part of an amazing series of books and this may be my favorite book in the series! Each book gets better and better as you read. There is a lot to each book and sometimes it can get a little confusing, but in the end they tie it up and it makes since! Definitly worth reading!!!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Boring!!!! Terrible! Don't bother!, June 1, 2003

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"kmlarkin" (CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blessed are the Merciful (Mail Order Bride Series #4) (Paperback)

This is my second mail order bride series book. Once again I am disappointed. Where is the mail order bride part? It comes in at the last couple of chapters. This book was sad and depressing.
I found my self just skimming the pages after chapter 15. I was saying to my self when is the good part going to happen? The word mail order bride is first brought up in chapter 15 and there is only 24 chapters in the entire book. The last few chapters had some romance but not allot. The last few chapters were very sappy and so fake. I could here the violins in the back ground (argue).
Also reading this book the characters got confusing. After he breaks up with girl number 1 and runs over girl number 2 mother I was little lost. I thought he had hit girl number 1 mom.
There was not a good flow from one Character to the other.
If you want to read a real mail order bride (Romance Christian) type book read Hope (Brides of the West 1872, Book 3) by Lori Copeland. Now that was a real Christian romance book that you can't put down!