A Bride for Calder Brown

The best thing about picking up an untried-author is uncovering a new prize. With author Kristine Rolofson, everything is coming up roses. A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN is terrific fun! Mini Synopsis: The four elderly ladies were hard at it again! On their card table was a list of candidates for the Annual Matchmaking Festival and without too much fuss, the members of the Hearts club decided Calder Brown was their man. After all, it was time that young man settled down! The man was a very wealthy bachelor and he had been 'with' just about every available woman in and around Bliss, Montana. Yet, none had managed to tame the man's restless streak. Now the time had come . . . the Hearts club would help Calder Brown find someone! Nothing sent a shiver through Cal Brown's body quicker than the annual matchmaking festival. Those old ladies, in town, were just plain dangerous. Ok, he was at the top of their matchmaker list, but no way, would he be bamboozled into anything ludicrous. Such as -- a wedding. Lisette Hart was not interested in handsome men, ranchers, or flirting. But she was interested in a large catering job. And she had landed a good one -- a bachelor party at Three Forks Ranch, a ranch owed by Cal Brown. Lisette Hart was a caterer, a baker. Lisette Hart was not a "cake-ee." Lisette Hart did not jump out of cakes! What was the matter with her? She was actually having fun! Here she stood in a kitchen, in Montana, wondering what it would be like to have a one-night stand! It was absolute foolishness! Reviewer's Comments: Kristine Rolofson's storyline is very appealing. The author's setting is folksy and her dialogue amusing. And as it stands, I think A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN is the best offering in Rolofson's Montana Matchmaker series. Book 2 - Montana Matchmakers series Grade: B+ Status: a great book for your vacation bag Sensuality: warm MaryGrace Meloche.

The geriatric matchmakers of Bliss, Montana return in Kristine Rolofson's A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN. They succeeded with Owen Chase, and now its Calder Brown's turn to the altar. He's been with every woman in town under the age of thirty-five, and the Hearts Club needs new blood. Ordinarily, Calder avoids Bliss during its annual matchmaking festival, but he returns home for Owen's wedding because, as everyone knows, he throws the best bachelor parties. He's also Bliss most confirmed bachelor; that is, until he sees the sexy Frenchwoman stepping out of the cake. And his secret desire doesn't stay secret long when his grandfather finds his underwear on the kitchen floor. Now his grandfather's lending strength to the Hearts Club's matchmaking schemes.Lisette Lemieux Hart, new owner of the Bliss bakery, isn't interested in ranchers, but she is interested in catering the bachelor party and providing the cake. Unfortunately, the girl who ordinarily pops out of the cake elopes, leaving Lisette, mother of two girls, to do the honors. Surprisingly, she finds there's something about stepping out of a cake and acting the role of sex symbol for an hour that appeals to this overworked, over tired baker with a bigamist husband in her background. She doesn't need the emotional complications of a lover, or the problems that come with a husband. That is, until one kiss from Calder makes her ready for immoral, foolish, and embarrassing. Then the condom breaks.Once again Kristine Rolofson combines laughter and love in A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN. Rolofson's dramatic writing skill once again results in a marvelous cast of characters. There's nothing quite like a confirmed bachelor learning to be a father to two young girls. Further, not only are the hero and heroine an unlikely combination, but the secondary cast also lends comic humor and levity. A delightful read, A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN comes highly recommended.

The three elderly women, proud of their success with finding a wife for Owen Chase, decide Calder Brown, who leaves Bliss, Montana during festivals, is next. However, the Montana Matchmakers know that confirmed bachelor Calder will return home to throw his friend Owen a belated bachelor party even if the man is already married. They draw up a list of eligible wondering who will throw Calder?s bachelor party. Feeling obligated Cal leaves his vacation in Vegas to come home to arrange a belated party for his now married friend. The new owner of the bakery, Lisette Hart, learns that the lady inside the Big Cake eloped so no sexy woman is available to leap out of the prop. A reluctant Lisette jumps from the Big Cake at Owen?s event where she meets Cal. The passion between them results in her pregnancy. Already having two chidlren and one broken disastrous marriage under her belt, Lisette rejects Cal?s proposal, but he is not just asking to give the unborn a name. He wants a lifetime with Lisette. The sequel to A WIFE FOR OWEN CHASE is a warm contemporary romance that returns many of the charcaters from the first book. Though similar in tone and theme as its delightful predecessor, A BRIDE FOR CALDER BROWN engages the audience with its humorous yet at times moving story line and a strong cast. Kristine Rolofson writes an affable novel that indulges readers with its blissful ending.Harriet Klausner