The Search for a Bride

by Lokesh Kumar
The Search for a Bride
Author: Lokesh Kumar
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2021-03-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1636695477
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With a paradigm shift in social systems, the concept of an arranged marriage seems to be losing its sheen and becoming difficult especially when you belong to one part of the country and work in another region. This is the story of a young man who finds it difficult to search for a bride. He faces a lot of expected as well as unexpected challenges during his search. He interacts with a lot of women and learns a different lesson each time. He travels multiple times from one city to another in search of his elusive bride. He puts so much effort, wastes so much energy, money and time during this eventful journey that he realizes that it would have been better to fall in love with someone instead of going through this tedious process of an arranged marriage. As he gets older and frustrated, the moot question is ‘will he get a bride as per his expectation?’. Will he marry a Manglik or a non-Manglik girl? Will that girl be from Delhi, Mumbai or some other part of the country?

Mother of the Bride

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Mother of the Bride
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Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2005-04-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1565124766
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In a poignant memoir of the mother-daughter relationship, a woman who has seen three daughters marry shares her insights into the entire bittersweet process, from engagement rings to "here comes the bride." Reprint.

Buying a Bride

by Marcia A. Zug
Buying a Bride
Author: Marcia A. Zug
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1479821322
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There have always been mail-order brides in America—but we haven’t always thought about them in the same ways. In Buying a Bride, Marcia A. Zug starts with the so-called “Tobacco Wives” of the Jamestown colony and moves all the way forward to today’s modern same-sex mail-order grooms to explore the advantages and disadvantages of mail-order marriage. It’s a history of deception, physical abuse, and failed unions. It’s also the story of how mail-order marriage can offer women surprising and empowering opportunities. Drawing on a forgotten trove of colorful mail-order marriage court cases, Zug explores the many troubling legal issues that arise in mail-order marriage: domestic abuse and murder, breach of contract, fraud (especially relating to immigration), and human trafficking and prostitution. She tells the story of how mail-order marriage lost the benign reputation it enjoyed in the Civil War era to become more and more reviled over time, and she argues compellingly that it does not entirely deserve its current reputation. While it is a common misperception that women turn to mail-order marriage as a desperate last resort, most mail-order brides are enticed rather than coerced. Since the first mail-order brides arrived on American shores in 1619, mail-order marriage has enabled women to improve both their marital prospects and their legal, political, and social freedoms. Buying A Bride uncovers this history and shows us how mail-order marriage empowers women and should be protected and even encouraged.

The Conscious Bride

by Sheryl Nissinen
The Conscious Bride
Author: Sheryl Nissinen
Publisher: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2000
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781572242135
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Led by a counselor, brides share their feelings about such issues as being given away, wearing a veil, changing their name, and closing the hotel room door only to find themselves suddenly--married. The author unravels the psychology behind common difficulties and offers practical advice for handling the fears and doubts that so often run amok as wedding bells toll.

Finding a Bride

by R.J. Groves
Finding a Bride
Author: R.J. Groves
Publisher: R.J. Groves
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-03-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0645267589
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A jilted bride. A sexy lawyer. A past full of secrets. Caitlyn is planning the perfect life with the perfect man. Soon, she'll be married to one of Goulburn's most public figures and nothing will get in her way. Not even the obnoxious lawyer she keeps running into. But when her engagement falls through and she finds herself questioning everything she once knew to be true, she has no choice but to turn to that obnoxious, sexy, headstrong lawyer for help. Their lives are a lot more intertwined than she first thought, and falling in love is not the only thing she's in danger of. Axel’s worked hard for everything in his life and being a lawyer is no exception. He’s after one thing—justice—and nothing will stop him on his mission to bring Andy Graeme down. Not even the pompous bride-to-be who keeps getting in his head. But when he finds her brokenhearted and alone, he knows something's not right. As secrets reveal themselves and his past comes back to haunt him, he discovers they're both in much more danger than he first thought. But by then, they're already in too deep. He will do everything in his power to keep Caitlyn safe. Even if it kills him.

The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride

by Carolyn Brown
The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride
Author: Carolyn Brown
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 140228053X
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Book 3 of Cowboys & Brides From New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author Carolyn Brown comes a contemporary Western romance filled to the brim with sexy cowboys, gutsy heroines, and genuine down-home Texas twang. Emily Cooper promised her dying grandfather that she'd deliver a long-lost letter to a woman he once planned to wed. Little does adventurous Emily know that this simple task will propel her to places she never could have imagined...with a cowboy who's straight out of her dreams... When sexy rancher Greg Adams discovers his grandmother Clarice has installed Emily on their ranch as her assistant, he decides to humor the two ladies. He figures Emily will move on soon enough. In the meantime, he intends to keep a close eye on her—he doesn't quite buy her story of his grandmother as a mail-order bride. A lost letter meant a lost love for Clarice, but two generations later, maybe it's not too late for that letter to work its magic. Fans of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer will thrill to this charming story of a sexy Texas rancher and the mail order bride who brought him to one knee. Cowboys & Brides Series: Billion Dollar Cowboy (Book 1) The Cowboy's Christmas Baby (Book 2) The Cowboy's Mail Order Bride (Book 3) How to Marry a Cowboy (Book 4) Praise for Bestselling Contemporary Western Romances by Carolyn Brown: "Sizzling hot and absolutely delectable."—Romance Junkies "Charming...a smoking-hot romance...there's nothing sexier than a cowboy."—RT Book Reviews, 4 stars "Witty dialogue and hilarious banter... Carolyn Brown delivers yet another steamy cowboy romance."—Night Owl Reviews

Offbeat Bride

by Ariel Meadow Stallings
Offbeat Bride
Author: Ariel Meadow Stallings
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2010-02-23
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1580053157
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Previous ed. entitled: Offbeat bride: taffeta-free alternatives for independent brides, 2007.

Hearts West

by Chris Enss
Hearts West
Author: Chris Enss
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2005-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0762751649
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Complete with actual advertisements from both women seeking husbands and males seeking brides, Hearts West includes twelve stories of courageous mail order brides and their exploits. Some were fortunate enough to marry good men and live happily ever after; still others found themselves in desperate situations that robbed them of their youth and sometimes their lives. Desperate to strike it rich during the Gold Rush, men sacrificed many creature comforts. Only after they arrived did some of them realize how much they missed female companionship. One way for men living on the frontier to meet women was through subscriptions to heart-and-hand clubs. The men received newspapers with information, and sometimes photographs, about women, with whom they corresponded. Eventually, a man might convince a woman to join him in the West, and in matrimony. Social status, political connections, money, companionship, or security were often considered more than love in these arrangements.

Duncan's Bride

by Linda Howard
Duncan's Bride
Author: Linda Howard
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2016-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062422405
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Available digitally for the first time ever, Duncan’s Bride is a classic novel of romantic suspense from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard It's been seven years since rancher Reese Duncan's first wife left him high and dry, and he's been trying to rebuild his life ever since. What he needs is a dependable mate—someone uncomplicated with whom he can start a family and who will help out around the ranch. At first glance, city girl Madelyn Patterson seems all wrong. But Madelyn isn't after his money or his land. She wants the one thing Reese can't guarantee—his heart. Featuring an excerpt from TROUBLEMAKER, Linda Howard’s new hardcover novel!