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Montana Brides #0.5
Come Fly with Me
A Montana Brides Romance
New beginnings await in Helena, the Montana Territory’s most exciting city—where faithful hearts stay strong and true as they pursue their passionate dreams.
Dedicated schoolteacher Luanne Palmer is forbidden to engage in public courtship. So she hides her feelings for Roy Bennet, the free-spirited journalist who has her in awe of his hot air ballooning adventures. In any case, with his roving lifestyle and career ambitions, Roy hardly seems suited to the home life Luanne desires. She will simply have to resist his charms until he leaves town on his next assignment.
But when Roy hears that Luanne’s students are enthralled in the craft of ballooning, he can’t pass up the opportunity to impress Luanne in her classroom. Soon, Luanne must decide how much to risk on a love that challenges everything she thought she wanted . . . and only a heart-pounding race among the clouds will determine which direction their future takes . . .
New beginnings await in Helena, the Montana Territory’s most exciting city—where faithful hearts stay strong and true as they pursue their passionate dreams.
Dedicated schoolteacher Luanne Palmer is forbidden to engage in public courtship. So she hides her feelings for Roy Bennet, the free-spirited journalist who has her in awe of his hot air ballooning adventures. In any case, with his roving lifestyle and career ambitions, Roy hardly seems suited to the home life Luanne desires. She will simply have to resist his charms until he leaves town on his next assignment.
But when Roy hears that Luanne’s students are enthralled in the craft of ballooning, he can’t pass up the opportunity to impress Luanne in her classroom. Soon, Luanne must decide how much to risk on a love that challenges everything she thought she wanted . . . and only a heart-pounding race among the clouds will determine which direction their future takes . . .
- GenresChristian Fiction
129 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 30, 2017
About the author
Gina Welborn
43 books142 followersBestselling author Gina Welborn is a lifetime member of the National Corvette Museum. She is also graduate of the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain Motor Resort in Pahrump, Nevada, and she bought fabric (for her mother) at The Quilted Dragon. Should you not be a fan of the premier American Sports Car or of doing sewingy stuff with fabric, know Gina has actual writing credits.
Gina Welborn is the co-author of the new Montana Brides Series (Kensington Publishing). A longtime member of Romance Writers of America, she once served at president of the RWA-FHL chapter. Her manuscripts finaled in numerous contests, including the RWA Golden Heart© and ACFW Genesis. A few of her books are ECPA bestsellers. Gina currently serves on the ACFW Foundation Board, where she helps organize the silent auction which provides scholarships for ACFW members. Find more about her books at www.ginawelborn.com!
Gina Welborn is the co-author of the new Montana Brides Series (Kensington Publishing). A longtime member of Romance Writers of America, she once served at president of the RWA-FHL chapter. Her manuscripts finaled in numerous contests, including the RWA Golden Heart© and ACFW Genesis. A few of her books are ECPA bestsellers. Gina currently serves on the ACFW Foundation Board, where she helps organize the silent auction which provides scholarships for ACFW members. Find more about her books at www.ginawelborn.com!
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May 28, 2017
Helena,Montana schoolmarm, Luanne Palmer is under contract with the school board. Some of the rules she must abide by are being in her room from 8 p.m. til 6 a.m.,no being alone with any males besides her brother and father and no courting or marriage or this will cause her immediate dismissal from the school as teacher. Free-spirited journalist,Roy Bennet, and Luanne have feelings for each other but must keep it well hidden from the town and school board. Roy is a journalist who travels from town to town covering the latest news and never stays put in one town very long.Roy becomes an adventuresome man as he takes up hot air ballooning and Luanne is in awe of his hot air ballooning adventures. He speaks to her class about his adventures and the boys are dreaming of being like him and the girls are starry eyed over his looks. When the school board demands Luanne marry because they think she was alone with him but they want her to marry a professor with 6 children needing a mother. Will she give in and marry the professor and mother his children? Read this fun and adventurous hot air ballooning story to find out. A fun and quick read!
Pub Date 30 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
Pub Date 30 May 2017
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for a review copy in exchange for my honest review.
May 20, 2017
"Because that's what you do - fly into town, entertain your whims, and poof, you're off again on an adventure, leaving people to clean up your messes."
Those were the exact words that Luanne Palmer used to describe, Roy Bennett, a journalist and professional aeronaunt who found himself grounded and staying with her brother Geddes, who also piloted hot air balloons. Now waiting the next Hot Air Balloon Race in Helena, Montana, he never expected to find himself falling for Luanne, a schoolteacher at the Central Secondary School. She had signed a contact committing herself for the next year to be above reproach in all she does as one of the teachers. If she so much as tarnish her reputation in any way, it will be the end of her teaching career. So she must do what she can to persuade Mr. Bennett, that she is immune to all his charms. Now if only she could make herself believe it, it might come across as convincing.
Only she is faced with severe opposition as her family is convinced that she needs rescuing and Mr. Bennett is just the man for the job. Spending most of his life, traveling the world and writing about it to further his own travels, he isn't ready to give up his career to stay in Helena, Montana. He has many more travels planned along with a promising journalism career for one of the larger publications companies. Yet despite all his arguments, he hopes that he might be able to sway Luanne to follow her own adventurous heart and join him in his journey discovering places few have ever seen. But no matter how hard he tries to court her, she is unwilling to bend. He also faces competition with Professor Tate, whom seems convinced that Luanne would make the perfect mother to his six orphan children. Again, not an offer, Luanne wants to entertain.
So when her students listen to Roy speak at school, they seem more eager to learn about their own futures despite the standard jobs of thieving and prostitution. Luanne wants them to learn more so those are the types of jobs they won't want and instead shows them that any dream is possible if one is willing to pursue it. Perhaps it is advice she might take herself is she is to be honest and truthful with them. So when an afterschool project of building a hot air balloon begins to take flight, with the approval of the school board, Luanne is helpless to refuse. But with this new project be just the beginning of her own future or the end of one? Only time will tell.
I received Come Fly With Me by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitman, compliments of Zebra Books and Kensington Publishing as well as Net Galley. I absolutely love the inspiration that Luanne instills within her students to hope for something better on the small frontier when not much opportunity existed for most of the towns citizens. She puts all her heart into her efforts as well as her charitable communities, showing that she is unwilling to settle for what others think is best for her. She is a take-charge woman with hopes and dreams that may or may not be beyond the borders of her own small town. I give this a 4 out of 5 stars and is a quick novel to complete in a matter of hours. The story remains engaging all the way to the end and readers are given a quick peek at another series, the Montana Brides, coming soon by the author as well.
Those were the exact words that Luanne Palmer used to describe, Roy Bennett, a journalist and professional aeronaunt who found himself grounded and staying with her brother Geddes, who also piloted hot air balloons. Now waiting the next Hot Air Balloon Race in Helena, Montana, he never expected to find himself falling for Luanne, a schoolteacher at the Central Secondary School. She had signed a contact committing herself for the next year to be above reproach in all she does as one of the teachers. If she so much as tarnish her reputation in any way, it will be the end of her teaching career. So she must do what she can to persuade Mr. Bennett, that she is immune to all his charms. Now if only she could make herself believe it, it might come across as convincing.
Only she is faced with severe opposition as her family is convinced that she needs rescuing and Mr. Bennett is just the man for the job. Spending most of his life, traveling the world and writing about it to further his own travels, he isn't ready to give up his career to stay in Helena, Montana. He has many more travels planned along with a promising journalism career for one of the larger publications companies. Yet despite all his arguments, he hopes that he might be able to sway Luanne to follow her own adventurous heart and join him in his journey discovering places few have ever seen. But no matter how hard he tries to court her, she is unwilling to bend. He also faces competition with Professor Tate, whom seems convinced that Luanne would make the perfect mother to his six orphan children. Again, not an offer, Luanne wants to entertain.
So when her students listen to Roy speak at school, they seem more eager to learn about their own futures despite the standard jobs of thieving and prostitution. Luanne wants them to learn more so those are the types of jobs they won't want and instead shows them that any dream is possible if one is willing to pursue it. Perhaps it is advice she might take herself is she is to be honest and truthful with them. So when an afterschool project of building a hot air balloon begins to take flight, with the approval of the school board, Luanne is helpless to refuse. But with this new project be just the beginning of her own future or the end of one? Only time will tell.
I received Come Fly With Me by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitman, compliments of Zebra Books and Kensington Publishing as well as Net Galley. I absolutely love the inspiration that Luanne instills within her students to hope for something better on the small frontier when not much opportunity existed for most of the towns citizens. She puts all her heart into her efforts as well as her charitable communities, showing that she is unwilling to settle for what others think is best for her. She is a take-charge woman with hopes and dreams that may or may not be beyond the borders of her own small town. I give this a 4 out of 5 stars and is a quick novel to complete in a matter of hours. The story remains engaging all the way to the end and readers are given a quick peek at another series, the Montana Brides, coming soon by the author as well.
July 1, 2017
I loved the historical feel to Come Fly with Me. Reading this book makes me realize that everything wasn't so simple long ago. Yet, with the great descriptions, it made me want to live even more in that era. It was such an exciting time when the modern technologies we now know were just being discovered.
There where some great characters in this book that just made me flip the pages. I loved her mom and dad (just basically her whole family), Roy, and the helpful Mrs. Hollenbeck. Luanne, a dedicated caring teacher, though spoke to my heart. She wanted what was best for the children she taught and was heavily involved in helping the community. She failed to think of herself though and I think we are all guilty of that.
The romance plus the history makes Come Fly with me a wonderful read. I never once wanted to stop or flip through the story to get to the best part. It was the perfect sized book for a busy week!
This book was given to me by one of the authors. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed here are my own.
There where some great characters in this book that just made me flip the pages. I loved her mom and dad (just basically her whole family), Roy, and the helpful Mrs. Hollenbeck. Luanne, a dedicated caring teacher, though spoke to my heart. She wanted what was best for the children she taught and was heavily involved in helping the community. She failed to think of herself though and I think we are all guilty of that.
The romance plus the history makes Come Fly with me a wonderful read. I never once wanted to stop or flip through the story to get to the best part. It was the perfect sized book for a busy week!
This book was given to me by one of the authors. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed here are my own.
December 21, 2018
This is the first book I've read by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham. Their joint effort really pulled this story together. I definitely enjoyed reading this book and am in the process of reading the next one, The Promise Bride and am enjoying it as well. I got a little angry with the heroine, Luanne Palmer because she was so uptight about the rules of being a teacher. The main one being no dating during her contract year. If she had just been honest with the hero, Roy Bennet, they could have worked something out, but then that would have made this novel into a novella.
I like the writing style and did find the characters enjoyable and liked that they developed and grew overtime, as human beings. I definitely will be reading more, as I said I'm in the second book now. If you like clean, wholesome, historical romances, you will like this one. Check it out and see for yourself. Enjoy!
I borrowed this from my local library and am voluntarily leaving this review.
I like the writing style and did find the characters enjoyable and liked that they developed and grew overtime, as human beings. I definitely will be reading more, as I said I'm in the second book now. If you like clean, wholesome, historical romances, you will like this one. Check it out and see for yourself. Enjoy!
I borrowed this from my local library and am voluntarily leaving this review.
February 13, 2020
This is a fun historical fiction story that takes place at a time when society has too many rules about the reputation of unmarried women, especially one who makes her living as a teacher in Montana in 1886. Luanne Palmer loves teaching, especially when her students become fascinated with hot air balloons and she develops a fascination with a certain balloon pilot who will change her life. I really enjoyed it!
July 16, 2019
Lo hi be these short stories!
The stories are historically accurate. The Authors take great pains in their research. Love the Christian bent in the stories. Just good clean fun reading!
The stories are historically accurate. The Authors take great pains in their research. Love the Christian bent in the stories. Just good clean fun reading!
December 11, 2019
This is the first book I have read by Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham. And I can say it wont be the last. I enjoyed the characters and plotline. And I learned a few things about hot air balloons I didn't know before.
April 7, 2025
I really liked this book. It kept me engrossed. The characters were people I cared about, all trying to do the right thing and be honest. I really appreciated the way the main characters parents were portrayed in the story, and the faith element was strong throughout.
July 15, 2017
Come Fly With Me is a short, sweet western romance written by authors Gina Welborn and Becca Whitham. I love the history. Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Books-Zebra for the advance copy.
September 28, 2017
3.5 stars
April 15, 2020
I was glad that things worked out so well for them.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 1, 2017
Luann, spinster schoolteacher, is forbidden to court or be alone with any man. That doesn't seem to stop Roy from pursuing her. As Luann's class demonstrates an interest in Roy's hobby of hot air balloons, he uses that opportunity to win Luann's love.
This is a sweet read. Nothing truly special in way of plot or storyline, but it was quick and happy. I enjoyed reading it, and would read another.
This is a sweet read. Nothing truly special in way of plot or storyline, but it was quick and happy. I enjoyed reading it, and would read another.
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