For romance lovers, The Honey Bride by Diana Brandmeyer is a sweet addition to The 12 Brides of Summer.
Set in the spring following Diana’s The Festive Bride, it follows the fortunes of a young couple in 1887 Trenton, Illinois.
Kate’s life spirals into difficulties when her father is killed during a severe storm. She and her brother and grandmother try to make do on their farm before the bank repossesses it. What did her widowed father do with their money? How could it have disappeared?
A sympathetic neighbor (who works for Roy from The Festive Bride) wants to help but is spurned by Kate’s independence. When he happens upon beehives in the woods, he wonders if he’s found the secret to the lost funds and a way to Kate’s heart.
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The story required a lot of research about bees.
“It seems like most of it ended up in a file on my computer instead of the story, but I read Langstroth’s Hive and the Honey-Bees: the Classic Beekeeper’s Manual [written 150 years ago] and talked with a friend who keeps bees.”
The idea to write about bees came when she nearly stepped on a bee one day.
“I did that a lot as a child and it hurt so much. Then bees were everywhere. Now the bees are dying so I was thankful I didn’t squish it. That made me wonder if there were bee keepers in this area. I didn’t locate any records in Trenton, IL that said there were but I did find a small advertisement about Italian Queen Bees for sale.”
The Honey Bride is a sweet addition on a summer day!
Who is Diana Brandmeyer?
Bigger. Better. Together. Stories of love, blending and bonding.
Christian author, Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, writes historical and contemporary romances. Author of Mind of Her Own, A Bride’s Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee and We’re Not Blended-We’re Pureed, A Survivor’s Guide to Blended Families. Once widowed and now remarried she writes with humor and experience on the difficulty of joining two families be it fictional or real life.
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