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The Baker's Bride (A Novella)

A Historical Clean and Wholesome Inspirational Underground Railroad Romance Novella

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The Baker's Bride (A Novella)

By: Cecelia Dowdy
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Ruth’s beau died - simply because he was a slave.

She is determined to help other enslaved people as she assists with the Underground Railroad. Recently freed and illiterate, Ruth is hired to bake mouth-watering delicious bread in a Philadelphia bakery. Her boss Joseph is kind, handsome, and determined to put an end to slavery. She feels emotionally connected to him as they work together for a common cause. His presence is like a fresh splash of spring rain on her parched soul.

However, Joseph has plans. He’s determined to make some major changes in his life. He desperately wants to escape from his overbearing mother and leave the family business behind forever. As his mother tries to match him with beautiful Francine, an upper-class Black woman, he feels trapped and unhappy.

As he pursues his dreams – can he convince Ruth to give him a chance?
Can Ruth open herself up to fall in love again?

The Baker’s Bride is a heartwarming emotional unforgettable historical novella.
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The virtual voice did amazingly well with the different types of speech in this story. I also appreciated the sincerity of faith that the main characters displayed. I think this story would be even better if it were expanded to include more details from the personal histories of the main characters and more development of the Underground Railroad work in Philadelphia.

A sweet American Cinderella Story

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The narration of the story distracted from it quite a bit. I had trouble finishing it. I enjoyed the sweet story, but could hardly get past the audio.

Might be better read than listened to

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AI reading delivered a lack of feeling with a mechanical sounding voice. The characters all sounded pretty much the same.

Monotone Reading

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I liked the story could have been longer with more historical details . Disliked the virtual voice , at times it sounded very much like a computer with no human inflection .

Love Story

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Nice short story. It was hard to follow sometimes as they were be at the church or bakery and then without a proper transition or changing chapters they would all of a sudden be at another place or doing something different. I don't know if that virtual voice issue or the author writing.

Good Short Story

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Clean, wholesome, and very inspirational with african american characters. Engaging and easy to follow plot. I loved it!

Awesome!

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I loved how the storyline tide into freedom from slavery, and the freedom from the chains of loyalty and duty that was getting in the way of them becoming bonded by love. Not only did they participate in helping to free slaves.. They also stood up for themselves against people that wanted to keep them from loving each other completely.

The fact that the book was written about romance in the 1800’s

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