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A Suitor for the Spurned Mail Order Bride Anna Dawson thought she had the perfect man. She had the perfect life planned out with her perfect man. She was marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor. Until she wasn’t. Suddenly, on her wedding day, she’s spurned. What’s a girl to do but run away, her head tucked low in shame? Daniel West’s got a problem. His uncle’s will states that in order to inherit his own parents’ property, Daniel’s got to have a wife before his next birthday. Before his next birthday? There doesn’t seem to be time to find and woo a wife. Until his ...

The last thing a mail order bride needs is a highwayman’s intervention in the form of a stagecoach robbery. Especially when time is of the essence and she needs a father for her baby. Preferably before she begins to show. When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man. John Carter beats her mercilessly and makes her life a living hell. After seeing an ad in the paper for paid passage westward, she answers the ad in the hopes to use the ticket to escape John Carter. She gets on a coach from Boston, heading west, ...

A Highwayman’s Mail Order Bride When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man. John Carter beats her mercilessly and makes her life a living hell. After seeing an ad in the paper for paid passage westward, she answers the ad in the hopes to use the ticket to escape John Carter. She gets on a coach from Boston, heading west, with no money, and needing a roof over her head. Not just for herself, but for the baby she’s carrying, a baby she has to save from John Carter’s cruelty. Expecting a baby has changed ...

Anna Dawson thought she had the perfect man. She had the perfect life planned out with her perfect man. She was marrying the town’s most eligible bachelor. Until she wasn’t. Suddenly, on her wedding day, she’s spurned. What’s a girl to do but run away, her head tucked low in shame? Daniel West’s got a problem. His uncle’s will states that in order to inherit his own parents’ property, Daniel’s got to have a wife before his next birthday. Before his next birthday? There doesn’t seem to be time to find and woo a wife. Until his sisters concoct a plan involving placing an ...

Isabelle Lawton is ready for adventure. After a life of comfort, taken care of by her aunt and uncle after the deaths of her own parents, Isabelle is sought after by the most eligible bachelor in town, the mayor’s son. Unfortunately, she isn’t interested. What can she do to change her fate without angering the mayor and half the town? When Jeremiah Connelly’s beloved father dies, he expects he has inherited the ranch and is next in line for this fate. This proves to be true—with one stipulation. Jeremiah has to get married within three months of the reading of the will. Bewildered ...

The Sheriff’s Fugitive Bride Phoebe Reed made the mistake of going into town. Maybe that wasn’t the mistake. Maybe it was staying in town after dark. Or maybe it was running into the saloon girl. Or maybe it was lying about the stolen wallet the saloon girl slipped her. Maybe it was a series of mistakes that have left her in hot water with the town’s hunky sheriff, Rance Connelly. Rance takes his job as the town’s law seriously. He managed the lawlessness with a sensible head and a no-nonsense manner. He knows this woman’s lying to him. He just can’t peg why. He also knows ...

When Uncle Gabriel dies, Sadie Salinger and her sisters find themselves owning a detective agency. Complete with a case ready to go. Adelaide’s come up with an idea. Masquerading as a madame and a lady of the night. Sadie’s the one who has the gumption to pull off the ruse, so it’s settled. She and Adelaide will go to a mining town to solve the mystery Uncle Gabriel left behind. Larson Donaldson’s not a lawman anymore, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t need to eat. Of course, he does, so he gets himself a job as private security for a madame and her sportin’ woman. He’s never...

Annabelle Gates lost her parents at the age of fourteen when a madman broke into the farmhouse and murdered them both. Without any possessions left after her house burned to the ground, Annabelle was sent to an orphanage in her hometown of Cedarville, Nevada. At eighteen, she would be sent out to work and make a living for herself unless she found a husband before then. Although her life drastically changed, Annabelle found herself blessed with a kind caregiver. All she wanted was happiness and security, the things that had been so brutally taken from her at a young age. Would she ever find...

Theresa Baldwin’s bored with the boys paraded before her to pick from. She wants a man. Not some silly boy who plays pranks. She’s not one to wait for life to come to her. She’ll seize it by the horns. And she does just that, ending up in the wild west with nothing but her money and her companion. Nate Winchester and his two boys were abandoned by his wife. She simply up and left them. Who does that? Now, Nate’s had to figure out how to be mother and father to his sons. Lucky for him, he’s got siblings who have helped him. But that’s not enough. Children need a mama. When his ...

Mattie Holbrook has an easy life. She lives with her brother and sister in Bighorn, Texas, where her father works as a judge, a man known for his fairness in dealing with outlaws and criminals, doling out justice that suited almost everyone involved. When her socialite sister is abducted at a party thrown in his honor, instead of telling her parents what’s happened, Mattie sets off on a journey of her own, accompanied by her loving and devoted brother Franklin to find their stolen sister. Dylan Sullivan and his business partner, Logan Turner, are just trying to find the money to start ...

In the town of Deepwater, Texas, the community of people look out for each other. When influenza runs rampant through the town, they pull together so everyone can survive. Delfinia Yates has just arrived from Cedarville, Tennessee, to work for a man who lost his wife to the illness the year before, leaving him with two small children to care for. Delfinia is thrilled to get away from the orphanage where she spent most of her life and excited for the adventure of life she sees ahead of her. Keith Hall was deeply devoted to his wife, Laura, before her death. In the year since, he has not been...

Alistair’s life is almost completely perfect. He’s got the ideal job, in the ideal town. He’s only missing one thing. A wife. That would complete his life and make it perfect. He reaches out to his friends Luke and Dylan who have a magazine and they help him compose an advertisement for a bride. Lo and behold, he’s pleasantly surprised when a lady from Virginia responds. He’s even more surprised when she appears—practically on his doorstep—ahead of schedule and darned near with no notice. Lydia’s got a problem. A huge one that has a heavy hand and a short temper. So what’s...

A Mail Order Bride for the Rancher Isabelle Lawton is ready for adventure. After a life of comfort, taken care of by her aunt and uncle after the deaths of her own parents, Isabelle is sought after by the most eligible bachelor in town, the mayor’s son. Unfortunately, she isn’t interested. What can she do to change her fate without angering the mayor and half the town? When Jeremiah Connelly’s beloved father dies, he expects he has inherited the ranch and is next in line for this fate. This proves to be true—with one stipulation. Jeremiah has to get married within three months of ...

A foreman set in his ways and a hardheaded journalist with a mind of her own can’t abide by the conditions set forth in her father’s will. But they also can’t abide with the notion of being in the same country, much less the same ranch. Foreman Lewis Sutton’s been like a son to Richard Reed. Except he’s not his son. So when Richard dies and Lewis has to contact his estranged daughters to come claim the ranch that Lewis loves, he’s left with a bitter taste in his mouth. Sure that the estranged princesses from the east coast will send a lawyer to sell the property, Lewis finds ...

Tom McAllister has been betrothed to Martha Smith for all of his adult life. Their fathers arranged this and though during their younger ages Tom and Martha might have felt a spark, that’s long past. Now Tom’s stuck. He’s promised to Martha and yet his heart seems to beat faster when Amelia West strolls by. Amelia West is an honorable woman. She’s always done what’s right. She’d never fall for a man who belongs to another. Tell that to her heart. She’s found herself attracted to Tom McAllister though he’s betrothed to another. What’s a woman to do? Well, her sister-in-law ...

Upper crust classy saloon girl crossed with shrew’s temper and sass. Just what a rancher ordered. Actually, no. Rancher Mark Furnish is in a bind. His ranch is losing money, the banks have turned him down, and his wealthy grandfather back east is refusing to fund the venture anymore unless Mark has a wife. The mail order bride that was supposed to be his has now become his foreman’s wife. Time’s tight and Mark doesn’t have a second to waste. As if that’s not bad enough, he doesn’t even want to be married to begin with. The mail order bride thing didn’t work out so well for ...

Cate Reed has one ambition. One dream. One goal. A theater in Carson City. How can they not have one? So uncivilized. This dream of hers goes against the grain of her sisters, and it seems, of most polite society. Polite society be damned, Cate Reed’s going to get her theater, come hell or high water. Or a man who has a bargain. Cate Reed’s made a deal with a devil. A devilishly handsome stranger named Landon Jenkins. Landon Jenkins needs an actress to perform the role of a lifetime. Is Cate that actress? And will she get what she wants or what she needs?

Though Abigail’s friends and neighbors are ladies of the night, that by no means is a life she wants for herself. One letter could change her life and her fate. Rancher Ryan Belton’s looking forward to his sister’s nuptials. Poor Ryan has no idea that Abigail, the friend his sister’s invited to the wedding, is a mail order bride. When he finds out and pushes her out of his life, she has no option but to find a position wherever she can. When he finds her walking into the saloon, he realizes she will be a fallen woman and it’s all his fault. How can he convince this hardheaded ...

Melissa Winchester’s happily engaged to Jonah Bell. Life should be perfect for this youngest of the Winchester Clan of Shady Forks, Wyoming, shouldn’t it? Until Jonah starts acting weird. Then gets into public fighting. Then gets arrested. Then gets killed. Of course, Melissa’s seen his downhill trend over the last few months and things have changed drastically between her and her betrothed. Now Melissa’s the number one suspect in his murder. The handsome new sheriff in town believes she’s responsible for killing Jonah. Her? Her! Melissa Winchester’s no murderer. What’s it ...

Aileen Riley’s not sure she belongs at Shady Forks any longer. Sure, she loves the kids. She loves being a nanny. And Theresa’s still her best friend, but… So, what’s a gal to do when she needs to leave? She takes a page from Theresa’s book and answers an advertisement for a mail order bride. She doesn’t expect to find herself married under suspicious circumstances. She doesn’t expect to find a lot of things. And yet she does. Now she’s missing the Winchesters, she’s in danger, and she’s scared for her life.