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Beth Simpson is desperate to escape her dark secrets and leave her past behind. Answering an ad to be wife to David and mother to his three little angelic girls was an offer she couldn't pass up. So she leaves everything behind to attempt a new life out west. Amelia Miller, her coach mate, shares her journey in that she too seeks a new life for herself. But where Beth is escaping, Amelia is seeking adventure. And where David and his girls are a dream, Amelia is becoming mother to two wild, constantly fighting twin boys who could make anyone wish they didn't exist, their own father included....

It's only been days since the chance encounter, and Beth Simpson can't shake off her fears of being found out--even all the way out in Little Grove. And now David has noticed something isn't right. For everything to be right between the two of them, she needs to come clean. But will David want her after her deception is revealed? Would anyone? As for Amelia, her relationship with the twins starts improving and for the briefest of moments she feels genuine hope, starting to relax and believe all will be okay. But this too is an illusion, and she breaks down with the twins and does something ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Desperate to flee, she steals her best friend’s identity to escape. Sissie Blake has secrets. But with the sudden passing of her friend, she’s sees the sudden chance to start her own life over. Kelly answered an ad to be a bride out west, and Sissie couldn’t be happier for her, as they both led lives conning others to survive. But she wanted more, for both of them. But now Sissie arrives to meet the man Kelly had corresponded with for months and suddenly all bets are off. Overwhelmed by what she knows was a terrible mistake and gamble gone wrong...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Faith Miles journeyed far to escape the embarrassment and pain of a failed relationship. Heartbroken, she seeks a new life out west to serve the Lord for a time of healing and discovery. She loves her job but envies the happiness which others seem to so easily enjoy yet at the same time feels out of reach for herself. When Faith meets a new young woman in town arriving to marry the local pastor from an ad, she takes notice and wonders about her own future and place in this world. The two become fast friends, but deception once again rears its ugly ...

Raised in a Chicago convent, Sara Franks is eventually kicked out when a new Mother Superior takes charge. Now on her own, she finds work at a publication house and comes across an intriguing ad from a rancher in Oregon looking for a wife. Soon, Benny Slim and Sara are exchanging letters and after some time, she decides to move out west. Yet it’s a huge step to marry in faith without ever having met the man in person or knowing the life of a rancher’s wife. Maddie Banks and her son Baxter live with her parents in Boston. But after six long years, she finally gets the news she’s been ...

Download for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Cathy sets out West in the dead of winter to marry the man she's betrothed to. Earnest and full of hope, she finally sets eyes upon her husband-to-be waiting for her at the railway station. But hopes are quickly dashed and it's not what she expected. Billy suffers from the tragic loss of his wife and children five years prior during the great blizzard, and it haunts him to this day and in ways he didn't see coming when his fiance arrives in town. Months of letters between them made everything seem so perfect, as Billy has a nice place above the ...

Kitty Blume is a beautiful young resident at the Sisters of Mercy orphanage in Chicago. She was found at the gates when she was only a baby and taken in by the nuns to be raised according to the word of the Lord and the teachings of Jesus Christ. As Kitty approaches her twentieth birthday, she is faced with the tough choice she knows she has to make. She is either to join the cloister and dedicate her life to service in the name of God, or to vacate her position at the orphanage for the good of another parentless child. With the help of her best friend, twenty-seven-year-old Fanny, Kitty ...

Alone for Christmas? Would it even matter anymore? At 29, Paula has everything, except the one thing she doesn’t yet know she’s missing. But it’s that one thing that could make all the difference in a life filled with everything ‘just right.’ A career, a nice house and car… she senses there could be more. At 32, Paul moves to Chicago for his fancy new job, but unlike Paula, he knows what he wants. But is it too late? He’s not sure if his new life away from everything he knows is worth it. And now he’s set himself back in the one chapter in life he needed help with the most. ...

Milly and Matty Dower are as close as twin sisters can be. So when Matty catches the eye of a notorious criminal in NY, she seeks the help of her sister in avoiding Buster and his dangerous gang. But he’s not playing around, and soon Matty’s boyfriend is found facedown in the River. She needs out, and she needs help she can’t find staying in New York. Carson Wells loves his life, but feels he’s missing the one thing that could make everything perfect; a wife. He and his brother have settled in Oregon and have quite the life going for them, surrounded by the natural beauty and ...

Sissy Base is terrified. At seventeen, she finds herself suddenly the sole caretaker of her three siblings when their mother fails to return home. Living in a rundown apartment in New York City with little money and even less food, Sissy must now pull it together, and fast, if they are to survive alone. When two of her younger siblings resort to stealing just to survive, Sissy knows their time is limited. But just when she thinks it can't get any worse, two of her siblings disappear, leaving Sissy and her baby brother suddenly alone and desperate to be reunited. But first she must find them...

Beth finally goes back to live with David and his little girls, but she can’t escape the dark thoughts that plague her from deep within about her sordid past. And if she can’t even forgive herself, how can she expect David to see her any differently? But David is a man after God, and he’ll be the example he needs to be, to show Beth there’s always forgiveness and a higher calling than one’s self. Amelia also returns back to live with Luke and her stepsons, but now she fears a new relationship with Matthew might be too late as he fights his pneumonia and his chances don’t look ...

Her life changes in the blink of an eye. And it's not good. Lenora Ellis must pay her father’s gambling debt, but never in a way she could have seen coming. Taking care of her drunk and uncaring father, she soon learns he’s gambled too much this time, and her future is the prize. Resigned to her fate, she is sent off to marry a man she’s never met. Mr. Sharpe surprises her when she discovers he’s a man of means and lives in a large hotel he owns in the city. But why he chose her to be his wife in lieu of payment is beyond her when all he does is ignore her and treat her coldly, all ...

Teresa Anderson is in trouble. Heading out west to meet the man who is to become her husband, Teresa is leaving home and staking a future in uncertainty. She’d been writing to a woman in search of a wife for her son and feels she’s finally ready to begin her new life out west. But Teresa arrives too late. The mother has just passed and worse, she discovers there are two sons, both--surprised she’s there--and each brother assumes she’s there for them. The three make an agreement to spend a few weeks getting to know each other. But the problems start when she realizes not everything ...

Grace and Faith are best friends who work as housekeepers together in Chicago. Growing up together in an orphanage, the two young women are inseparable. When Grace tells Faith about the Matrimonial Times, she chooses to answer an ad, but neither could know it would change both of their lives forever. For Grace becomes witness to something she shouldn’t and flees with a suitcase the owners want back. And they’ll stop at nothing to get it. Forced on the run, Grace joins her friend to meet the man Faith is supposed to marry. But a shock awaits the two when they arrive. But maybe not all ...

Nelly Bower watched her mother’s mental health decline as she grew up. Forced into foster homes, Nelly learned not to become attached to anyone, or anything, as loss became her life. Insecurity and walled-off emotions make her fear she’s following in her mother’s footsteps. Simon Snow starts his new life after the war by moving out west with his lifelong friend. Having suffered tragedy up close in his own life and family, he too, guards his heart. But will he ever see that he isn’t always destined for misfortune and heartbreak? It isn’t long before they each realize they can’t ...

Abigail Devlin is a long way from home, but it’s better than being married off to a man twice her age. Her family always tells her that it’s God’s plan to marry James, a wealthy banker, but she has her doubts. How could God ask her to be miserable for the rest of her life? In a desperate attempt to escape an arranged marriage and find love, she goes to Montana to be a pastors wife. Owen Lewis has suffered more than his share of heartbreak. After losing his wife, he must continue to carry the spiritual weight of his small town, but he’s not sure he can do it alone anymore. Not ...

Mary dreams of a normal life, whatever that is. Nicknamed Minnie by her older siblings, she was born with deformed legs and feet as a result of polio, but other than her gait and diminutive size, you’d never know it. Beautiful, talented, she longs to find love, but at twenty-one she’s already resigned herself to the life she has. Raised by a supportive family, they encourage her dreams and listen for hours as she plays the piano and sings. But she wants to sing for someone else, someone special, if only God would grant the desires of her heart. So when Minnie is talked into answering an...

Be sure your lies will find you out... Sam knows that no woman in her right mind would agree to marry him. Not when he has that ugly scar that runs down his face. He has been ridiculed his whole life and it doesn’t matter now that he has made something good for himself. The ladies continue to judge him based on his looks, and it only heightens his suspicions of everyone. Mary has no future as long as she lives with her wealthy relatives whose only use for her is to treat her worse than a servant. Then she comes across a mail order advert that offers her an escape from the life she longs...

Loss. Pain. Hope? Christmas is painful for Peter Cole, but he celebrates it for his daughter. Having lost his wife soon after Christmas, he can never imagine being happy again. Without Milly to take care of, he’s not sure life would be worth living. But life must go on. Sally Sweet suffered tragedy with the loss of her young husband and newborn to disease that spared her own life, much to her regret. It would have been better to pass alongside them both than to continue living without them in her life. But love, true love between those who care for each other, sparks new life that both ...

Love, heartbreak, a Christmas romance like no other... Twenty-two year old Rachel Bollers is unfulfilled. And misunderstood. By society, her parents, everyone except her best friend Cilla Chalmers who knows her heart and only wants the best for her. Not content to settle with any number of men her influential parents hope to set her up with, she busies herself in her charity work and longs for something more. She wants to discover meaning and true purpose, adventure and real love. While far across the country, Ben Lovestack feels he’s missing something more, but living with—and taking ...