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Dora Wentworth is born out of wedlock in one of the poorest parts of Liverpool. Abandoned by her family, she is brought by God into the arms of a childless fisherman and his wife. But life is cruel, and when an accident prevents the fisherman from working, they are forced to give her up to the orphanage. As Dora grows, neglected and alone, she almost gives up on her dreams of one day having a home and a love she can call her own. Then, through the kindness of a stranger, Dora discovers that there is always hope and embarks on a path that might finally lead her to the family she has dreamed of.

When Daisy Stanley's father tragically dies in a mining accident and her mother spirals into despair, the weight of responsibility falls upon the young six-year-old's shoulders.[

Mark Murray is the middle child of Lord Victor Murray, the Duke of Pembington. He’s always been the obedient and good son, but when his brother marries the woman he loves, he believes its time for him to step up and take control of his own life. Despite his father’s hopes of finding him a wealthy wife to prop the family’s failing fortunes, Mark instead heads out to carve his own existence, which quickly drives his destiny to its lowest point.

Left alone with her tiny daughter after her husband dies, Adaline is desperate to escape her grief. And so she answers an ad for a mail order bride, hoping to at least find some security for her small family. But is she really ready for a life on the frontier—and for a life with the cold and withdrawn Deputy Holden Smith?

An orphan caught in an unhappy situation, Abigail Summer accepts an invitation to assist her friend in her pregnancy. Little does she know the invitation will change her life more than she ever dreamed possible. Jacob Whitcomb is finally ready for a wife, though the minute he finally takes the initiative to bring his mail-order bride out West, he discovers that his bride has more in her arms than a few bags and a hat—a brand-new baby! Brought together, both with secrets to share, Abigail and Jacob will have to overcome more than they ever expected in order to preserve their family.

Bridget O’Conner never dreamed she’d be heading West as a mail order bride, but she also never dreamed her parents would die within a year and leave her alone with her young brother, Ben. To Bridget, Sam Jones was her last chance to for her and Ben to have a home and security. But to young Ben, Sam is an unwelcome change that takes him far away from his old life.

Devastated when her childhood love marries her sister instead, Nora Robertson leaves her old world behind for a chance as a mail order bride. She heads west alone, ready to begin her new life, but when she arrives in the small, dusty town, she is not alone anymore. An unfortunate event has left her to care for an orphaned infant—a child Joshua Ellsworth is not expecting at all. Joshua Ellsworth is a good man, however, and he readily accepts both Nora and the infant into his home.

To Mary Turner, the West is a chance to escape the trappings of her privileged life and find adventure and love. So when she agrees to become the Mail Order Bride to William Redding, she’s ready for the world she’s read about in her favorite dime novels. What she’s not ready for is a rundown ranch, a debt-ridden husband, and scorpions in her bedroom.

When nineteen-year-old Jessica Downs arrives in Pinoche as a mail order bride, she’s devastated to learn that her intended has been killed. With nowhere to turn and alone at Christmas, she’s grateful for the chance for a job in the local hotel, until she finds herself stuck in the middle of a brazen theft. The town’s sheriff doesn’t seem to want her help, but Jessica has never been one to take ‘no’ for an answer. Not even from handsome young William Stanton.

When Callie Browning agrees to travel West as a mail order bride, she never intends to stay. In fact, she plans to cancel the contract as soon as she arrives. With dreams of becoming a writer, Callie does not want to be tied to a home and responsibilities, and her ticket West is meant to be a way for her to escape all that. But Callie never expected kind and handsome Will Stanton.

After being threatened by those who claimed to love her, Florence Ridge believes that the Prairie Queen Express is her ticket to freedom. But who are the strange passengers watching her every move? And how can she really be free while her dear crippled friend is yet in the clutches of the cult she has just escaped?

Matilda Weldon refuses to marry the husband that her parents have chosen for her. She will, she says, marry the ugliest man in London rather than become the wife of a man she loathes. Her three loyal friends are determined to help her, but how does one advertise for an ugly husband? Then, one day, a solution appears.

Willow’s stepfather is dead, and his shady brother wants to seize her sisters and take them away. Her only option to save her siblings is to run to safety. Somewhere far away. Kendrick Randolph is 25 and has always been the defender of the helpless. A chance meeting with Willow and her sisters presents Kendrick with a dilemma. One thing is for sure, he can’t leave them at the mercy of their pursuers.

Adventurous 24-year-old schoolteacher Hazel Singer isn’t looking for love but craves something challenging to do for her three-month holiday. When the chance to visit Randolph Ranch in Cedar Hill, Texas, comes up, she jumps at it.

It's 1867. Firestone, Montana, is the setting for a long-awaited wedding. After their harrowing experience in the wilds of the Western Frontier, Ginny Douglas and Manly Forsythe finally come to the church to join their lives together forever. In the midst of their joy and excitement, unforeseen circumstances conspire to foil their plans. A man with Ginny in his sights resurfaces and threatens everything she hoped to gain by marrying Manly.

Sean Miller is a young misguided youngster, about to start a life of crime. Judge Barlow sees only one last option and decides to send Miller to an Amish farm. The Peterschwimms' Farm. It is shock for the sisters, and especially for Dawn, who discovers a new depth of compassion in her own heart as she seeks to lift this broken man from the pit of despair and rebellion to a place of wholeness.

Eden Creswell finds herself in River Bend, Wyoming, without a man to marry. Knowing she can’t go back to her Delaware home, she does the only thing she can: pretend to be someone’s fiancée. Ryder Graham is surprised by one thing after another. First, his depressing paralyzed state, and then a woman shows up on his doorstep claiming to be his mail-order bride. He wonders if it is possible he ordered a bride and didn’t know it, but without another option, he takes her up on her gracious offer to help, alleviating his sister from the duty.

Martha Plinket’s plans are derailed when a group of Indians intercept her train. Stranded in the mountains, how will Martha escape and find her way home? Gabriel Marsh has given up living in society for his secluded mountain cabin. His only interaction with humans is with the Indians he trades with. His peaceful quiet is interrupted when it becomes clear his only option is to rescue Martha and take her into town. A place he hasn’t been to for years. Their troubles are far from over when Gabriel discovers the fate of his family.

Dana Jones is getting married—or at least that’s what she tells her poor uncle when he’s all but forced to throw her from his house. But when Dana Jones finds out that the husband-to-be she made up actually exists, everything changes! For Kyle Miller, stepping into the job as sheriff in town is the perfect step for him. Unfortunately, the townspeople don’t see it that way. They want the stability and example of a married man guiding the laws of their town and tell Kyle as much. He’s got to find a wife or get out!

Young Julia King is so beaten down by her tyrant stepmother that she despairs of ever being free. She fears for her life and those of her two young brothers. Unbeknownst to Julia, her cowered father finally devises a way for her to be rescued from her fearful enslavement. No one would ever suspect that her kidnapping was part of an elaborate plan to bring her into the arms of Western cowboy, Lester Royce. Julia's heart still fears for her father and brother's safety, but a surprise like no other awaits her on the day of her wedding.