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Josh Lambright needs to get away—everything reminds him of the loss of his beautiful wife, Sara. His two young children, too, are suffering. Seeking a new beginning, Josh moves the three of them to Indiana to live with his widowed mother. Upon arrival, Josh discovers his mother is much more feeble than he remembers. He pursues household help. Lucy Oyer cannot abide her father any longer. Living with him has soured her on any hope of a romance of her own. She dreams of escape and is overjoyed when she hears of the position at the Lambright farm.

Having no family, Jade MacKenna answers a mail order bride advert and travels across the ocean from Ireland to America to meet her intended. Taking the Express Rail to Rough Creek, Missouri, with her future husband, Mike Summerfield, they get caught in a holdup led by the notorious bandit, Hank Bentley. Things turn tragic, and Jade finds herself left alone in a strange land, with her fiancé dying in her arms.

Justine Byler struggles to take care of her six brothers and sisters and tend to all the household chores by herself, after her mamm leaves the family in shame and goes to stay with kin far away from Rock Point, Ohio. Justine’s daed has become angry and distrustful, and Justine is often the target of his enraged tirades. Not having time to do everything, she visits the local bakery to buy bread instead of baking it herself. There, she finds herself drawn to the new baker in town - an Englisch man.

When Hanna Wagner overhears her widowed stepmother planning to sell her in marriage, she has no choice but to escape Boston. She writes to a rancher in Rough Creek, Missouri, as a mail-order bride, and believes she has found both her escape and her ideal husband in Trent Flannigan.

Josiah Schrock has his hands full. His two young nephews have temporarily been living with him since losing their parents in a tragic accident. Unable to care for them while at work, he hires Olivia King to watch them and manage the household. What he doesn’t count on, is how easily Olivia slips into the role. Josiah’s girlfriend, Marjorie, is none too pleased. As Christmas grows near, the boys are to be sent to Pennsylvania to live with kin there. However, Josiah now loves them dearly. How can he send them away?

Caleb Reynolds has seen his brothers marry, one by one - dropping like flies. Now, he is the lone bachelor on Reynolds Ranch, and he’s not about to change his status. He rethinks his determination when the Reynolds take in the Simmons siblings. Ruth Simmons comes to Crooked Creek as a Mail Order Bride, bringing her two younger siblings along with her. From day one, however, it’s evident something dastardly is at play, and she flees to the welcoming arms of the Reynolds clan, hiding from the unknown stranger who hunts her.

Hayley Roxbury must escape her abusive and alcoholic husband, Roger. Born to wealth and privilege in Pennsylvania, she plans to go live with her grandmother in the remote and wild Wyoming territory. With the help of good friends, she flees her home and husband. Matt Westman, a rancher in Miles Gulch, Wyoming, is tasked with picking up Mrs. Parkland’s granddaughter at the train station. To his delight, she is poised, graceful, and impossibly beautiful.

Eleanor Chupp has spent the last six years caring for her cancer-stricken mother. Now her mother is gone, and Eleanor is left to live alone with her father, a mean-spirited man with a heart of granite. On a bitterly cold January day, Eleanor’s father loses his temper and strikes her. Eleanor, scared for her life, runs away on her bicycle amidst a winter storm. She rides until she’s exhausted and almost frozen. At last, she finds shelter in a barn.

As a servant in a wealthy household, Emelia Brandon is subject to hard work, little food, and great hardship. She has no choice but to become a mail order bride, flee west to Arizona, and marry a man she’s never seen.

Lucas Kinkaid is sick of being pressured to marry his sister Marjorie’s choice for him - Florence Weston. Lucas doesn’t love Florence and doesn’t even want to get married, but the women in his life have teamed up against him. He’s had it. He’d rather marry a stranger than the lazy, mean-spirited Florence. When he overhears a couple of cowboys talking about getting Mail Order Brides, he decides that will be his solution. He’ll order a bride for himself. Sara Jones doesn’t believe in love.

Debbie Miller isn't looking for love—just friendship first, and maybe love second. But when Jacob Yoder, a handsome man with a mysterious past, arrives in her community and starts working for her uncle, her priorities begin to shift. Debbie isn't the only one captivated by Jacob. Her cousin Leah, nearing the dreaded status of spinster, sees Jacob as her last chance to avoid a life of loneliness. Desperate to win him over, Leah is willing to do whatever it takes.

Laura Willard has a problem. Her father is marrying her off to the highest bidder for his personal gain, and she detests the man he has selected. Edgar Cochran is pompous, coldhearted, and a snob. She cannot let her father sentence her for life with such a man—even if it means getting cast out penniless. Then she hears of a possible solution—a mail-order bride agency matching men from the Wild West with women from the East. Can this be how she escapes her father’s dictatorship?

Evelyn Lantz’s widowed father has recently remarried. At 23, his new wife Greta is only a few months older than Evelyn herself. Yet she behaves like a spoiled child. Now she’s expecting a baby, and things are worse than ever.

Fae Carter has been hiding all her life. First, her mother keeps her hidden away from the angry, violent man who owns their home. He calls Mama his favorite secret, but Fae knows he's not her father. Fae has to hide whenever he comes because he hates her so much that he hurts her if he finds her. Mama sends Fae to go and live with her grandparents in the country.

Things go from bad to worse for Andrew Miller. After his wife dies, leaving him with a newborn daughter, he struggles to provide a stable home. But his mother-in-law has other ideas. And now, she wants to keep Susie with her permanently. But Andrew can’t allow it. He won’t allow it. He’s already lost too much.

Ruth Schwartz never planned on falling in love with an Englischer. But then she meets Jack Wilson—handsome, intriguing, kind. She even finds herself willing to give up her Amish roots for him. When her parents find out, they promptly ship her off to Hollybrook to stay with her cousin. Ruth despairs of going, but she writes Jack so he can come and take her away. But something goes awry. Not only does Jack not come to rescue her, he doesn’t write her back. Certain something horrible has happened, Ruth makes plans to sneak back to her hometown.

Although it’s been nearly 15 years, Zach Walker is still haunted by the death of his beloved first wife. He and his daughter, Rebecca, have carved out a respectable life for themselves in the wind-battered prairie town of Planter’s Point, Nebraska. Imogene Cromwell has everything - rich parents, a devoted fiancé, and a vibrant social life in Boston. But that was before a series of nasty rumors surfaced. Imogene is left at the altar and abandoned by some of her closest friends. But then she sees an advert for a Mail Order Bride from a Granville Ulrich in Planter’s Point...

Mary Yoder, a 19-year-old Amish girl, has been sucked into the Englisch world, following the lead of her two newly acquired friends, Amber and Denise. Mary blindly trusts them, letting them whisk her off to parties, change her appearance, and convince her that playing the field is much better than courting her love interest, Isaiah Kauffman. The excitement of Rumspringa is too alluring to think of anything other than having fun, so Mary ignores the nagging feeling in her gut that she’s headed in the wrong direction.

Dorothy Hartzler, a restless young Amish woman, dreams of something more than the traditional Amish life. With her mother ill and her fear of being alone increasing, Dorothy is forced to make decisions. When she is thrown into Saul Beachey’s company, she questions her reluctance to open her heart.

Beau Dawson never saw eye to eye with his father, so he left home to live with his Uncle James in Texas, years ago. James taught him how to be a bounty hunter, and Beau has been content with his life. When Beau gets word his father has died, he travels back home to Arkansas to see his mother and brother. Upon arrival, he learns of his father’s will, demanding that Beau marry within 90 days of the elder Dawson’s death. He even ordered his attorney to place an advert for a mail order bride for his youngest son.