South Dakota Romance

I suppose some of us have to get really dirty before we can become truly clean. I was allegedly South Dakota's most famous Old Lady. Sixteen years ago, I had survived my Old Man's murder. Never again. Never again will I surrender my heart. Never again will I sacrifice to the Club. But that all changed in one night. I came home and crashed into him, and my past and present blew up in my face.

(This story used to be part of the Mail-Order Brides of America series. It is the same story but has a new cover and series name.) Having previously lived at Mary’s Home for Girls, Allison is now a nurse working for the town doctor. She enjoys her job but she wants to have a family. She doesn’t feel she will ever find a man who would want to marry her in North Carolina because of her age (she is 28 and is considered an old maid) and her height (she is almost as tall as most men). She makes the decision to be a mail-order bride and starts to correspond with Mitch, a man who owns a small ...

Jennie Arnsby wants nothing more than to turn around and go home. Her family is on their way to Deadwood, South Dakota, when Aiden finds his way to their small wagon train. His teasing and banter leave her wanting to toss him out the back and in the dust. When they are separated outside the city, she is left wondering if she'll ever see him again. Aiden Bradly wants to find his gold and return home. Nothing more. He can't afford to get tangled with a woman. He's doing just that until he meets the feisty Jennie.

Buffalo Valley, North Dakota. A few years ago, this was a dying town. Now it's come back to life! People are feeling good about living here again - the way they used to. They're feeling confident about the future. Stalled lives are moving forward. People like Margaret Clemens are taking risks on new ventures and on lifelong dreams. On happiness. Margaret is a local rancher who's finally getting what she wants most: marriage to cowboy Matt Eilers.

Frances Arnsby has only three weeks to learn about romance. That’s all the time she has before the stagecoach whisks her back to Deadwood. Excited about a glowing future as a romance dime novelist, her hopes are dashed when her manuscript fails to connect. She hasn’t lived enough. Her dream will be over before it even starts if she doesn’t add life, love…passion.

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“Uh ... why are you in my brother's manure pile?” Three years ago, Lacey Flint made the biggest mistake of her life, and she’s determined to make it right. Seth Honeywood has never gotten over his first love, but that doesn’t mean he’s willing to give her another chance. But he feels responsible when she falls off a horse at Honeywood Ranch, and he is determined to nurse her back to health. Can he do this without falling in love with her all over again? And if he does let himself fall, can he ever trust her? Can Lacey prove to her first love that this time, she’s playing for ...

When he is 17, Norwegian fisherman Lars is sent to live with his uncle in Dakota Territory in America, at least until a famine lets up back home. His parents send his little brother along with him, and the two of them must deal with a world unlike anything they could have imagined, while also coming to grips with the challenges of growing up. And falling in love. And surviving calamity (not to mention embarrassment - like the time Lars bought his first horse, which turned out to be a strange beast that made him a laughingstock). Some of their adventures and misadventures are recounted by a ...

Hattie Arnsby’s been a slave to men and whiskey for the last year. She’s drowned herself in drink to avoid her life at the Red Garter Saloon in Keystone, SD. When a handsome deputy finds her after a year of searching, she finally sees a sliver of hope. Hugh Bradley is deputized to find Hattie and bring her home, but her captors aren’t ready to set her free. He must help her be rid of the drink and the binds of the brothel. But when Hattie’s handed temptation, will she run back to her past or embrace the love growing between them?

Eva Arnsby can’t stay indoors, her need to draw the woodland creatures around her home near Lead, South Dakota gets her in a heap of trouble. And none more troublesome than a shadowy stranger who steals her notebook and her spirit. Ranger, Captain George Roth, is suspicious when he finds a small woman in man’s trousers sneaking around in the woods. Determined to discover the woman’s secrets, he takes on an assignment, ready to investigate her under the guise of a harmless town dandy.

Jenna is a single mom and a kick butt lawyer completely focused on inheriting her father’s firm—until the charming cowboy walks into her office. Okay, so Denver’s not a real cowboy. He only plays one on TV, which makes Jenna even more skeptical. How can she trust someone who acts for a living? Especially when she’s been burned so badly in the past.

When Frankie and her son need a hero to help pull off their Christmas play, they call on Ryker. Except that Ryker doesn’t leave the house. He can’t stand the way people look at him. Like he’s a monster. But he can’t say no to his late best friend’s wife. And though he tries to stay in the shadows, the beautiful Frankie and her five-year-old son don’t make that easy.

Daisy Arnsby is the ugly duckling of the large Arnsby family. Destined to be alone. When a handsome schoolmate asks her to sign a promise that she’ll wed him on her 25th birthday, she jumps at the chance. She hopes, but never dares to dream, that he’d come back. Elias Laury fears his towering height excludes him from ever convincing Daisy to return his love, so he tricks her into waiting for him. But when he returns to collect his bride, he finds that she’s not willing to settle for a marriage of convenience.

Nora Arnsby fights her way into a world dominated by men. When a break-in shatters the sense of home she's created, Nora can’t find her footing. With the intruders growing bolder and her safety at risk, she reaches out to the only person who will listen, even if it means asking a man for help. The stranger across the street is handsome and persistently kind, so different from other men. Mathias Horton refuses to let any woman get close to him. Mathias must resume the life he gave up to save the one who ignites his battered heart, or admit defeat and let her go back to Deadwood.

At the Spearfish Normal School, Lula Arnsby is ready to begin a whole new chapter. Her life seems over when the one man she couldn't wait to be rid of strides into her class as the new teacher’s assistant. She wants nothing to do with the handsome prankster, but his aim isn’t to torment her anymore. Barton Oleson got what he deserved after tormenting Lula one too many times. He wants to be noticed by the pixie-haired beauty Lula. Without his normal tricks.

Tucker's mischievous brothers have downloaded a dating app on his phone. He would delete it, but he’s enjoying talking to the mysterious and lovely May. Workaholic Wynona Ghost Bear is rapidly falling for the man on the other end of her chat box. There’s just something refreshing about Wolfgang. Tucker is western South Dakota’s most popular hunting guide. When biologist Wynona Ghost Bear moves into his territory to rescue the western Blake toad from extinction, she wants to close down his hunting season.

Gunner Bridge has never had much of a social life. He’s never even been on a date. His whole life has been working the ranch, and he’s done such a good job of it that now he has to hire on some ranch hands. But Gunner isn’t much of a homemaker, either. These guys expect a clean place to sleep and food on the table.

Kash has lived his entire life at a breakneck speed. When he finds out he has a daughter, that comes to a screeching halt. He is the only adult this little girl has, so he has to figure out how to be a grownup—right now. He’s going to need some help. Can he find someone willing to babysit on his brother’s remote ranch-turned-goat-rescue? This is the weirdest job offer ever.

When they were seniors in high school, they made a pact. If they weren’t married by the time they were thirty, they would marry each other. But now Adeline is a professional dancer with a career in the big city. And Colton is trying to build his own business in small town, South Dakota. They live in two different worlds. They can’t possibly keep their promise. It hadn’t made sense back then. It definitely doesn’t make sense twelve years later.