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Beyond The Heart
Jeanie P. Johnson - 2016
However, her despise for a husband she never wanted, only grows. During her most vulnerable moment, as she is giving birth to her first child, Chet’s ranch is raided by Comanche Indians, looking for a milk cow. When the leader of the group sees Callie is in labor, he realizes she can help save the life of his infant son, who’s mother was recently killed. Having already killed her husband, the band takes Callie and her sister’s children with them. From that point on, Callie’s world is turned upside down, as she faces challenges she never dreamed she would be facing, when she left her carefree life in Pennsylvania, and was forced to face the wilds of Texas, in the late 1800s.
A Long Way to Go
June Bryan Belfie - 2017
As David prepares to travel with the 1843 wagon train across the Oregon Trail, he proposes marriage to Rachel. Her decision to accept is based on her need for a husband and a father for her three young children. The hardships of the journey west can either bring the couple together or destroy hopes of ever having a marriage based on love. Can Rachel overcome her guilt at re-marrying so soon after her husband’s tragic death?
A Misunderstood Duchess for the Unloved Duke
Tiffany Baton - 2021
The rules of polite society dictate that her oldest sister must marry first, and Cecilia can only oblige. So why can’t she get the image of the handsome Duke courting her sister out of her head?Benedict Brown, the Duke of Fitzroy, is one of the most eligible bachelors of the Season. Under immense pressure to wed and produce an heir, as well as pay off his father’s debts, courting the woman his mother chose for him seems like the right choice. Except his heart is beating for her sister...A war soon begins in their hearts and in their lives. Whilst fighting their own feelings, they fail to notice the shadows lurking in the corner. Someone would rather see them both fallen and broken, than happy together. When all seems darkest, can love prevail?
Unexpected Love For The Stubborn Soldier: A Clean Western Historical Romance Novel
Daphne Barnes - 2021
The Jilted Bride
Stella Clark - 2019
Owen is a widower whose heart is still broken from his wife's death. While guilty at bringing a new woman into his home, he knows his children need a mother. He makes it clear to Ruby that the children need her but he will never love her. While Ruby accepts their arrangement, her heart longs for something more, and she realizes too late that she has escaped one bad situation for another.
The Duke Stole My Innocence
Scarlett Osborne - 2021
My secret, guilty obsession…”Emma Greythorne can light up any room she’s in. Born out of wedlock has never bothered her, nor has the gossip surrounding her. When it’s announced she has to marry the most notorious bachelor of London, however, her life is turned upside down.Jac Lancaster, Duke of Montfore, is an average man in an average world. Well, that’s if anyone believes that being exceptionally talented in everything is average. His wishes are to remain a bachelor. That is until he comes across the most beautiful Lady he has ever seen…But Emma and Jac quickly find out that all good things have an end. When family threatens to take everything from you, you know things have gone for the worse. And once scandal erupts, it’s hard to hide it. With all eyes on them, Emma is soon kidnapped from her house and Jac is the only one who can save her...
A Bride for McKenzie
Cheryl Wright - 2021
He’s doing just fine without one.
After seeing the happiness of his friend who sent for a mail order bride, McKenzie decides to send for one himself. After all, it would enhance his standing in the community to be married. When his bride steps off the stagecoach, McKenzie realizes he’s made a huge mistake.Verity LeFebvre is left in a desperate situation after her wealthy father dies suddenly and her uncle inherits everything. Unless she wants to live in poverty, her only other choice is to become a mail order bride.Can Verity keep her heart safe from her sheriff husband who doesn’t seem overly interested in her? And will McKenzie realize how much he loves his wife when danger follows her?Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.**Each book in The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride series are stand alone, and have no relationship to the other books.
Tinker's Belle & the Widow's Baby (Frontier Brides and Babies Book 1)
Terri Grace - 2020
Chasing his Unwanted Bride: A Western Historical Romance Book
Nora J. Callaway - 2022
Shiloh, the Preacher's Bride (Mail Order Brides of Shadow Gulch)
Susannah Calloway - 2021
Mesmerized By A Horse Whisperer
Carol Colyer - 2019
They adopted and raised her, while the townsfolk gradually accepted her and overcame their prejudices. Her life is about to turn upside down when Reilly shows up as a guest to her house. She knows that a love affair with a rich white businessman is never going to succeed. When her fears turn into reality and Reilly leaves her heartbroken, her past will resurface and make her choose between two lives. Now that she has found out the truth about her origin, will she have to choose between her old and new family?Reilly Shaw is sent to a small cowboy town to prove himself worthy of his father’s business. He thought Indians were savages but when he met that educated, well-spoken and beautiful girl, he instantly fell in love. He fought those feelings as hard as he could, but when his strict father found out, he forbid Reilly to have any contact whatsoever with Cate. Will this be the end of everything? Will Reilly choose to sacrifice his comfortable life to be with the love of his life?They both feel confused and torn between two lives. Will true love triumph over his cruel father and her complicated background? Is there a way for Cate and Reilly to overcome those obstacles and live happily together?
Caleb's Mail Order Bride
Cia Leah - 2013
She was beautiful and quiet too. He just hoped she would be happy with him. He was his own man and wouldn't let any woman disrupt his life, but his Pa wasn't in good health and wanted a grandchild. He felt it his duty to make his Pa as happy as he could for what time he had left. Little did Caleb realize that Sissy Drake would rope his heart on their wedding night despite his reservations. Sissy Drake had no choice but to become a mail order bride. Her Pa was dead for a year when her aunt passed too, taking away her home with no other options available to her. When she met Caleb, she found him to be domineering and gruff, but she was determined to tame him and be the wife he needed. Little did both of them know that her brother, Lawson, followed Sissy to Caleb's ranch determined to find the stagecoach money their Pa hid. He had an old score to settle with Caleb too and wouldn't let anything stand in his way.
Her Winding Path
Florence Linnington - 2017
A future uncertain. Following her father’s sudden death, dark-eyed beauty Ida Rose Lowry has few options on the table. For a woman of her status and education level in 1881 New York, it’s marry or work in a factory. Unfortunately, the number of men beating down Ida Rose’s door amounts to zero. Taking off for Wyoming Territory, and for a new life as a mail-order bride, Ida Rose quickly finds herself pulled into a fast world full of natural disasters, bandits, and family secrets. There is one shining light amidst the darkness – Thomas Adkins, the sandy-haired farmer who is to be Ida Rose’s husband-to-be. Though they butt heads, Tom and Ida Rose cannot help but ultimately grow closer. Finally, the future looks bright. ...Until the past rears its ugly head. There are secrets in Shallow Springs, Wyoming, darkness that has been tamped down for years, questions that need answering. Can love prevail in the face of such difficulty? And, what’s more, is love itself truly enough? How are Ida Rose and Tom going to face their cruel fate?
A Warrior's Heart
Amanda McIntyre - 2016
Now, faced with the unknown they must rely on each other to survive. A new teacher, Sarah Reynold’s sets out to meet her father in the untamed territory of 1837 Georgia, where she is to become a teacher for children of the white settlers. While her father claims all is peaceful between the settlers and the Cherokee, there is much left unsaid. When she is saved from certain death by White Eagle, a bold Cherokee warrior opposed to his tribesmen renegade attack, he, too, is injured. As he fights to survive, they are thrust into the turmoil of the forced emigration of his people. Thrown together by circumstances not of their own making, Sarah and White Eagle overcome betrayal and tragedy to find a love strong enough to bring nations together.
His Heart's Lucky Bet
Aurora Hanson - 2020
Spending her days at home, isolated, trying to avoid her brother’s bad temper, Kay cannot believe how her life will take a turn for the worst in a single day, when Stew uses her as a bet at a poker game. To her misfortune, her terrible premonition will soon come true, as a stranger beats Stew and she has no choice but to follow him to his ranch. Can she truly be safe with him or a nightmare is awaiting her? Will she lose her heart due to this reckless gamble, or will she discover the sweetest company she’s ever known?Hutch Mullins has never been interested in having a wife but everything he has planned turns upside down during a fateful win. In a seemingly usual poker game, he feels the urge to save an innocent woman, who is being awfully mistreated by her brother. What he doesn’t expect is that Kay will quickly grow on him and have an enormous impact on his life. Will he take the risk to open his heart for the first time? Hutch is willing to offer her safety, protection and a job but would love ever enter the equation?Kay and Hutch will find encouragement in the tentative trust that grows between them, but whether it is enough to guarantee them a happy future together is far from certain. The challenges they go through, though, are far from over, as an unknown threat appears on the horizon ready to put everything at risk. Could this unconventional match that started as a simple bet end up becoming the couple of the season?