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Hot-Tempered Hannah


Jo Grafford - 2018
    He can hardly believe the ghost who's been haunting his memories is a dead ringer for the missing bride in the photograph.Either the woman he's never stopped loving has a twin, or she did a bloody good job of faking her own death and crushing his hopes of any kind of future together. There's only one way to find out -- track down the hot-tempered beauty and haul her back to Headstone for questioning!

Oregon Sky Box Set


Kay P. Dawson - 2017
    Dawson. *All books in the series are sweet, clean romance stories* BOOK 1 - PHOEBE'S PROMISE In order to keep a promise she made to her dying mother, Phoebe sets off with her younger sister to head across the country on a wagon train bound for Oregon. Dressed as a boy, all she has to do is find the captain of the outfit and convince him to take them along. When Colton sees the young boy in front of him, he knows instantly it’s a woman - and he has no choice but to take them along. Their wagon is packed and ready to go. The weeks ahead will bring many challenges, heartbreak and hardships. Does Phoebe have the strength to get them safely to Oregon? And, can she learn to trust Colton to help when it’s needed? BOOK 2 - AUDREY'S AWAKENING A marriage in name only. After losing her husband on the Oregon Trail, Audrey is being forced home to marry a man her father has chosen. Still grieving her husband, and not wanting to leave her new home in Oregon, she makes the decision to marry a man who needs her help looking after his daughter - a marriage he has said will be in name only. Reid Wallace lost his wife during childbirth and has been raising his two year old daughter alone. His heart died with his wife, and he has vowed to never love again. The new couple will go up against a father determined to have the marriage annulled and take her home. Illness, insecurity, and guilt as their hearts struggle with the new feelings they are uncovering will threaten to destroy everything they have. Can they help each other heal the pain in their hearts, while finding a way to love again? BOOK 3 - ELLA'S EMBRACE Ella has always been determined and headstrong, vowing only to marry for love. At her age, it seems like her chances of that happening have slipped away. When she is left the title to half of a neighboring farm, she sees the opportunity to have her independence, and not become a burden to her family. The only problem is that there are stipulations, one being the fact that she has to work alongside the man who’s been left the other half of that farm. Titus Cain has his own demons to face, and taking over a farm in Oregon with a woman isn’t in his plans. To make matters worse, someone else has their eye on the land, and they’ve already proven they’re willing to kill whoever gets in their way to get it. What will happen when two people are forced to join together to save a farm, and risk their lives to find who killed the man they both loved? Can a young woman live on a farm with a man who isn’t her husband, without ruining her reputation, even if it is for all the right reasons? Ella & Titus must fight together against the circumstances trying to tear them apart. *Look for Hope's Honor - on special preorder pricing until October 10, 2017*

Mail Order Moments (A Brides of Beckham Novel)


Cissie Patterson - 2017
    Could becoming a mail order bride be her answer for a new life? One letter touches her heart. Seattle is far enough away—she hopes. Simon Farmer has spent three years reliving what happened in his past. Could he have done anything to change what occurred? His mother, Harriett, convinces him a mail order bride is what he needs to move on. Will his plea inspire the right woman to marry him? Set in Kirsten Osbourne's world of Beckham, Harriett, Simon’s mother, and Elizabeth, Ida’s sister, reunite as they help a survivor and a heartbroken lawyer find a future together, while the past tries to drive them apart.

Rescued by the Mountain Man


Dana Alden - 2018
    She heads West to work at her stepbrother’s mercantile and maybe find love one day. But, her mule train is attacked before she even gets there. Mountain Man Cal Ayers agrees to lead Amanda safely across the mountains. It’s not long, though, before they realize the attack was aimed at Amanda – and that living with her stepbrother might not be the safest plan. Amanda can’t establish a new life when someone is trying to kill her. And she can’t imagine a new life without Cal, who she’s falling for. But Cal is fighting his feelings as he is already engaged. Can Cal save Amanda’s life, and their burgeoning love, in time?

Mail-Order Christmas Brides Boxed Set: Mail-Order Mistletoe Brides\Mail-Order Holiday Brides


Jillian Hart - 2014
    Enjoy three romances of adventure and faith in one great bundle! A little girl longs for a new mother for Christmas so she convinces her single father to advertise for a mail-order wife, whose arrival offers them the chance to forge a real family. A would-be bride discovers her intended groom has abandoned her before she even arrives but then she unexpectedly falls for the groom's brother. A gruff rancher's marriage offer to a widowed single mother is based solely on convenience…until it becomes a matter of the heart. This bundle includes: MAIL-ORDER CHRISTMAS BRIDES MAIL-ORDER HOLIDAY BRIDES MAIL-ORDER MISTLETOE BRIDES

A Maid for Mason (Mail-Order Mama, #13)


Regina Walker - 2021
    Her coming of age was marked more by starting work alongside her mother than an lavish party. The young woman of the house where she works is full of wild ideas and tries to drag Mary Ann into all of her schemes. One such scheme finds Mary Ann exchanging letters with a man settling in the west, which lets her imagine something other than the life of a housemaid for the first time ever.Widowed at a young age, Mason has been left to care for his son and land alone. They have enough to get by, but it's hard to work the land, run the cows, and keep a toddling boy out of trouble. His sister and her husband help where they can, and they keep offering to take his son for a time, but Mason can’t bear the thought of letting the boy go live with them. Love is the last thing on his mind as he tries to figure out how to keep moving forward.Hannah, Mason's sister, doesn't think her brother should be trying to do everything alone. He won't listen to her pleas to do something to find a wife, so she takes matters into her own hands.Can two people, tricked by a sister with good intentions, find love on the frontier?

Lawfully Redeemed


Lorana Hoopes - 2018
    Nor did she expect to develop feelings for the handsome stranger who cares for her. Will she be able to forget her past and give love another chance?Calvin Phillips just wanted his brother to turn from drugs, but somehow he ended up smack dab in the middle of a police investigation when he rescued Dani from hypothermia. Will he be able to convince her he's innocent? Even more importantly, will he be able to open his heart and tell her how much he cares? Or will the fact that she's after his brother doom their relationship before it has a chance to start?

Big Sky Cowboy


Linda Ford - 2014
    Especially one she is sure has something to hide. But she'll accept Wyatt Williams's help rebuilding her family's barn--and try not to fall once again for a man whose plans don't include staying around.Since leaving his troubled past behind, Wyatt avoids personal entanglements. He just wants to make a new start with his younger brother. But there's something about Cora that he's instinctively drawn to. Dare this solitary cowboy risk revealing his secrets for a chance at redemption and a bright new future with Cora by his side?MONTANA MARRIAGES: Three sisters discover a legacy of love beneath the Western sky

A Love She Would Never Forget


Carol Colyer - 2019
    That is until one day tragedy strikes and she loses everything. In the hope of a better life, she answers an advertisement from a Sheriff in Oklahoma. After a series of romantic letters which culminate in a marriage proposal, she leaves to find him and start all over again. But on the way to him a train accident sends her to a hospital diagnosed with amnesia. Will she remember the reason she was travelling?Sheriff Garrett Hughes deals with his own dark past with loneliness and isolation. Until his friend writes an advertisement for him to request a mail-order bride, he never expected love could warm up his heart. But when his bride doesn't show up and news of a train crash reach him, he is terrified he has lost his only chance to find happiness. He rushes to the hospital where victims are being taken care of and an even more shocking surprise awaits him. Will he be able to find her in this impossible situation?They both have been hurt in the past but love has the power to solve everything. Can they hold on to the love they built through letters until they find each other? Will they help each other face their past traumas and find the happiness they both deserve?"A Love She Would Never Forget" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Mail Order Nanny: Charlotte's Dream


Jean L. Kuhnke - 2014
    She eventually worked for a wealthy family as their head chef. When she slapped the face of her employers son because of inappropriate advances she was immediately terminated. The only job she could find after six months of searching was for a general housekeeper, nanny and cook in Montana. She could pretend to be the mother she knew she would never be.

A Cowgirl for Curtis (Mail-Order Mama, #14)


Marlene Bierworth - 2021
    However, she didn’t expect to fall in love as a part of the bargain.Both Jessica and Curtis unknowingly fall prey to Danny’s desperate act of securing a mail-order mama, setting a tail-spin of events into motion that will fuse the new family’s past, present, and future.Download Jessica, Curtis, and Danny’s adventure today—a historical, heartwarming romance that will have you cheering for a happily-ever-after ending.

Bride By Choice


Mary L. Briggs - 2012
    Clues to her past are few, but questions are many as she struggles to remember her past and trust God to reveal her true identity. A task made more difficult by her growing attraction to the man who rescued her. Jared Murphy is a man who lost his heart to the wrong woman and vowed it would never happen again. Until the moment he and his aunt rescued an injured young woman from a nearby creek bank. Half-drowned, she has no memory of her name or her past--or the reason why someone tried to kill her. In his quest to help her, can Jared set aside his wounded pride and learn to love again?

The Poacher's Daughter


Mary Nichols - 1995
    They all knew she was not the poacher’s real child, though few knew the mystery of how she came to be living with him. Kate herself was not sure; Josiah had told her he had found her abandoned as a baby, but was Josiah telling the truth?He loved her and she was devoted to him and she did not question what he said until two mysterious men came to the village on the same day, both handsome, strong, self-possessed men, but so very different in every other way. Something was happening in the village, something important, something that would affect all their lives…

Cabin Gulch


Zane Grey - 2006
    Then she regrets their quarrel and sets off after him to bring him back. But she crosses the path of Jack Kells, the notorious mining camp and stagecoach bandit, who captures her and intends to keep her as his woman. He is willing to kill two of his own men to have her all to himself, so how can Joan hope to escape? Her hopes will fade even more when Jim Cleve shows up—and joins Kells’ gang…

The Pattern


Jane Peart - 2008
    She could not have known then how love for the young, rough-hewn, mountain doctor would cause her to turn her back on her privileged lifestyle, threaten to estrange her from her family, and bring her to the wild mountains of Appalachia. Johanna did not know what the future held. But she trusted God ... and she knew that he would cause her own family quilt to be rich and beautiful---a pattern like no other. Beginning in the mountains of North Carolina, the American Quilt series takes readers through the Civil War, across the country by wagon train to California, and finally across the Pacific to the romance and wild beauty of Hawaii. At the end of each book, you'll find the pattern for its quilt. Follow it to create a beautiful quilt of your own.