Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me. They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant.

Beckett: If you’re reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn’t. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have. I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella’s raising the twins alone. She’s too independent and won’t accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It’s too much for anyone to endure. And here’s the kicker: there’s something else you don’t know that’s tearing her family apart.

We're not free to give into this. She's 19, and I'm 38. And I'm her boyfriend's father. Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.

After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.

A wealthy heiress running from an arranged marriage, the hotheaded deputy who waylays her carriage, and their accidental attraction that everyone warns will never lead to happily-ever-after. The newest deputy of Christmas Mountain, Jesse Hawling, is determined to impress the boots off his fellow citizens. A poor cowboy who practically raised himself, he’s well aware of the black spots in his reputation he’ll need to overcome to gain their trust — a quick trigger finger and an even quicker temper. Iris Hildebrand has always obeyed her family’s wishes, right up to the point where her ...

A mail-order bride struggling to overcome grief, and the cowboy determined to help her heal by lassoing her heart... Eliza Jane Ferrell can’t bear the thought of marrying any man besides the beau she lost in the war. Poverty, however, along with the pickpocket who’s been hounding her, ultimately convince her to become a mail-order bride. The letter from Rancher Keegan Ford's sassy bride-to-be sounds promising, with one exception. She makes it clear from the start that her heart will never belong to him. It’s a challenge he can’t resist. How hard can it be for one hat-wearing, horse-...

A lovely cook with a bounty on her head, the Native pioneer determined to protect her with his name and honor, and the unscrupulous mail-order bride agency determined to marry her off to the highest bidder… Chief Pecos is far from thrilled by the sudden influx of new settlers to Christmas Mountain. He prefers things to continue as they’ve been for centuries with his tribe, whose main livelihood is taming and riding the mustang herds that roam the foothills. Until a mail-order bride steps off the train with a price on her head… All of a sudden, he can think of one good exception to the...

To dodge a group of ruthless debt collectors, an impoverished southern belle agrees to become the mail-order bride of a rugged cowboy in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! After refusing to marry the cruel new owner of her childhood home, Annabelle Lane finds herself on the run from the scoundrels he hires to change her mind. In desperation, she signs a mail-order bride contract and hops on the next train, praying the groom she is matched with is a man worth running toward. The most sought-after range rider in the west, Ethan Vasquez is highly skilled at protecting livestock from ...

A lonely soldier, a few interfering friends, and the mail-order bride contract they coax him into signing — just in time for Christmas! Elizabeth Byrd's friends beg her to join them in Cowboy Creek as a mail-order bride. At first, the former battlefield nurse is scandalized by the idea of marrying a man she’s never met, but the war has taken everything from her — her brothers, too many friends to count, and her fiancé. There’s nothing left for her in Atlanta but more heartache. Seeking peace and solitude, Captain David Pemberton retreats to his hunting lodge in Texas the moment the...

A mail-order bride schemes to make her new husband fall deeply and desperately in love with her in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! Jameson Ford’s dream is to turn the remote mountain community of El Vaquero into the biggest cattle town in Texas. When he submits an application for a mail-order bride, he’s not looking for love. To him, acquiring a wife is simply one of his duties for pioneering a town. An impoverished debutante and former life of the party, Penelope Copeland carves out a new life as a working-class girl in post-war Atlanta — that is, until a gang of ...

A single mother finds out she has a bounty on her head that her brother’s best friend is determined to collect in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! Charity Powers isn’t aware of her late husband’s debts, and she certainly isn’t trying to dodge payments when she and her four-year-old daughter board a train. They arrive in the cozy small town of Cedar Falls, Texas, to attend her brother’s wedding. The moment Schmidt Barnes tracks her down, he realizes something more sinister is afoot. Unfortunately, his lovely target can’t afford a lawyer to defend her, and she’s way ...

A runaway bride meets the cowboy of her dreams, but she's afraid to take a leap of faith on love in this sweet and clean historical romance. Tennyson Barra, a claim jumper turned rancher, is ready to settle down with a wife and family of his own. He figures the easiest way to find the perfect woman is to let the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Company do the searching for him. He never counted on his prospective bride being kidnapped by highwaymen on her journey west. Or being the man sent to rescue her, only to discover she never intended to follow through with their marriage contract in the ...

A fake bride, a groom who’s not the man he claims to be, and their highly inconvenient spark of attraction… Lorelai Woods is convinced she's engaged to the perfect man, until she discovers he’s part of a cattle rustling gang trying to steal her blind. In a desperate bid to regain control of her family’s ranch, she applies for a job as a Pinkerton agent. Unfortunately, they need her to serve undercover as the fake bride of a fellow agent for a few weeks before launching an investigation into her family’s troubles. John Langston was pressed into sailing on a pirate ship when he was ...

A soldier returns from war and immediately becomes entangled in the mischief of a delightfully interfering matchmaker in this sweet and swoon-worthy mail-order-bride romance. Grace Byrd is secretly in love with Lieutenant Charley Arrington, her oldest sister's beau, so her heart is shattered when he goes missing in action. She inwardly vows to live out her days as a spinster, unable to imagine giving her heart to anyone else. He suddenly resurfaces, still recovering from battle wounds on the inside and out, and attempts to claim her oldest sister’s hand in marriage. However, he quickly ...

Mail order bride books about women venturing out West to make new lives for themselves. What happens when they decide to take a chance on love along the way? The Complete Mail Order Mix-Up Series Mail Order Misfit Mail Order Misstep Mail Order Miscast Mail Order Misaim Mail Order Misplay Mail Order Mister Mail Order Mishap *This book was previously published by my Jenna Brandt pen name under the Border Brides series and has since been republished under my Jennifer Branson pen name under the Second Chance Brides of the Old West.

A wealthy heiress hires a rugged bounty hunter to pose as her fiancé in this sweet and swoony opposites-attract historical romance! Thanks to a lavish inheritance, Rachel West can finally afford to follow her dreams and open the Cedar Falls Finishing School for Young Ladies. Unfortunately, a former co-instructor from Boston follows her to her hometown, claiming a deathbed promise to look after her. All too soon, he's pressuring her to marry him, making her fear he's only interested in getting his hands on her money. Bounty hunter Boone Cassidy is accustomed to far more dangerous ...

A nurse trying to dodge an arranged marriage, a doctor seeking true love, and his mail-order marriage proposal… Dr. Rory Jude is tired of coming in second — second in his father’s affections, second-in-line to run the family business, and the second choice of his fiancée who always seems to have her eye on a wealthier prospective groom. Seeking a fresh start, he leaves the city to open a doctor's office out west. He finds himself in a town desperately short of marriageable women, until a chance encounter with a mail-order bride agency owner opens his eyes to another way to find a ...

A wildly independent spinster proprietress, a hunky blacksmith in the market for a bride, and the mail-order mistake that lands him in her boarding house for the holidays… Lilly Byrd has just been handed the keys to the Rose Haven Boarding House by the former owner who’s determined to retire by Christmas. However, Widow Gable is concerned that the spirited bluestocking will use her new position as an excuse to continue dodging every potential beau who looks her way. So she puts a bug in the ear of Lilly’s three matchmaking sisters, who are delighted to send the town’s big and ...

A Texas Ranger who wants a wife, an heiress who needs a husband, and a marriage of convenience that sparks an accidental attraction in this sweetly suspenseful and squeaky-clean historical romance. Despite a dangerous and demanding career, Texas Ranger Bolt Sanderson dreams of starting a family. But a man who spends most of his time on the road doesn’t exactly have a long list of marital prospects. He decides to cut a corner on his quest for happily-ever-after by firing off an application for a mail-order bride. Scarlett Martinez must be married for an entire month before she can claim ...