A woman deceived. A well-meaning meddler. A stalking villain. Maud Connors wants nothing more than love and a family for Christmas. When she's unjustly fired, she flees Boston, seeking refuge with the kind man writing to her from The Matrimonial Times. But when she arrives, Maud discovers a heart-wrenching deception: the letters were not penned by Thomas at all, but by his brother, Samuel. Betrayed anew, she seeks a fresh start in Denver. But shadows of the past are not so easily left behind... Samuel Jenkins wants nothing but happiness for his little brother. He's determined to find a new ...

A woman with nowhere to go. A man searching for a new home. A villain luring young women to ruin. Molly Daly is a maid for the Dalton family, part of the Boston elite. She begins corresponding via The Matrimonial Times with Ollie Blackstone, a miner in Denver. When she is falsely accused of stealing and put out onto the cold winter streets, she sees no choice but to go west. But when she arrives in Denver, Ollie is nowhere to be found... When his dear uncle passes, leaving behind his ranch in Hidden Pines, Trent Ellis is grief-stricken but determined to make a new life away from the hustle ...

A past she can't remember. A future hanging in the balance. Who will she choose? Harriet Wallace, a Pittsburgh socialite, flees a broken engagement from Sebastian Wentworth, seeking a new beginning as a mail-order bride on the wild frontier. In Hidden Pines, postmaster Elias Carpenter is dumbfounded to learn his mother advertised on his behalf in the marriage papers. Just as Harriet steps into Elias's world, an icy fall puts her two months in the past, erasing every memory of Elias and their correspondence, along with her memory of breaking off the engagement. Caught in a confusing web ...

A desperate widow. A rancher wrestling doubt. A tragic, unwed mother and her son. After losing her husband, Rebecca Brown is driven to build a future for herself and her young daughter Mary. Facing imminent eviction, she gambles their lives on an advertisement in The Matrimonial Times. On the journey west, her path crosses with the young, unwed Nellie and her toddler Noah. When tragedy strikes in Denver, what will she do? She can't get Noah from her mind, but her groom is expecting one child, not two... Cole Smith focused his life on building up his ranch outside Hidden Pines, Colorado. ...

A woman seeking refuge. A man out of his depth. A set of orphaned twins. Rosemary Clark toils daily at the Morton Match Factory. Though she has wonderful friends, she yearns for a family of her own. The Matrimonial Times offers the opportunity to start a new life in Colorado with a dashing sawyer. Before her courtship is complete, Rosemary must flee westward after an alarming incident with the factory supervisor. But when she arrives, no one is waiting. She travels to the sawmill, only to be confronted with the shock of a lifetime... Grant Ferguson loves his work at the sawmill in Hidden ...