An adventurous young woman decides that becoming a mail-order bride is her best shot at escaping poverty, but an encounter with a small-town cowboy makes her reconsider.

Bertha Langston (who prefers to be called Bert) is far more interested in tinkering with her inventions than becoming a bride. Her latest passion is hot-air ballooning, which doesn’t make it easy for even the most skilled mail-order bride agency to find her perfect match.

Kane Jameson, cowboy by day and innkeeper by night at the Cedar Falls Inn, sees no point in marrying and settling down anytime soon. He's saving money and dreaming bigger dreams that include traveling the world.

Until Bert crashes his circle of friends at a town picnic to join their debate about the future of air travel. He's so enchanted by her careless beauty and heavily wrinkled gown that he accepts a dare from his brother to take her out to dinner.

To try to talk her out of becoming a mail-order bride...

And set her sights on an entirely different kind of adventure — one that includes him!

This book was previously part of the Bride Herder Series and Border Brides Series, but it's been entirely rewritten and expanded to be part of the BRIDES OF CEDAR FALLS — uplifting historical romance full of faith, hope, love, and cowboys!