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Shamed by a cruel man, a privileged city girl does the unthinkable… becoming a mail order bride. Odette Finch is a woman of means but, when her parents order her to marry a wealthy, though aggressive and cruel man, she refuses. Her only way out is to flee west and try to live the life of romance and adventure. Becoming a mail order bride seems to offer that. Wyatt Owens is a man running from his past. But the town’s sheriff does not trust an ex-outlaw. Wyatt needs help if he is going to leave behind his criminal past in an effort to find a normal life. He needs a bride. When Wyatt and ...

Finding love is never easy for a single mother listing herself as a mail order bride. But it is necessary. Eliza Buell has just given birth to her second child. Now a single mother after the death of her husband, she finds herself alone and desperate for a way to help her children survive the coming winter. With no other option, Eliza opts to become a mail order bride. Arthur Wells is eager to prove his merit in the west, especially when his promotion is stifled solely because he is not married. And there is no better way to get a wife from the mail order bride catalogue. When Eliza arrives...

A journey into the unknown is a journey to become a mail order bride. Margaret Leeds has no idea what a mail order bride is before her stepfather informs her that she is to leave for Colorado territory to marry a stranger. On her stepfather’s insistence that Margaret leave the house and stop draining the family’s resources, Margaret embarks on a long and grueling journey into the west to marry an unknown man. There’s a problem, however. The man is already married. Now, Margaret finds herself stranded in a small town of Stillwater, and her permanent limp leaves her struggling to find ...

Sometimes a woman has no choice but to start life afresh as a mail order bride, along with her children… When Emily’s husband dies unexpectedly leaving her with two young children, the only thing she’s left with is the mercantile store that she has no means to run. Emily decides to leave everything behind and start over in the west as a mail order bride. Her new husband, Levi, has children too, which makes Emily think that he will understand her and that things will go smoothly. But she couldn’t have been more wrong. Levi has been doing everything alone for several years since his ...

Can a mere letter from the west be a ticket out of poverty and to love for a… half-deaf mail order bride? Elizabeth Quinn has had to bury her mother and is about to lose her home when a letter from a stranger offers her a way out of poverty: move out west to marry a man she has never met. She is unsure, especially of her… 1) fear of horses; 2) trauma of her father’s death at the hands of violent people out west; 3) prejudice towards Indian. And she is half-deaf. Determined to carve a new life for herself, Elizabeth heads west nonetheless and meets Joshua Isaac, a pastor for several ...

Give up the baby. Or become a mail order bride. Given away as a young woman to a cruel husband who died, leaving her to care and provide for an infant by herself, Anna Rockwell believes she has no other means of survival than to marry yet another stranger out west. When she meets Samuel Huwa, however, Anna’s life of heartbreak and fear is not over, yet. Samuel, a lumberjack with a heart of gold, lives with his younger sister and takes on Anna as his mail order bride. Samuel loves babies, and dedicates himself to helping Anna find joy again, falling in love with the complicated, mysterious...

It’s not always about what you say to your love ones, but how you say it. Beth Cartwright is an orphan on the run. After her mother’s death, she is facing a life of destitution. With debts being called in, no prospects for marriage and no protector, she has to do something. And fast. Becoming a mail order bride is her only option. There is one small problem. She hasn’t told her husband-to-be that she comes with a little sister in tow. But she quickly finds her husband has secrets of his own. David Justman is a man haunted by his past. His scars not only mar his skin, but his heart. ...

After the passing of Lucy’s aunt, there is no longer any home for her in Virginia. Her only way of getting by is to reconnect with an estranged sister out west. Once she is in Colorado territory, not only does Lucy realize that life out west is far more difficult and dangerous than she could ever have imagined, she also comes to understand a little more about her sister’s silence over the years. Lucy realizes that it is up to her to reawaken the joy in her sister’s life. Matthew is a man of the mountains. He is proud of his independence, and he plans to keep it that way. Until… Lucy...

What do the mayor of a failing town and the owner of a flourishing ranch have in common? When a mine collapse killed nearly all of the men in town, Chloe Lee is appointed mayor to watch over the lives of many women and children. Two years down, the town’s money can only go so far in the absence of trade and manpower. Chloe and her townsfolk are on the brink of despair when they meet Thomas Clarke, a ranch owner in a nearby town. The women are growing desperate, so Thomas agrees to help. But he finds himself embroiled in more than he bargained for. A long forgotten part of him slowly ...

It is never easy for an Indian mail order bride to fit in… more so when she has a dreaded burden. Kimimela found a chance to escape her home – and she took that chance. She is desperate to escape an arranged marriage to Mahkah, the chieftain’s son and an abusive man. She is chosen simply to bear child for the tribe’s shrinking number. Her only way out is to become a mail order bride. Flynn Johnson owns a small ranch in the mountains. He knows nothing on the ways of Indians. Yet, he had encounters with Indians. Those encounters are his dark past. He wants to forget. But he will not ...

Being a mail order bride was her only chance – to shake away the shame that weighed on her shoulders. Ruth Gibson is a hardworking woman who wants to be treated as an equal. But every man she meets treats her as an inferior. She can stand it no longer. So, she looks west. Rumors have it that frontier women work alongside men and some of them even own their own land. That is the dream. The quickest way to get to the west is to become a mail order bride. But there’s one problem… She has to lie and hide her shame if she wants any chance of acquiring a husband. Harrison Tibbs is searching...

Forgiveness is not just about forgiving others, it’s also about forgiving ourselves for the pain we’ve caused others. When a tragic accident leaves Maisie Clark scarred, both physically and emotionally, her dreams of love and a future in the bustling city of Chicago start to crumble. Amid a world that has forsaken her, she discovers solace in the letters exchanged with an enigmatic suitor, A.W., whose eloquent promises of acceptance and a fresh start out west resonate deeply as she embarks on her journey as a mail order bride. Upon her arrival in the rustic charm of Goldenbrook, she ...

Miriam Brooks is a woman accustomed to difficulty, but she has not realized that the biggest challenges of her life are yet to come. When necessity forces her to move out west as a mail order bride, a blizzard during her journey leaves Miriam with a lasting injury. A mountain man arrives to save her and brings her to town, where she meets her husband-to-be Wilson. Wilson is caught by Miriam’s beauty but is hesitant about her injury as it will affect the chores he needs her to do. But he marries her all the same in a private ceremony. After staying only a few nights with Wilson, Miriam is ...

A marriage built on secrets cannot stand. The Porter family is about to lose their house. Belle Porter’s father knows he will not have enough money to care for both his daughters. When Belle discovers that her father has made plans to send his youngest daughter out west to become a mail order bride in the name of saving their family, Belle makes a life-changing decision to take her sister’s place. Belle, masquerading as her sister Susie, arrives in Wyoming to meet Daniel Wright, and his eight-year-old son Will. But Will is not ready to share his father with Belle. Neither is Belle ...

Clara Beaufort’s journey from England to America is supposed to be an adventure, but it’s quickly becoming a nightmare. Alone with her infant nephew, Clara finds herself destitute and desperate. With no options left, she takes a leap of faith and answers a mail order bride ad, hoping to find a fresh start in the rugged Colorado mountains. The reality is far from her dreams of city lights. Adam Faulkner, the man she is supposed to marry, has no idea who she is. His father orchestrated this unconventional match without bothering to inform anyone. Perhaps worse, Adam is grappling with ...

Mail order brides don’t expect to find love… but sometimes they get lucky. Mary Jean has a secret. She’s been in love with Jasper since she was thirteen. Too bad he was twenty-four Too bad he never gave her the time of day. Their age difference never mattered. At least not to her. Especially when she saw him risk his life for their neighbor just to have justice served. But eleven years between them isn’t easy to overcome. Until now. Ten years later, and MJ needs a husband. Desperate to care for her aging grandmother, she needs money and a place to live. Fast. This time, Jasper ...

Escaping from an arranged marriage, Gemma Campbell finds herself embarking on an unknown journey – one that will bring out her courage and resilience. The only thing known to her is: she wants to decide her own marriage, by way of mail-order bride. But it is a twisted journey for Gemma - at Winding Path Ranch in Shallow Springs in the wild west, far away from the city of New York that she is used to. Her unladylike self longs for something more in life than just the usual hustle and bustle of a big city; she has a romanticized perception of the west. Is the west, in reality, really as '...

The cruel hands of the white man has driven her from everything she knows. Kimana is fighting for her life in the wilderness, a lone Shoshoni woman without hope. When she is set upon by cowboys who mean to take her virtue, she stumbles onto the Nez Perce Reservation. Without family or friends, she is forced to stay on the reservation and give up her freedom. Peace is short-lived when a group of Nez Perce men try to attack her. Her savior shows up in the nick of time, but the cost of defending herself has landed her in a precarious situation. Either she will marry, or be sent to a prison in ...

A life lost. 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 ...

Left widowed within her first year of marriage, southerner Thea Sykes turns to a mail-order bride service in order to stay afloat. Shipping off to a mountain in Wyoming comes with its fair share of fears – until Thea sets eyes on her new husband, Wakefield Briggs. A strong and generous man, Wakefield seems to know exactly how to bring the joy back into Thea’s life, and she into his. Everything is simpler in Whiteridge, Wyoming. Full of love and hope. But things can’t stay the same forever. Thea is pregnant, and ‘no children’ is a stipulation of this marriage. It’s not the fact ...