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Doc Tyler Morgan can’t heal himself. He was madly in love with his fiancée, but she died from a mysterious illness, and he couldn’t save her. He couldn’t save his parents, either, when they were injured in the crossfire during a bank robbery. Now he is alone, except for his sister Allie, who is about to marry and move to Montana. Juliet Monroe works in a dead-end, hateful factory job in Boston. She knows midwifery and herbal healing, but she was lured to the factory job with false promises of good money and golden opportunities.

Life in Rough Creek, Missouri, isn’t easy - especially if you’re the older brother of the most daring, troublemaking young man in town. Spencer Ludlow has spent his entire life trying to rein in his half-brother Markus, with only middling success. He’s willing enough to keep trying, but with the harvest season coming on, he’d like a little help. Besides, he’s got something more important to focus on - Tina Webber, a young lady from Boston, who has answered his advert for a Mail Order Bride.

Grace Montgomery is the oldest of five sisters…and the only one who isn’t married. At 24, she’s tired of pitying looks and being called a spinster. Desperate, she accepts the proposal of a much older man. As the date for the wedding draws near, she realizes she’s made a terrible mistake. She cannot marry this man. It would be like marrying her father. She flees and boards a train with no destination in mind.

Elias Hartman is an unusual sort of man. The only son of one of the wealthiest ranchers in Wyoming, his interests tend toward books and poetry rather than cattle and poker. His oddness prevents him from finding a suitable wife—that, and the fact that young unmarried women are few and far between in Miles Gulch. He writes to a matrimonial agency and is introduced to his perfect match: Cora Bennett is bookish, quiet, shy, and loves poetry. Their correspondence carries the spark of love both have been looking for—until, that is, they finally meet in person. Suddenly, the connection ...

Caleb Reynolds has seen his brothers marry, one by one - dropping like flies. Now, he is the lone bachelor on Reynolds Ranch, and he’s not about to change his status. He rethinks his determination when the Reynolds take in the Simmons siblings. Ruth Simmons comes to Crooked Creek as a Mail Order Bride, bringing her two younger siblings along with her. From day one, however, it’s evident something dastardly is at play, and she flees to the welcoming arms of the Reynolds clan, hiding from the unknown stranger who hunts her.

Nancy Grant’s stepfather bets her hand in marriage during a poker game–and loses. Now she is supposed to marry the repugnant Carl Kingsford. Nancy has no choice but to flee. When she hears about a mail-order bride agency, she takes a leap of faith and applies. Now she is to marry a man she has never met—Jesse Cartwright, a rancher from Mine’s Place, Colorado. He is a stranger, but hopefully, with him she will find a home of her own and be able to celebrate a Merry Christmas.

Jenny Jansen has always served at Thompson Manor. As the head cook, life is steady, but she wants something more, and she dreams of moving out West to pursue her freedom. There is just one problem—Roy Olson. They grew up together at the manor, and he fell in love with her long ago. One morning at the market, Jenny stumbles across a new matrimonial agency. This gives Jenny the break she’s looking for—the chance to become a mail order bride. But can she truly muster the courage to leave Roy and all she’s ever known and risk everything for an unknown groom?

When the notorious Linch Gang strikes in Rough Creek, Missouri, deputy sheriff Jordan Tredwell finds himself with a big responsibility on his hands - find the Linch Gang and bring them to justice, all while stepping into the shoes of the former sheriff. Jordan pours himself into the task, putting everything else on hold - which worries his mother to no end. Afraid that Jordan will make himself sick - or put himself in great danger, she follows the lead of another local family and writes for a Mail Order Bride...on her son’s behalf.

When her father passes away suddenly, Justine Mayer has no reason to stay in Boston. With the promise of a romance, she answers an advert for a mail-order bride and sets out for Fielder’s Union, Arkansas. When she arrives, she discovers the man she is all set to marry isn’t waiting for her. Even worse, he may never have existed. Taken in and sheltered by the Barnett family, she begins to rebuild her shattered life in Fielder’s Union, unsure of what the future holds. All she knows is she has found new friends, including the handsome local sheriff, Tom Barnett.

After the war, Jewel Eberhardt has few choices for a beau, so she writes to a mail-order bride agency. From Pike’s Bluff, Colorado, Dirk Walker writes her back. Nervous and self-conscious, he sends Jewel the train fare, praying it will be a good match. When they meet, he fears she’s far above him - a fine woman too good for the likes of him. Yet, he marries her and takes her home to his ranch.

Clark Reynolds harbors a love for poetry and writing that his family will never understand. When he writes to a matrimonial agency for a mail-order bride, the last thing he expects is to find someone who shares this love - but Julie Hazelton exceeds all his expectations. When she arrives at Crooked Creek to begin their courtship, he’s stunned by her beauty, intelligence, and her understanding of Clark himself.

Raising his three rambunctious children on a small farm in Shallow Gorge, Colorado, Billy Spence is at his wits’ end. It’s hard enough to eke out a living in such a rough area; it’s even harder caring for three little ones on his own. He’s desperate for a solution and would sure like to have one by Christmas.... After her last living relative succumbs to the Russian flu that cold December, Alice Fletcher wants to leave her nursing job in New York and settle somewhere new and fresh.

Gabe Douglass is the sheriff of Rutger Creek, Arkansas, and the father of seven-year-old Eva. The death of his wife signaled the end of his love life. There is no room in his heart for anyone new. But when Eva wants a mommy for her birthday, Gabe’s mother goes behind his back and orders a mail order bride for him.

Serena Bailey is sold by her stepfather to a man in Texas to pay off a debt. Hating him for it, Serena is nevertheless forced to go to El Paso, Texas. Leaving her mother behind, she boards a train from New York, leaving her old life behind. Arriving in El Paso, she discovers that Hubert Bishop, her fiancé, is evil and cruel, and she is forced to fight him or die.

When his young wife dies unexpectedly, Jed McBride has a tough time looking after his young daughter Josie. He decides to send for a mail order bride, hoping to find someone to help take care of his little girl. Across the country, Estelle Morrow is desperate to get away from the Slate Gang and their ruthless leader Amos. As a young girl, she joined her brother as a member of the gang, but now, she wants nothing more than to escape the life of crime.

Ruth McCann has a plan for her future. She’ll marry, settle down in her hometown of Stowe, Vermont, and raise a family with the man her father picked out for her. Though she doesn’t love Peter Stillarch, she’s resigned to the life laid out in front of her. Some people, she knows, never find true love.

Francis Jones, known as Jonesy, never intends to get married. He is too busy building his future - his small and budding ranch in the foothills of Colorado. But when he is shot by outlaws, the local doctor reminds him of his loneliness and urges him to find a mail-order bride. Jocelyn Baxter, a native of New York, promises her dying aunt she will find a husband in the West. She’ll build a future as a mail-order bride by marrying a man in needs of a wife.

Life isn’t easy for a Mail Order Bride…especially when the bride isn’t sure she wants to be one in the first place. But when Naomi Paxton is left a young widow, her friend Kate suggests she apply to a bridal agency along with her. At a loss for what else to do, Naomi agrees, and is matched up with a young store owner named Steven Wragley in Rough Creek, Missouri.

Charlotte "Lottie" Thomson feels trapped in the stifling confines of her life in Boston, where the only escape seems to be marriage. Desperate for freedom, she decides to become a Mail Order Bride and heads west for a fresh start. Impulsively, Lottie books passage on the first stagecoach to Texas. The journey takes a dangerous turn when notorious outlaw Luke "Hawk" Jackson and his gang ambush the stagecoach, robbing the passengers and killing a young woman named Emily. Lottie discovers that Emily was on her way to Clearwater, Texas, to marry a rancher named Nathan Caldwell.

Society belle Sybil Webb is certain she is destined for something better than the social scene of Boston. Desperate to find a way out from under the thumb of her upwardly mobile father, she answers a newspaper advert for a mail-order bride. But escaping Boston was the easy part of Sybil’s adventure. Her intended groom, Dr. Henry Miller, is not what he appeared to be. Alone in a strange town, Sybil takes shelter with the friendly Frost family, where she finds herself challenged by—and undeniably drawn to—the Frost’s cousin, Brian Smith, a handsome man embittered by lost love.