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A southern belle accidentally falls for a northern spy in this sweet and swoon-worthy, opposites-attract romance! To escape the bitter division of loyalties in her family during the war, Anna Kate Monroe accepts an invitation to serve as a companion to her spinster aunt in Cedar Falls, Texas. She meets a handsome fellow traveler, whose charming company makes the long train ride west an adventure she doesn't want to end. Even more surprising is the discovery that they are heading to the same small town. Captain Gregory Armstrong has been sent undercover from the north to investigate the ...

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 contract with a rescue clause — brave cowboys sworn to defend and protect any bride who runs into trouble during her journey west. A complete, 12-book, binge-worthy series! Book 1: Hot-Tempered Hannah A bounty hunter is searching for a missing mail-order bride who looks identical to the only woman he’s ever loved. If she's truly still alive, she must have faked her own death. Leaving him precious little time to track her down before the past she’s been running from finally catches up to her, and he loses her again...this time for good! Book 2: Cold-Feet Callie A ...

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 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...

When love and the law collide… Levi Barra receives a telegram warning him to pay off a loan he wasn’t aware existed, or he'll risk losing his ranch. Since his sister has been pestering him non-stop about getting married and settling down, he decides the quickest way to solve both of his problems is to advertise for a mail-order bride with a background in law. Felicity Braxton has all but given up her dream of practicing law, because not a single firm on the east coast seems interested in hiring a female lawyer. So when the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Company describes the unlimited ...

Though an innkeeper and his mail-order-bride constantly disagree about how to run a business together, attraction sparks the moment they meet in this sweet, opposites-attract historical romance! Edward Remington is on a mission to restore the Texas inn he’s inherited to its former glory — proving to his family that he can survive without their wealth. It’s not an easy task, with a trio of cowboy brothers attempting to jump a claim on the place, neighbors to the south disputing land boundaries, and no women in town to soften the edges of the brawling settlers. He submits an application...

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 ...

An armchair adventuress writing under a pen name accidentally sparks a crime with her debut novel. It’s a good thing Rose Marie Addington is secretly courting a gunsmith who’s been working hard to teach her a thing or two about self-defense. However, secrets have a way of piling up and coming back to haunt a lady, especially in a small town like Cedar Falls, where everyone seems to know everything about everybody. Except her, of course. Despite her fascination with reading and writing about happily-ever-afters, she worries if love is truly strong enough to conquer all in the harrowing ...

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 ...

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 ...

The things a woman in love will do to keep her man... Belinda Fairfax is tired of waiting for Colt Branson to remember she's still in love with him. She put their wedding plans on hold and supported his decision to travel west in search of his missing sister. She championed his plan to open a mail-order bride agency — one with a Gallant Rescuers Clause to keep other brides safe from the kind of trouble his sister ran into. But she’s waited so long for him to return home to marry her that she's afraid another woman may have captured his heart along the way. Without the funds to travel ...

To protect an heiress being targeted for her fortune, a rugged bounty hunter poses 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 ...

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 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 ...

The most eligible bachelor in Cedar Falls decides to pursue the only woman in town who’s not trying to capture his attention in this sweet, second-chance historical romance. After the tragic loss of her fiancé, Laura Bennett can’t imagine risking her heart a second time, so she devotes herself to charitable causes instead. She soon becomes known for her inability to turn away a stray animal, including the rider-less horse that wanders her way with a broken horseshoe on Christmas Eve. She pays an emergency visit to the blacksmith, doubting she’ll find the handsome bachelor at home. To...

A Texas Ranger wants a wife. An heiress needs a husband. Their marriage of convenience sparks an accidental attraction in this sweetly suspenseful 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 her inheritance, but a disastrous...

An impoverished spinster in love with a man who’s married to his job…and the twist of fate that makes it his job to protect her… Madeleine Caruthers has been madly in love with her pastor for over a year, but (despite her conviction that the attraction is mutual) he’s made it clear he’s married to the church. So, when her friends summon her to Texas, she doesn’t think twice about signing on as a Pinkerton agent to help bring a dangerous cattle rustling gang to justice. As far as she’s concerned, women can marry their jobs, too. Pastor Josh Michaelson hates the fact that he’s...

Meet the final four cowboy rescuers in this sweet, binge-worthy Mail Order Brides Rescue Series box set —where an oath-bound band of cowboys stand ready to ride to the rescue whenever they are called. This series is packed with heartwarming adventures in the Wild West, lots of humor, sweet cowboy romance, and the faith and second chances it often takes to reach happily-ever-after. Book 9: Bookish Belinda The lengths a woman will go to fight for the heart of the man she loves… Belinda Fairfax has an ax to grind with Colt Branson. She’s been as patient as any woman can be, who was ...

A bounty hunter is on the trail of a missing mail-order bride who looks identical to the only woman he’s ever loved. When Gabe Donovan is recruited to track down a missing mail-order bride, he receives the shock of his life. She could pass as a twin to the partner he thought he lost in a fire — the same woman he never got around to confessing his feelings to, for fear of ruining their partnership. If she's still alive, she must have faked her own death. Leaving him precious little time to track her down before the past she’s been running from finally catches up to her, and he loses ...