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Sometimes the most significant journeys are those that take place within the heart. Amelia Hall, widowed and pregnant, stands at a pivotal juncture in her life… Facing a future shrouded in uncertainty, she finds no other option but to agree to an arranged marriage with Benjamin Grant. A pragmatic blacksmith, Benjamin is driven by both societal expectations and the allure of new prospects in the rapidly developing state of California. But never in his heart did he plan to make room for love… Confronting the western trail’s harsh realities, Amelia’s steadfast faith and spirit slowly ...

All her life, she has been seen as second-class. Harriet Orland is the daughter of a former house slave and the man who owned the plantation where she was born. All she has ever known is a life of slavery until the end of the war brought their freedom. But she quickly sees that their so-called freedom is only half won. Life in New York after the Civil War is brutal, with only the most demeaning of menial jobs available to them. After losing her mother to sickness, Harriet is left alone to make ends meet on the streets of New York. Her chance to break away from a life of drudgery is to make ...

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 ...

Cadence Hurley was no stranger to pain. After losing all the family she knew, suffering an injury that left her with a limp, and having to resort to living on the streets of Baltimore, she knew her life could only get better. A chance to go West, courtesy of a mail-order bride agency, seemed like the answer to all of Cadence’s prayers. But not all was as expected in Shallow Springs, Wyoming. With the marriage Cadence counted on falling through, and with no prospects back east, life seemed to have hit her with a dead-end once again. To survive, Cadence once more needed to make her own way....

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 ...

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 '...

A life of practicality and security. That is all Philadelphia maid Kitty Byrum and western lawman Cyrus Ross both look for. With that in mind, a mail-order bride marriage fits the bill perfectly. Cyrus will provide a home for Kitty and her younger sister Helen, and, in return, Kitty will perform all expected wifely duties. They see their marriage as a contract – love not being a requirement. They are not looking for a fairy tale love life. But even then, life does not always unfold according to one’s simple wishes… As the train the Byrum sisters travel westward on comes to a ...

Sam returns home one night after an absence of eight years, carousing with bad company. Sam’s father informs his prodigal son that his punishment for leaving is to make the one commitment that ensures he will never leave again: to get married. Clarise believes she is going west as a mail order bride to start a new life. But she is devastated when she learns that: 1) it is not Sam but his father who has arranged the marriage; 2) Sam is not interested to get married. Still, Sam’s father insists on the match. Caught between the warring father and son, Clarise learns about life on their ...

Sheriff Chance knows he must bring Laura’s father to justice. What he does not expect, however, is to fall in love with Laura... For the last ten years since the passing of Laura’s mother, she has been following her father across the west as he sells his ‘miracle tonics’ from one town to the next. Laura remains filial, but her father’s crooked trade is becoming unbearable by the day. When Laura meets Sheriff Chance of Still Springs town in Colorado, she finds that he is the only person who sees just how difficult her life has become. Then, when her father is accused of poisoning ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Doctor Thomas Grant is a man accustomed to loss. The widower spends most of his days tending to the town’s sick, trying to get over the grieve of losing his wife and child in childbirth. When Mabel Walker arrives in the secluded Colorado town, however, she shakes things up for Thomas. Asked by a dying father to seek out her half-brother, Mabel comes out west to find that her half-brother is a drunkard, violent and aggressive, and disrespects women. But Mabel is not one to abandon someone in need. She sets to the task of sobering up her abusive brother – a task which proves just as ...

His love is held back by guilt. Her happiness hinges on her courage to forgive. Cindy Winters is suddenly left homeless and alone following her father’s sudden accidental death from a cattle stampede. Clinging on to hope, Cindy seeks out a new life as a mail order bride out west in Wyoming. The town of Cistern sits almost in the shadow of the wild and wonderous mountains of the Wyoming territory. In it, waits the graying and gentle farmer Robert McGinty. After he and Cindy are married, however, Robert’s falls ill and passes shortly after. Now, Cindy has to either abandon her new ...

The life of a saloon girl is all she knows. Leana Connelly never dared to dream of a good life. Her family is long gone. Her only friends are the other saloon girls. When a cruel patron attacks her, she knows she must leave that wretched place. Leana has no one to turn to, nowhere to go. Fleeing out west to be a mail order bride is her option. But who will marry a saloon girl? Her future husband must never know her past. When Val Depue sees her ad, he decides she is the woman for him. But there are secrets about Leana that Val doesn’t know. And there is a man from Leana’s past who can ...

Samantha Brown, a spirited young woman from Nebraska, finds her life irrevocably changed by tragedy. Fleeing the ashes of her past, she ventures westward to Goldenbrook, a small town nestled near the mountains, seeking a fresh start as a mail order bride. Unexpectedly for Gregory Harris, a mountain man known to the townsfolk as the ‘Mountain Whisperer’, Samantha’s arrival at his doorstep marks the beginning of an unforeseen journey – one that will tear him away from the solitude he has grown used to. Now bound by a marriage of convenience, they embark on a journey of survival, trust...

A sad twist of fate leaves her blind and desperate for a new start. Emily Stewart, a widow and blind woman who has a six-year-old son, agrees to be a mail order bride, only to realize that her intended husband is killed in a fire just days before she arrives out West. Benjamin Hart is reeling after the death of his brother. And Benjamin has to wonder why his deceased brother never tells him about his bride from back East. Benjamin has long dreamed of leaving the dullness of farm life behind and seeking adventure. Especially now that the gold rush has begun, he is eager to sell and be done ...

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 ...

The path of love may at times demand the sacrifice of truth. Caroline has lost everyone; everyone but a baby left in her care. Her abusive husband, Leland, is a danger to her and her adopted baby. The fastest and only way to escape is to head out west as a mail order bride. But… she is still a married woman. And her new husband-to-be must not know that. When Henry responds to her ad, Caroline dares to dream of a better life and flees her house with a baby in tow. As Caroline learns more about Henry the farmer, she forgets her old life and grows fond of him. Though she is aware that she ...

In the Wild West, passion and peril ride side by side. Catherine Davis, burdened by her parents’ tragic deaths and an impending marriage to an abusive man, has nothing left to lose. When an advertisement for a mail order bride offers a glimmer of hope, she seizes control of her own destiny by embarking on a journey through the sprawling and untamed landscape of the American frontier. Little does Catherine know that her path will lead her to a kind and enigmatic man in California. James Wilson, seeking solace from his dark past, views his newlywed wife as an opportunity for redemption and ...