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Two lost souls find one another. Hazel Concord jumps in front of Paul O’Hanlon’s wagon one dark night. She is on the run, escaping the men who took her from the orphanage. Finding him on the dark road, she feels sure she has discovered the hero she needs. Except, she is in Fox Creek. People are often not what they seem in this place. Paul is a nice guy. However, being a nice guy does not mean he is hero material. He takes Hazel directly to the doctor’s home and leaves her there. Out of sight, out of mind. Paul learns this saying is not necessarily true. He continues to think about the...

“I’m only the nanny!" Willa Winston shouted the words to the wind. No one heard her. After all, the wagon train was behind her where she should be. It was where she would be if the little devils hadn’t disappeared in this direction. Tall prairie grass tugged at her skirt. The only good thing about it was the trail going through the overlong stuff. She easily followed the rascals. Willa was only the nanny. How did she end up on the Oregon Trail with her young charges? Cade Chester enjoys his life as a scout for a wagon train. Little does he suspect that any woman could change his ...

An eager groom and a surprise baby are out to change this woman's life! Patience Mallory needs a way to Colorado. There, she can claim the map showing where her father buried the gold trusted to him. She wants it. No! She needs that gold. Royce Maxwell needs a woman. He wants more than a cook for the trail. The man is desperate for someone who can care for his fussy baby. Not just anyone though. He trusts the Lord to send the wife he needs. When Patience stumbles into his life, he grabs her literally and figuratively. He rushes her into marriage before the wagon train leaves. Will life on ...

Children! Myra Smithson is tired of them. She didn't expect to be disinherited or to end up as her brother's unpaid nanny and cook. Thank goodness her matchmaker neighbor offers Myra a way out of the situation. Reinhold "Holder" Sittig knows he can't expect his terminally ill mother to care for his daughters. Following advice, he sends away for a mail-order bride. Too bad he forgets to mention his children in the letter.

From the bestselling author of Ruby’s Risk comes a fast-paced and suspense-filled romance. This miracle child is not Frankie's, so why does she risk her marriage to keep the little girl? Frances "Frankie" Elder is brutally frank. It's what led to her firing by the school board. The advertisement for a bride/teacher seems heaven sent. The fact that her groom demands a proxy marriage doesn't faze her. She heads west sure that she had entered into a business arrangement rather than a real marriage. Boswick "Boss" Carter is the first mayor of Scrub Brush, Wyoming. When the town demands a ...

A disabled woman looking for freedom. A grumpy doctor, hiding from his mistakes. A marriage of convenience may be the fresh start they both need. Alice Cordell is stronger than the leg she stands on. She is tired of people feeling sorry for her because of her disability. When she sees an advertisement to be a nurse and housekeeper for a Kansas doctor, she knows this is a chance to escape her current circumstances and prove she is just as capable as any woman with two perfect legs. What she doesn’t expect is to find out that her employer has died, and his son has no idea she is arriving! ...

If Darrell Dean wants to inherit half of the Silver Queen mine, he needs to marry. Though he doesn't even like the girl, he agrees to marry the local saloon owner's daughter. He doesn't expect the surprise that he receives when a woman interrupts the wedding. If Willa VanDurring wants to escape the danger stalking her, she needs a new name and a place somewhere far away to go.

She wants excitement and wealth. Unfortunately, she falls easily in love with a poor man. Can she bear to lose him? Disgraced and sent east to live with an old-maid aunt, Lucinda jumps at the chance to scape her dismal future. She will take Maggie's place as a bride for her stranger groom.. The girl promises her that she will marry a wealthy rancher, a dream come true for Lucinda. A farmer and not a rich rancher meets her train. Anders Andersson expects a Swedish mail-order bride and not this woman with secrets. No matter that she does not speak a word of Swedish, he's anxious to marry her....

She wants him. He wants to keep her alive. What must change so that they can have a life together? Maggie Jorgensen knows an escaped criminal is stalking her. U.S. marshal Reg Parker has a solution--send her to Denver as a mail-order bride. After his passionate kiss, Maggie is confused. She has little choice other than trust that he knows best. She travels to Denver as a mail-order bride, heartbroken and scared. When she arrives, her groom is missing. This leaves her with questions. Why would Reg send her to another man? And why is her Denver groom missing? Will Maggie be safe in Denver? ...

Alone! Kitty Donaldson’s marred face keeps her isolated from others. When offered the opportunity to be a mail-order bride to a stranger who refuses to leave his home, Kitty gladly accepts. After all, she’s always lived without friends. Kit Randolph has been hideously scarred in a mysterious fire. Did someone purposefully burn down his home? His cousin Phineas suspects someone near to Kit is a murderer. How can he prove it?

Christmas, 1921 Two lonely people in a cold rooming house. It's a good thing for them that their landlady has Christmas magic at her fingertips. Del Peale and Josephine Withers both have loved and lost. It's why neither has acted on their mutual attraction. That changes when a newborn is abandoned on the front steps .A cold house forces Del to face the home he once shared with his wife and son. Will it be enough to let them believe that love is still possibility? Will strange twists and the abandoned baby lead to a Christmas wedding? Perhaps their landlady will need to step in with a ...

Bode needs this opportunity to prove he can be a successful businessman. His trustee, however, won't release the necessary funds unless Bode marries, by proxy, the man's choice of brides. He willing agrees. After all, he can annul the marriage after the money is in his possession. All thoughts of annulment disappear when he meets his less than shy or wilting Violet. But will Violet stay with him when she learns how Bode makes his living? Why do attempts on his life start when he makes it clear to the people around him that he plans to stay married?

Under suspicion after his wife’s murder, Elias Kline knows he has to leave Mills Bluff. Learning a lynch mob is planning to kill him, he slips away from town. Taking only his smithy tools and his young son, he chooses a new name — Ezra King. Heading west seems a fine way to start over, but he’ll need a wife to raise his son and cook his meals. One sent by an agency shouldn’t expect love, he decides.

Mildred Crenshaw's latest match in the Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides series. The accident that kills her parents leaves Sookie Donaldson mute. She grasps at the chance to be a mail-order bride. The only catch is that she must also be able to teach school. Since Sookie taught school for a number of years that is no problem. Hopefully in Nebraska, people will welcome any trained teacher - even one who cannot speak. She fits all the requirements outlined by Milly Crenshaw, the matchmaker. The man in Nebraska is a perfect match. She hopes.

Neither wanted marriage. What will it take for them to realize that marriage is what they need? An orphan, Carlene January travels to Idyll Wood for a job. What she finds instead is trouble, and it sends her fleeing into the night. Manny Strong wants to escape the demons that drive him—namely his father and alcohol. After overhearing a secret about his parentage, he decides to leave that night. From a logging camp to a local farm, this man and woman are on a collision course, one which leads them into marriage and a fight for Carlene’s life. Will Carlene’s determination and Manny’s ...

A man who has loved her for five years without telling her… Only two weeks before he has to leave both her and Idyll Wood… A secret that keeps them apart…. Zelly Fuller believes she’s worthless. Her mother certainly made sure of that. Zelly just doesn’t know why. Being loved is an impossible dream until him. Hart Bahr has loved her from afar. Learning about a bet to harm Zelly, he decides it’s time to claim her as his, both to love and to protect her. Zelly, however, just might have other ideas about that. With a bully whose father has the sheriff in his pocket, mysterious ...

Danger brings them together. Will love cement their bond? Sylvia's secret teaching leads her into danger. This danger sends her running for safety. Dodging into a hall to escape her pursuer, she finds that safety at a suffragette rally. What an odd place to fall instantly in love! Who would expect to meet a handsome man in a women’s rally? A quick marriage and threats to her new husband’s life make Sylvia realize that some secrets have to come out into the open. If you enjoy sweet romance with a historical flavor, then sink into a chair and start reading Sylvia's Secret. Praise for ...

True love picked a terrible time to grab Ginger Snap’s heart. She saw the man she would love forever. He saw a scruffy boy. From the moment her cruel stepfather cuts Ginger’s braid and forces her into boy’s clothes, she has lived a lie. That lie allows her to inherit a farm, giving her family a comfortable life. Even so, she longs to escape and be herself again - especially after she meets him.

A woman in love with an ideal rather than a flesh and blood man. A man who struggles to move past the demons haunting him. A marriage that might never happen. Jack Dixon knew his mother was right. It was time he married. He allows his mother to write the letter for him and send it to the matchmaker. In fact, he does not even bother to read it. Little does he know, the contents do not at all resemble who he is as a person. Priscilla Pringle fell in love with the man who wrote such a tender letter. When she meets him, the grumpy man is completely opposite of the person she expects to find on ...

Will two broken hearts be able to find love and make a family together? Revenge stalks a couple who are determined to do that very thing in 1861 Minnesota. Set on a farm, this sweet romance features a delightful child with a lovable dog thrown in. If you enjoy cozy, sweet romances, this is a must read. "I am always delighted to read a romance authored by Marisa Masterson. Her writing style is elegant in its simplicity, annointing the ordinary."--KB, Amazon Reviewer "This book had my attention from the first page to the very end. This remarkable couple begin their marriage in a dubious ...