Download or read book A Highwayman s Mail Order Bride written by Blythe Carver and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last thing a mail order bride is a highwayman’s intervention in the form of a stagecoach robbery. Especially when time is of the essence and she needs a father for her baby. Preferably before she begins to show. When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man. John Carter beats her mercilessly and makes her life a living hell. After seeing an ad in the paper for paid passage westward, she answers the ad in the hopes to use the ticket to escape John Carter. She gets on a coach from Boston, heading west, with no money, and needing a roof over her head. Not just for herself, but for the baby she’s carrying, a baby she has to save from John Carter’s cruelty. Expecting a baby has changed the stakes for Melissa. She must provide a safe and loving home for the child. Time if of the essence if she is to marry in time to convince her new husband that the baby she’ll give birth to is his. A stagecoach robbery is a deterrent she did not count on, nor need. When the robbers learn her husband is a wealthy rancher, she’s taken hostage, costing her precious time in a plan that hinges on timeliness. She hates the leader of the highwaymen. Hates him with a passion and is beyond angry that the time is ticking while he negotiates her ransom. Jed Cunningham’s a highwayman, certainly, but one with honor. And a heart, it seems. He can’t stand the idea of sending the stunning feisty Melissa Carter to marry a rich rancher. She’s precisely the kind of woman who needs to be loved. But she doesn’t seem to see that.

Download or read book A California Mail Order Bride written by Katie Wilde and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is April 1873 and Louis Dawson is a lonely miner who has hit gold and is desperate for a woman to share his riches and his life ... Can the Lord find true love for Miss Lizzy? - FREE on Kindle Unlimited Lizzy was scared she'd become an old maid since she was still unmarried at 22, which was approaching old age in the old west marriage market. After corresponding with Louis for three months, she did something she thought she'd never do: become a mail order bride against her Pa's wishes. She resigned her position as schoolmistress, packed her suitcase, and boarded an eastbound train. Lizzy then hopped on a stagecoach to meet and marry her betrothed. On the way, the coach was robbed at gunpoint by highwaymen! After being robbed Lizzy is betrayed by the man she believes loves her. Embarrassed and ashamed, and believing God had abandoned her, she was ready to give in ... but maybe, just maybe, God had plans for her all along? This is a sweet and clean historical Christian western romance and is suitable for all ages. If you like clean historical fiction about women who risked everything to find love on the Western frontier, you will love this inspirational romance!

Download or read book The Mail Order Bride s Promise written by Blythe Carver and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-04 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aileen Riley’s not sure she belongs at Shady Forks any longer. Sure, she loves the kids. She loves being a nanny. And Theresa’s still her best friend, but… So, what’s a gal to do when she needs to leave? She takes a page from Theresa’s book and answers an advertisement for a mail order bride. She doesn’t expect to find herself married under suspicious circumstances. She doesn’t expect to find a lot of things. And yet she does. Now she’s missing the Winchesters, she’s in danger, and she’s scared for her life. Donald Ferris isn’t the type who likes to be deceitful, but when his boss asks him to perpetrate a deception on a young woman who’s answered a mail order bride ad, well, a fella can’t say no, can he? No, Donald can’t. Not to the man who’s been almost like a father to him for the last decade. So he goes on with the charade, hating himself for it. And then really hating himself after he meets the lovely Aileen. Now Donald’s in a jam. Can he tell her the truth? Would she forgive him?

Download or read book An Unexpected Mail Order Bride written by Blythe Carver and published by . This book was released on with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theresa Baldwin’s bored with the boys paraded before her to pick from. She wants a man. Not some silly boy who plays pranks. She’s not one to wait for life to come to her. She’ll seize it by the horns. And she does just that, ending up in the wild west with nothing but her money and her companion. Nate Winchester and his two boys were abandoned by his wife. She simply up and left them. Who does that? Now, Nate’s had to figure out how to be mother and father to his sons. Lucky for him, he’s got siblings who have helped him. But that’s not enough. Children need a mama. When his sister comes up with a plan for getting him a bride, he’s not interested. Yet, his sister Melissa is persistent. Lo and behold, here comes Theresa Baldwin. A ray of sunshine in his otherwise bleak life. Theresa has no idea that her appearance has been orchestrated by Nate’s sister. She’s thrilled to have found this woodworking, ranching man’s man in the wild west. Until she learns the truth…

Download or read book The Preacher s Mail Order Bride written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hold onto your bonnets the biggest matchmaking cupid of the west has struck again¿Mail Order Bride Gabby Anson is not who she seems. But, getting shot on the stage, having her belongings stolen and then finding out her groom isn't expecting her is more than she's bargained for when she struck out for Texas. Now the question both she and the surprised preacher, Jarred Andrews want to know is who sent for her and where do they go from here? Jarred's waiting on the bride the Lord's going to send him when the time is right. But what is he supposed to do with Gabby? There¿s a mystery in the tiny town of Sweet when mail-order brides begin to show up for the men one at a time and the town wonders who sent for them? The brides and the grooms wonder more.Watching them work out the situation is the fun part.At least it is for Big John Wiggins a widower who knows the joys of a happy marriage and the six foot, five inch widower has decided the men of his town need wives and joy too. Even if it takes him to bring the women to them. Don¿t miss the first book of the series The Lawman¿s Mail Order BrideALWAYS FREE on Kindle Unlimited or Amazon PrimeComing soon Elizabeth Chase¿s Clean and Wholesome novel The Rancher¿s Mail-Order Bride book 3 in her exciting Mail-Order Brides of Sweet Texas, a mail order bride historical Western book you¿ll love this clean and wholesome romance series.

Download or read book Mail Order Bride A Bride for the Miner written by Karla Gracey and published by KG Publishing House. This book was released on 2019-07-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past is often the hardest thing to put behind you… but could it be time to give love a second chance? Aiden O'Shaunessy doesn’t have much time to spare these days. After many hard months spent laboring in the local mines, Aiden has finally purchased a dairy herd for his ranch. But as full as his life has become, Aiden is finally ready to admit that he is lonely for companionship... So he decides to place an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Miles away, in Boston, Meredith Lisle has grown up in a life of comfort and privilege. Yet all that opulence has now been ripped from her with the recent death of her parents. Now both penniless and an orphan, Meredith longs for a chance at a new life -- and this time, one filled with adventure and freedom. When she finds Aiden’s advertisement in the paper, Meredith decides to take her future into her own hands and reply. And soon she is on a train bound for Billings, where Aiden lives. Once she arrives, Meredith quickly comes to love everything about her life in Billings... while Aiden comes to love everything about Meredith. But with the betrayal of his first wife so recent in his memory, Aiden struggles not to compare Meredith to his ex. And worse still, when the woman herself returns to Billings, intent on making Meredith doubt her place in Aiden’s life, Aiden must come to terms with his feelings for Meredith before she walks out of his life forever. But will he realize them just a little too late? Mail-Order Bride: A Bride for the Miner is a heart-warming journey of learning to trust again, and opening your heart to love. Will Aiden find a way to keep Meredith in his life? Or is he about to be abandoned by love all over again? To discover where their journey leads, scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now. Love is worth every sacrifice and risk you take.

Download or read book Once Upon a Mail Order Bride written by Linda Broday and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Linda Broday's heroes step right out of her books and into your heart."—Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author An outlaw falls for his mysterious mail order bride in this sweeping western epic by beloved author Linda Broday. Accused of crimes he didn't commit, ex-preacher Ridge Steele is forced to give up everything he knew and make his home with outlaws. Desperate for someone to confide in, he strikes up correspondence with mail-order bride Adeline Jancy, finding in her the open heart he's been searching for. Upon her arrival, Ridge discovers Addie only communicates through the written word, but he knows a little of what trauma can do to a person and vows to stand by her side. Addie is eager to start a new life with the kind ex-preacher and the little boy she's stolen away from her father—a zealot priest of a terrorized flock. As her small family settles into life at Hope's Crossing, she even begins to find the voice, and confidence, she'd lost so long ago. But danger is not far behind, and her father will not be denied. While Addie desperately fights the man who destroyed her childhood, a determined Ridge races to the rescue. The star-crossed lovers will need more than prayers to survive this final challenge...and find their way back to each other again.

Download or read book The Lawman s Mail Order Bride written by and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hold onto your bonnets you¿re about to meet the biggest matchmaking cupid of the west¿Mail Order Bride Lucy Calvert¿s nerves rattled as she stepped off the stagecoach in Sweet Texas. She¿d traveled from St. Louis to meet her betrothed, the sheriff of the tiny town. Nervous and excited to meet Trey Jones and his small daughter, she¿s dismayed when he¿s not there to meet her. Shocked even more when the older, giant of a man, Big John Wiggins takes her bag and takes her to meet him. But the biggest shock is to find out that Trey did not send for a mail-order bride¿but if not him, then who did she correspond too?Who sent for her in the lawman¿s name?There¿s a mystery in the tiny town of Sweet when mail-order brides begin to show up for the men one at a time and the town wonders who sent for them? The brides and the grooms wonder more.Watching them work out the situation is the fun part.At least it is for Big John Wiggins a widower who knows the joys of a happy marriage and the six foot, five inch widower has decided the men of his town need wives and joy too. Even if it takes him to bring the women to them. Don¿t miss book 2 of this series: The Lawman¿s Mail Order Bride get your copy today.Coming soon Elizabeth Chase¿s Clean and Wholesome novel The Rancher¿s Mail-Order Bride book 3 in her exciting Mail-Order Brides of Sweet Texas, a mail order bride historical Western book you¿ll love this clean and wholesome romance series.

Download or read book The Woodworker s Mail Order Bride written by Heidi Vanlandingham and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashamed of his criminal past, Anthony Trevain is living the solitary life he wants, but when he finds himself raising his orphaned younger sister, he's forced to take a bride. Marriage to Rebecca is nothing like he thought, each day a struggle as he tries to keep his past a secret and his wife at arms' length. To provide for his new family, he must accept a job from the one man who could put him back in the criminal life. To escape the clutches of her society- driven mother, Rebecca Townsend flees Baltimore as a mail-order bride. When she arrives in the mining town of Creede, Colorado, nothing is as she thought it would be. Rebecca falls in love with the stranger she married, but does Anthony love her enough to make their marriage work? A series of incidents puts Rebecca and Anthony, their family, and friends in grave danger. Will their new family be torn apart before they can come together?

Download or read book Mail Order Bride written by Faith Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a Clean Mail Order Bride Historical Western Romance by your favorite best selling author Faith Johnson.The Great War Between the States has ended, and it is time for Anne Darnley to decide what to do with the rest of her life. Having lost her husband to the war three years ago, she has not sought to remarry, and instead busied herself tending to the wounded. But now, Anne is ready to leave the war-torn South, and start her life anew. And so soon, she is traveling west, to marry a man known only to her in letters.Justin Swinson is grateful for his bountiful ranch and young daughter, Carol, but he has been lonely since his wife died. Knowing also that his daughter needs a mother, he seeks one in a mail order bride. But fate often has a sense of humor, and it seems that Justin and Anne share a history they did not expect. Now, these two old enemies have found themselves married to one another-for better or for worse.

Download or read book Maggie s Beau written by Carolyn Davidson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the run from a nightmarish life, Maggie had the power to stir feelings of forever in rancher Beau Jackson's soul. From the first moment, he knew he loved this sweet-spirited gamin, but would she ever feel anything more for him than gratitude? She must have died and gone to heaven, Maggie O'Neill swore, for Beau Jackson treated her with all the kindness and respect only a genuine lady deserved. But how was she to know if what she felt for him was love?

Download or read book Westward Hearts Box Set 1 written by Blythe Carver and published by . This book was released on with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highwayman’s Mail Order Bride When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man. John Carter beats her mercilessly and makes her life a living hell. After seeing an ad in the paper for paid passage westward, she answers the ad in the hopes to use the ticket to escape John Carter. She gets on a coach from Boston, heading west, with no money, and needing a roof over her head. Not just for herself, but for the baby she’s carrying, a baby she has to save from John Carter’s cruelty. Expecting a baby has changed the stakes for Melissa. She must provide a safe and loving home for the child. Time if of the essence if she is to marry in time to convince her new husband that the baby she’ll give birth to is his. A stagecoach robbery is a deterrent she did not count on, nor need. When the robbers learn her husband is a wealthy rancher, she’s taken hostage, costing her precious time in a plan that hinges on timeliness. She hates the leader of the highwaymen. Hates him with a passion and is beyond angry that the time is ticking while he negotiates her ransom. Jed Cunningham’s a highwayman, certainly, but one with honor. And a heart, it seems. He can’t stand the idea of sending the stunning feisty Melissa Carter to marry a rich rancher. She’s precisely the kind of woman who needs to be loved. But she doesn’t seem to see that. A Rancher’s Pretend Mail Order Bride Rancher Mark Furnish is in a bind. His ranch is losing money, the banks have turned him down, and his wealthy grandfather back east is refusing to fund the venture anymore unless Mark has a wife. The mail order bride that was supposed to be his has now become his foreman’s wife. Time’s tight and Mark doesn’t have a second to waste. As if that’s not bad enough, he doesn’t even want to be married to begin with. The mail order bride thing didn’t work out so well for this sexy cowboy rancher. Who says the second time will be a success? He steps into the saloon for a couple of shots of cure-all and instead discovers a saloon girl that’s more like a fiery temple virgin. She refuses all the men’s efforts at flirtation and offers to go upstairs for a tryst. This woman’s got upper crust class and a shrew’s temper. Maybe he shouldn’t have tried to help her. Maybe he wouldn’t have been kicked out of the saloon and she wouldn’t have been fired. Now she’s his responsibility. This new turn of events is giving his ideas. Why can’t he get the words fake wife out of his mind? A Rancher’s Surprise Mail Order Bride Rancher Ryan Belton’s looking forward to his sister’s nuptials. Poor Ryan has no idea that Abigail, the friend his sister’s invited to the wedding, is a mail order bride. When he finds out and pushes her out of his life, she has no option but to find a position wherever she can. When he finds her walking into the saloon, he realizes she will be a fallen woman and it’s all his fault. How can he convince this hardheaded proud woman that she doesn’t belong in a saloon? A Foreman’s Unplanned Bride Foreman Lewis Sutton’s been like a son to Richard Reed. Except he’s not his son. So when Richard dies and Lewis has to contact his estranged daughters to come claim the ranch that Lewis loves, he’s left with a bitter taste in his mouth. Sure that the estranged princesses from the east coast will send a lawyer to sell the property, Lewis finds himself in the unenviable position of knowing he’ll lose the only home he’s ever known. Molly Reed’s got a good life in Baltimore. She’s just taken a position that she’s been pursuing for what seems like forever. A journalist spot. She’s been trying to get that job for so long, and she’s written her heart out to get it. Now she has to leave?

Download or read book The Mail Order Bride s Deception written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by . This book was released on 2023-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A hardworking gentleman of 26 years old, 6 feet, owner of a small cabin who lives off the land desires marriage. Lady must be between 18-25 years, have a loving disposition, and be willing to mother a baby boy. Though comforts will be few, would like a happy marriage." Mail Order Bride Ad Written by Allen Grover on March 20, 1878 It wasn't until September that Al's bride came to the Black Hills of the South Dakota Territory. He expected Hazel McPherson. But he got Sadie Miller. Before Hazel died in Omaha, she told Sadie to take her place as Al's mail-order bride. Under ordinary circumstances, Sadie would never pretend to be another woman. But in this case, it was her only chance of escaping the prison that had become her life. And there was no way she could tell anyone the truth. No. Her secret would stay with her to the grave, especially from the one man she was beginning to love.

Download or read book The Gambler s Mail Order Bride written by Heidi Vanlandingham and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stella McCord wants to be accepted and loved for who she is now, not for the rambunctious child she once was and believes marrying as a mail-order bride will bring a new beginning. But when she arrives in the small, desert town, she's greeted by a dilapidated hotel and its distrustful owner-her soon-to-be husband. Travis Stone hopes to escape his lawless past when he wins a rundown hotel and takes a mail-order bride to help him. But instead of acquiring the hotel manager he wanted, his new bride has other plans for their marriage, and Travis finds himself fighting against his own heart.

Download or read book The Accidental Mail Order Bride written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Johnson's real mail order bride shows up later than expected, and she quickly learns he is already married. Now Allie Jones is stuck in a small Colorado town with no way to leave. She must either marry the only suitable bachelor or risk being sold to the saloon's owner to be one of the soiled doves. Seeing she has no real choice, she agrees to marry the bachelor. Rumored as being a monster by the people in town, Travis Martin is content to live alone, sheltered in the wooded area of the mountainside. The last thing he expects is a preacher when there's a knock on the door. With great hesitation, he agrees to the marriage. He can't confine such a beautiful young lady to the saloon, but he knows the marriage won't be a happy one for her, not when she could have had someone so much better. So the best thing he can do is keep his distance and leave her alone. She, however, can't help but be intrigued by her new husband. Is he the ugly beast the people in town claim, or is there something beautiful worth loving just beneath the surface?

Download or read book The Bargain Mail Order Bride written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Richie's wife took delight in making him miserable, often reminding him she wished she'd married someone much more deserving. So when she dies, it's no great loss. His problems, however, are far from over. His father left him twenty acres and a stream that most likely has gold in it, but in order for him to keep the property, he must have a child. The last thing Carl wants to do is marry again, but he has no choice. So, with reluctance, he posts a mail-order bride ad. Juliet Gilbert needs to marry someone-and fast. On a whim, she answers the first mail-order bride ad that will take her to a place where her past won't catch up with her. From the beginning, Carl makes it clear he's not interested in love. He only wants a child, and then he'll give her a portion of any gold he finds on his land and leave her alone to do as she wishes. Since love is the least of her concerns, she agrees as long as he never asks about her past. The two strike the bargain, and she comes out to marry him. What neither expects, however, is that bargains are far easier to make than they are to keep.

Download or read book The Mistaken Mail Order Bride written by Ruth Ann Nordin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Johnson has been writing to his mail-order bride for months, and at long last, the day she's due to arrive has come. Only, the young lady who comes off the stagecoach isn't at all what he expected. She's homely in appearance, and she has an orphan child with her. However, he is a man of his word, so he's going to marry her. He had enjoyed their correspondence over the past year, after all, and really, initial impressions aren't everything. But when the preacher pronounces them husband and wife, he finds out she's the wrong lady. Caroline Benton's just as shocked as he is, not realizing she'd gotten off at the wrong town and followed the wrong man home. Why, oh why, didn't she think to ask him his name? Now she and the orphan child she brought with her are stuck in a strange town with a man who'd been waiting for someone else. She can't imagine he's at all happy to be paired up with her for the rest of his life. Not only is she rather unattractive, but she doesn't know the first thing about housekeeping. Just what is she supposed to do to convince him it's not the end of the world that he married the wrong mail-order bride?