Download or read book Rose s Mail Order Brides And Grooms written by Bobby Hutchinson and published by Bobby Hutchinson. This book was released on with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What If A Bride Needs A Mail Order Husband? It's 1898 on the Canadian prairie, and women's roles are strict and well-defined. But Rose is determined her friend Esther won't be shamed and left in the lurch. All she needs to do is locate Esther's beloved, Gabriel. And to do that, she needs an arrest warrant from the North West Mounted, and she knows how to get it. Not exactly mail order, but effective, nonetheless. But will Esther's father greet Gabriel with a shotgun? Esther's father is also Rose's boss, and he's anything but pleased with Rose's plotting. Will she lose her job? Rose relies on the new Reverend, Joel, to keep order and bloodshed to a minimum. And she's also finding him unnervingly attractive. But Rose has a dark, shameful secret that will prevent any romance with a reverend. WILL TRUE LOVE TRIUMPH? CAN ROSE'S PLAN RESULT IN HAPPILY EVER AFTER? She doesn't know what will come of her plans for Esther, but she does know she absolutely loves the danger, uncertainty and intrigue that comes with matching up woman and men, object--matrimony. She can see the potential for a business if she dares to flout convention and become a businesswoman at a time when women's roles are strictly confined to marriage and raising a family. IS SHE BRAVE ENOUGH TO VENTURE INTO A CAREER? And can she ever tell Joel the truth about her disgraceful secret??
Download or read book The Mail Order Brides Collection written by Megan Besing and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of woman would answer an advertisement and marry a stranger? Escape into the history of the American West along with nine couples whose relationships begin with advertisements for mail-order brides. Placing their dreams for new beginnings in the hands of a stranger, will each bride be disappointed, or will some find true love? Perfect for the Preacher by Megan Besing 1897, Indiana Fresh from seminary, Amos Lowry believes marriage will prove to his skeptical congregation that he’s mature. If only his mail-order bride wasn’t an ex-saloon girl, and worse, pregnant. The Outlaw’s Inconvenient Bride by Noelle Marchand 1881, Wyoming After a gang of outlaws uses a mail-order bride advertisement to trick an innocent woman into servitude, an undercover lawman must claim the bride—even if it puts his mission in jeopardy. Train Ride to Heartbreak by Donna Schlachter 1895, Train to California John Stewart needs a wife. Mary Johannson needs a home. On her way west, Mary falls in love with another. Now both must choose between commitment and true love. Mail-Order Proxy by Sherri Shackelford 1885, Montana A mail-order marriage by proxy goes wrong when a clerical error leads to the proxies actually being married instead of the siblings they were standing in for. In their quest to correct the mistake, the two discover outlaws, adventure, and even love. To Heal Thy Heart by Michelle Shocklee 1866, New Mexico When Phoebe Wagner answers a mail-order bride ad that states Confederate widows need not apply, she worries what Dr. Luke Preston will do when he learns her fiancé died wearing gray. Miss-Delivered Mail by Ann Shorey 1884, Washington Helena Erickson impulsively decides to take advantage of her brother’s deception and travels to Washington Territory in response to a proposal of marriage intended for someone else. How will Daniel McNabb respond when Helena is nothing like he expected? A Fairy-Tale Bride by Liz Tolsma 1867, Texas Nora Green doesn’t feel much like Cinderella when her mail-order groom stands her up. But could the mysterious jester from the town’s play be her Prince Charming? The Brigand and the Bride by Jennifer Uhlarik 1876, Arizona Jolie Hilliard weds a stranger to flee her outlaw family but discovers her groom is an escaped prisoner. Will she ever find happiness on the right side of the law? The Mail-Order Mistake by Kathleen Y’Barbo 1855, Texas Pinkerton detective Jeremiah Bingham is investigating a mail-order bride scam bankrupting potential grooms. When unsuspecting orphan May Conrad answers his false ad, she becomes the prime suspect in the case.
Download or read book Rose s Mail Order Husband written by Kate Whitsby and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical western cowboy romance about a mail order husband. ** A clean historical novella ** This third book in the Montana Brides series reveals the shocking conclusion to the mystery of Cornell Pollard's murder. Friday morning dawns clear and bright for the Kilburn family triple wedding. The eldest sister, Violet, is marrying Chuck Ahern. The middle sister, Iris, is marrying Mick McAllister. But all the evidence and every finger points to Rose's fiance, Jake Hamilton, as the killer. Worst of all, Sheriff Tom Maitland still lurks around Rocking Horse Ranch, hunting the murderer. Everyone thinks the youngest sister, Rose, has lost her senses for defending Jake's innocence. Jake still faces everything with his usual air of amused superiority, confirming his guilt in the minds of his fellow mail-order couples. The sisters prepare for the wedding service, and the minister arrives to perform the ceremony, but to their horror, Sheriff Maitland shows up in the middle of the wedding, throwing everyone into confusion. He still has a few pointed questions for the suspects, especially Jake. Will Rose's resolve hold up under the pressure? Will she find a way to prove his innocence at the last moment, or is she making a terrible mistake by marrying the man who killed her uncle? The future of their family and the lives of everyone involved hang in the balance, and only Rose holds the key to the mystery.
Download or read book Katie Bride of Virginia written by Sylvia McDaniel and published by Virtual Bookseller, LLC. This book was released on 2015-11-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA Today Bestselling Author Sylvia McDaniel Katie, Bride of Virginia, is tenth in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides series. A disastrous factory fire ends Katie Maverick’s livelihood and she must find something quick. Convinced to become a mail-order bride, she receives an offer of marriage from Daniel O’Malley. Only Daniel isn’t the one who puts the ad in the Grooms’ Gazette. His business partner, secretly placed the ad in Daniel's name. When Katie arrives, a surprised Daniel agrees to marry her with the idea she could help make his life easier and still the gossip surrounding the death of his wife. He’s unprepared for the way the bubbly girl from Massachusetts eases his loneliness. Not only is she helpful, she’s breaking through the walls he’s erected around his heart. Troubled by the suspicious vandalizing suddenly occurring in the vineyard, Daniel wonders if things might not be as good as they seem. Is it only coincidental that the damage to his winery coincides with Katie’s arrival? Could this sweet, innocent woman and his dead wife share a common goal to destroy him? Fans of Kirsten Osbourne, Merry Farmer, Callie Hutton and Cynthia Woolf will enjoy this mail-order bride story clean, sweet romance, emotional romance, western historical romance, series romance, bounty hunters, historical romance best sellers, romantic love, romance ebooks, Texas romance, cowboy romance, historical western romance
Download or read book Mail Order Bride Rose s Wish written by Mary Jane Oakley and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rose's dreams had finally come true when Alfred had asked her to begin courting. However, months later she finds out of his betrayal. Too embarrassed to stay in her hometown she chooses to become a mail order bride. She moves out west and marries a man called James. New life as a wife all seems to be going well until Alfred turns up unexpectedly. Will Rose be able to resist Alfred's charms? Find out in this sweet historical western romance.
Download or read book Saving the Mail Order Bride written by Linda Broday and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully written, enduring stories of love."—JODI THOMAS, New York Times bestselling author When the West was wild and man's law favored the few These extraordinary women could be found in the heart of an outlaw. He may be a wanted man, but all outlaw Jack Bowdre ever desired was a second chance. Now he's on his way to jail, completely unaware that his unexpected—and unexpectedly beautiful—traveling companion is none other than Nora Kane...his mail order bride. It's too bad Nora doesn't know Jack is her groom-to-be. All she sees is a scoundrel. But when their stagecoach crashes and the truth comes spilling out, they're suddenly left to fend for themselves—and each other. The longer they're together, the stronger their feelings grow. Hounded by desperate men bent on doing them harm, Nora and Jack will do whatever it takes to find their happily ever after...but first, they'll have to shake the devil from their trail. A sweeping historical western romance, perfect for readers of Rosanne Bittner and Jo Goodman! Outlaw Mail Order Brides series: The Outlaw's Mail Order Bride (Book 1) Saving the Mail Order Bride (Book 2) What People Are Saying About Linda Broday: "Fans of classic Western tales will delight in the rough-and-tumble world Broday creates..." —RT Book Reviews for To Love a Texas Ranger "A shining example of the talent of one of the best historical western authors."—Fresh Fiction for Forever His Texas Bride "Broday's Westerns always captivate with realistic settings, rugged cowboys and feisty heroines."—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars for Forever His Texas Bride
Download or read book Violet s Mail Order Husband written by Kate Whitsby and published by . This book was released on 101 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: introducing Violet, Iris and Rose Kilburn, Heiresses to the Kilburn family cattle fortune. Rocking Horse Ranch runs five thousand head of cattle but all the ranch hands are getting old. The sisters need someone to run the ranch, so the eldest sister Violet hatches the idea of getting mail order husbands for the three of them. There’s only one problem. Cornell Pollard, the sisters’ guardian and the executor of their estate, doesn’t approve. Violet must challenge Pollard and her own role as his ally to find love and gain control over her own life. The sisters pick up their prospective grooms from the train station and bring them back to the Ranch. The men stay in a neighboring house until the minister comes at the end of the week to marry them all. Things quickly start to go wrong. Everybody starts butting heads, and Violet finds herself embroiled in a family drama the likes of which Rocking Horse Ranch has never seen before. Will Violet’s plan to get married end in disaster, or can she and her sisters find love with a group of strange men? Are these men what they appear to be, or is something more sinister at work?
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 Mail Order Bride written by Susannah Calloway and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nan Lambert will do anything to land a better situation for her mother and herself. So when the chance to become a Mail Order Bride appears, she grabs it. She will go west, get settled, and then send for her mother. On the train, a charming stranger enters her compartment. She discovers that he's her fianc�'s cousin, checking her out, so to speak. When they both arrive in Rose Valley, Nan meets her fianc�. But something is wrong. Emit is distant, stand-offish, and not at all the way he was in his letters. He grinds ahead with their wedding plans, and Nan squelches her doubts. When a runaway wagon nearly kills a woman, Nan discovers the truth about her fianc�. With nowhere to go and her future in ruins, she takes the job of housekeeper. But her boss just happens to be Emit's cousin, the same man from the train, and he has other ideas.Will Nan land on her feet? Will she ever be able to bring her mother west to join her?
Download or read book The Groom s Secret Kin written by Susannah Calloway and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-06-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mandy Roseman doesn't have an easy life - and it's about to get harder. With both parents working all hours and four younger brothers at home, the care and keeping of the household is squarely on her shoulders. When her father forces her to find a job in addition to everything else, it proves to be too much. Desperate for a way out, Mandy agrees to become a Mail Order Bride and marry a man she's never met - a ranch hand named Matthew Bostwick, in Mine's Place, Colorado. But traveling from Boston to Colorado is just the beginning of Mandy's journey. When she arrives, she discovers the big secret Matthew was afraid to tell her - afraid she would change her mind about marrying him. Is Mandy's new situation worse than the one she just fled? Will she ever be able to lighten the load life has put on her? And is there any chance her marriage to Matthew can lead to happiness - and true love?
Download or read book The Rancher s Mail Order Bride written by Elizabeth Chasen and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mail-Order Brides of Sweet, Texas, historically inspired clean and wholesome romance. The biggest, tallest matchmaking cupid of the west strikes again...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. Rancher Sam McKay has just found out he's the newest recipient of a mail-order bride, compliments of the mystery matchmaker of Sweet, Texas. But Sam has no plans to have a wife, until he realizes a marriage of convenience is exactly what he needs. Megan Scott needs a husband, needs protection and she needs it quick. Becoming a mail-order bride to a rancher who didn't actually want a bride but is willing to marry her for a marriage of convenience will work. But that's before she realizes that she could love her new groom. But can Sam ever feel the same?
Download or read book Glory s Groom written by Kathleen Ball and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *I apologize- the wrong file was originally uploaded full or typos. The corrected file is now uploaded- thank you.*Glory's life is being turned upside down. Her comfortable daily life as a teacher at The Wigg School and Foundling Home has ended. She'd lived there all her life. How will she survive without her friends? Her future now is to travel to Texas as a Mail Order Bride and be a teacher. Glory wonders if she is good enough for Kent Sandler. Glory has never spent time with a man before and as soon as she says "I do," Kent's mother-in-law shows up and hands him a two year old boy he had no knowledge of and rides off.Kent never wanted to get married again. Once was one time too many. But Parker Eastman offers a bet to his three best friends. Whoever gets married first will have a house built for them and Kent wins. Trouble comes to the town of Sweet Water in the guise of hooded men who terrorize the freed slaves. Parker Eastman decides to hire the freedmen and pay them the same wage as the other cowboys. It was a time of violence and suspicion in the South. Glory pushes on to teach and finds plenty of children on the ranch who did not have any education. Too many hopes and dreams are wrapped up in the school to allow it to fail. Through it all, both Kent and Glory admire each other's courage and commitment but was that enough for a happy marriage?
Download or read book Violet s Mail Order Husband written by Kate Whitsby and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical western cowboy romance about a mail order bride. ** A clean historical novella ** This first episode of The Montana Brides introduces Violet, Iris and Rose Kilburn, Heiresses to the Kilburn family cattle fortune. Rocking Horse Ranch runs five thousand head of cattle but all the ranch hands are getting old. The sisters need someone to run the ranch, so the eldest sister Violet hatches the idea of getting mail order husbands for the three of them. There's only one problem. Cornell Pollard, the sisters' guardian and the executor of their estate, doesn't approve. Violet must challenge Pollard and her own role as his ally to find love and gain control over her own life. The sisters pick up their prospective grooms from the train station and bring them back to the Ranch. The men stay in a neighboring house until the minister comes at the end of the week to marry them all. Things quickly start to go wrong. Everybody starts butting heads, and Violet finds herself embroiled in a family drama the likes of which Rocking Horse Ranch has never seen before. Will Violet's plan to get married end in disaster, or can she and her sisters find love with a group of strange men? Are these men what they appear to be, or is something more sinister at work?
Download or read book The Preacher s Mail Order Bride written by Elizabeth Chasen and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-16 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mail-Order Brides of Sweet, Texas, historically inspired clean and wholesome romance. Hold onto your bonnets you're about to meet the biggest matchmaking cupid of the west... 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.
Download or read book Western Mail Order Brides written by Kate Whitsby and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available as a Bundle Box Set, all 3 Western Mail Order Brides Books.Christmas Mail Order BridePenelope Mathers arrives in a remote Western town, contracted to married Anders West, the son of a wealthy local cattle baron. Her prospective parents-in-law pick her up at the coach stop in their buggy and drive her directly to the church, where she meets her groom for the first time at the altar. After the wedding service, Anders drives Penelope to his home, where she quickly realizes all is not as it seems, and she finds herself torn between the increasing hostility of her husband and a growing attachment to Caleb Alexander, a young stable hand working at the West Ranch. Through shared adversity and adventure, Penelope learns more about Caleb and his enigmatic world, showing her the depth and caring of a man she longs to clutch to her heart. As her relationship with her husband deteriorates with every passing day, Penelope relies more and more on her affection for Caleb as well as on her own resources to cope with the mounting tension. Just as the situation seems most hopeless, the situation comes to a shocking climax, leaving Penelope in possession of a shocking secret that will transform all their lives and open the door to unlimited possibilities.Mail Order JosephineJosephine Parker travels from New York to a town on the Western Frontier in the company of her aging Aunt Agatha to marry Paul Stockton, the son of a cattle baron. Josephine's father despaired of ever finding a husband for his willful and headstrong daughter, and Josephine found the expectations of life as a high society lady oppressive. Excited and optimistic about escaping the suffocating confines of her upbringing for the uncertainty and self-determination of the West, Josephine finds her hopes dashed when she discovers that her intended groom has died in the interval of their travel. When Aunt Agatha takes to her bed to await the return train to New York, Josephine slips out on her own to investigate the town, but to her surprise, finds Andrew Stockton, the brother of her intended groom, at her door and inviting her to venture out on horseback with him to explore the area before she leaves. Through Andrew's encouragement, she throws off the shackles of her inhibitions to learn what truly makes her happy. Before long, Josephine uncovers a side of herself she never knew existed which answers the unfulfilled needs of her heart and leads her to her ultimate destiny.Mail Order AliceEver since her father became too ill to work, Alice Abrams knows he can't support her anymore on his Army pension. So Alice decides to sign up for Mrs. Emily Bronwick's Mail Order Bride Service. As well as starting a new life for herself, she wants to ensure her father's financial security. She is delighted when the Service matches her with Mr. Arthur Emerson, of Bend, Oregon. But her closest friend, her childhood playmate, and confidante, Jesse McDowell, objects bitterly to the plan. He doesn't want to let Alice out of his life so easily.
Download or read book Mail Order Marriages written by Jillian Hart and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three brides for three rugged men. Rocky Mountain Wedding by Jillian Hart Melody Pennington fled to Montana for a new start as a mail-order bride. Gabe Brooks, handsome older brother to the man she was supposed to marry, helps her settle in. But what Melody doesn't expect is to fall for the rugged, closed-off lawman who swears he doesn't believe in love! Married in Missouri by Carolyn Davidson Lucas Harrison needs a mother for his sons. He's not looking for love, but he expects his wife to act like one—in every sense of the word! Elizabeth has always felt tall and awkward, but Lucas towers over her. He's strong as a bull, gentle as a lamb, and Elizabeth's heart soon begins to melt…. Her Alaskan Groom by Kate Bridges Newly trained midwife Sophie Grant had hoped marrying respectable John Colburne would be easy as pie. But he's tough, stubborn and cynical—except in bed with her at night! How can Sophie turn her passionate nighttime lover into a daytime husband who isn't afraid to show he loves his mail-order bride?
Download or read book The Accidental 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'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?
