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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 ...

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 ...

For lovers of authentic mail order bride stories of 19th century American frontier: The Sunny Springs trilogy boxset. Note: Each book in the series is a standalone story that can be read out of order. Mail Order Bride’s Baby And Her Mismatched Rancher A mail order bride with a baby mismatched to a rancher with no interest in children… Abbie Hustley thinks her future is secure when she becomes a mail order bride for a rancher in the west. There will be no more singing in saloons, no more late nights. Sam Sayler has everything he wants, a ranch of his own, loyal ranch hands, and a life ...

When Maribelle agrees to go west to be the bride to a man she knows little to nothing about, she believes that a peaceful life of hard but honest work awaits her. However she stumbles upon an abandoned baby, and her life is turned upside down. She is made a mother in an instant and her entire future becomes uncertain. Edward is a man contented with his life. He is merely in need of help on his modest, but well-tended homestead. What he does not need is a reminder of the troubled former life that he has worked for years to forget. But when Maribelle shows up, baby in arm, there is no denying...

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...

Burned and disfigured as a child, Millie Becker has always struggled to belong. At twenty-eight, her parents still treat her like a troublesome child. Taking a chance, she becomes a mail order bride, hoping to find love in the untamed Old West. Rancher Otto Morris is not expecting that Millie could not ride a horse. And she has a limp. Millie, on the other hand, is not expecting to live in such close proximity to Otto’s ranch hands. She also thinks that the “hard work” advertised in the mail order bride catalog are just going to be cooking and cleaning. But Millie now has to learn to ...

There’s no place for you in the world, when you do not even fit in with your family. Wicapiwakan’s life has been a series of tragedies. She has lost her mother, her brothers, her home. All she has left is her father. But her father wants her to marry Ogaleesha, the son of their tribe’s chief – a cruel, dangerous man. She has no choice but to flee… as a mail order bride. Harv Truskett has it all. He is handsome and his family has wealth. But his parents pressure him to marry. When he starts searching for a mail order bride, he does not expect to meet Wicapiwakan. She is Indian and ...

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 '...

Sometimes a woman has no choice but to start life afresh as a mail order bride, along with her children… When Emily’s husband dies unexpectedly leaving her with two young children, the only thing she’s left with is the mercantile store that she has no means to run. Emily decides to leave everything behind and start over in the west as a mail order bride. Her new husband, Levi, has children too, which makes Emily think that he will understand her and that things will go smoothly. But she couldn’t have been more wrong. Levi has been doing everything alone for several years since his ...

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 mail order bride who refuses to give in to despair heads further down the pit of despair. Annabelle Buckley suddenly finds herself widowed after the passing of her villainous, abusive husband. She’s free from abuse. But she’s unwanted. When a weaker woman might have given up, Annabelle decides to do the unimaginable. Be a mail order bride. But what decent man would want her? A man who needs help. Brett Tucker is working hard to have his own ranch, and fighting against the unseen demons of his past. He thought the arrival of Annabelle would ease his struggles, until Annabelle’s ...

A journey into the unknown is a journey to become a mail order bride. Margaret Leeds has no idea what a mail order bride is before her stepfather informs her that she is to leave for Colorado territory to marry a stranger. On her stepfather’s insistence that Margaret leave the house and stop draining the family’s resources, Margaret embarks on a long and grueling journey into the west to marry an unknown man. There’s a problem, however. The man is already married. Now, Margaret finds herself stranded in a small town of Stillwater, and her permanent limp leaves her struggling to find ...

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 ...

Clara Beaufort’s journey from England to America is supposed to be an adventure, but it’s quickly becoming a nightmare. Alone with her infant nephew, Clara finds herself destitute and desperate. With no options left, she takes a leap of faith and answers a mail order bride ad, hoping to find a fresh start in the rugged Colorado mountains. The reality is far from her dreams of city lights. Adam Faulkner, the man she is supposed to marry, has no idea who she is. His father orchestrated this unconventional match without bothering to inform anyone. Perhaps worse, Adam is grappling with ...

Betty “Blue” Yates has single-handedly run the Clear Hollow saloon for the past ten years. But times are changing fast. Her elderly mother has passed away, leaving her truly alone for the first time. Named Blue for her prematurely silver hair, and already considered a spinster by most, Blue has never seen herself as marriage material. Meanwhile, at the foot of the mountain ranges outside Clear Hollow, rumors spread of gold being found in the rivers. The town is flooded with people chasing fortune. One of them is Thomas Harper, a young man come looking for gold and adventure. Looking for...

It’s hard keeping secrets from your husband, but harder keeping from your wife. Caitlin Faulkner is a changed woman. She is no longer the naïve, stubborn girl who arrived on the American frontier with her older sister. Caitlin is now a confident, intelligent woman who can hold her own with anything that is thrown at her. Well, almost anything. When Colby Kuhn, a shop owner from a fledgling town, begins to stir strange feelings within her, Caitlin is confronted by her traumatized first love. Colby himself hides an unsavoury past. An uneasy past coming back to haunt Colby, and Caitlin as ...

Becoming a mail order bride takes you out west, but does not take away your problems… Violet Reeds is a firecracker. She’s had to be. Ever since her father sent her to work for a house of ill repute as a singer when she was young, Violet has been living amongst the most sinful lowlifes in New York. She has managed to remain chaste, however, because of her fiery temper and scrappy attitude. When Stanley Brown, a wealthy and powerful man, takes a liking to her, she rejects his advances. In turn, he gets her fired. Desperate, she decides to start again and become a mail order bride to ...

Shamed by a cruel man, a privileged city girl does the unthinkable… becoming a mail order bride. Odette Finch is a woman of means but, when her parents order her to marry a wealthy, though aggressive and cruel man, she refuses. Her only way out is to flee west and try to live the life of romance and adventure. Becoming a mail order bride seems to offer that. Wyatt Owens is a man running from his past. But the town’s sheriff does not trust an ex-outlaw. Wyatt needs help if he is going to leave behind his criminal past in an effort to find a normal life. He needs a bride. When Wyatt and ...

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 ...

How will an Irish mail order bride fit in? Earn it. Lorna Faulkner never imagined that she would have to leave her beloved Ireland. But she is forced to pack up her things and take her little sister, Caitlin, across the sea to the land that has already opened its arms to so many of her people: America. When they arrive, however, they find themselves to be less accepted than they had expected. Engaged as a mail order bride to the handsome Peter Andrews, Lorna and Peter see their lives grow together in strange and expected ways. More so when Peter’s difficult past comes to light. With the ...