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Clean and Wholesome American Mail Order Bride Historical Tales short story romance. Mary moves West as a mail-order bride, expecting hardship but not love. After losing her parents and living under a cruel guardian, she escapes to marry John, a retired Texas Ranger with no plans for love. Arriving in Settler's Creek, she finds him drunk outside a saloon, fearing she’s made a mistake. As they navigate their new life, past wounds begin to heal, and deeper feelings emerge. But when disaster strikes, they must lean on each other—and their faith—to survive. Historical Mail Order Bride of ...

Clean and Wholesome American Mail Order Bride Historical Tales short story romance. Margaret’s marriage to James crumbled when he cast her out, forcing her to seek refuge with her cousin in Arizona. But instead of a fresh start, she discovered her cousin had promised her to a rancher, Robert. Reluctantly married, Margaret struggled to trust again. As secrets and danger emerged, Robert’s quiet strength slowly helped her heal. Will Margaret be able to overcome the pain of her past? Can Margaret’s new town survive the destruction of an Indian raid, and will it bring Margaret and Robert ...

Not everything that glitters is gold in California gold rush country. Eve Molloy passionately imports six young ladies from the San Francisco Hibernia Orphanage to Eureka, California, to meet the loves of their lives. But Eve refuses to prospect that gold mine herself. Eve is determined to return to the orphanage and bring six more young ladies waiting their turn to match with a husband. Problem is, Eve travelled to the gold rush boomtown expecting to link up with her uncle who financed her trip. But robbers murder Eve’s uncle, which leaves her penniless and stranded in the woman-hungry ...

Quick-thinking deputy Nate Rayburn saves the probate judge’s pretty daughter when their arrival to Montana Territory in autumn 1886 goes awry. Smitten with her rescuer, Imperia Bell takes every opportunity to thank the handsome public servant for his heroism, though her father doubts his qualifications for holding the office of sheriff come Election Day. Imperia infuses the hardscrabble mining town with her fanciful snippets and confections, while Nate puts odd jobs aside to assist friends Chance, Argus and Rene in building the much-anticipated church. With three weddings planned for the ...

Her brother's claim brought her west. His honest heart gave her a reason to stay. When Sarah Miller arrives at Idaho's Gold Fork strike wearing her dead brother's clothes and carrying his claim papers, she finds an unexpected ally in Tom Grant, the marshal determined to stamp out claim fraud. But as she struggles to work her brother's claim while maintaining her deception, Sarah discovers that protecting her secret might cost her the one thing she never expected to find in gold country: true love.

Even if Abby wins the Christmas Bake-Off, she loses. In this 20th-century love story, Abby Hudson owns a bakery in a small Southern town. She inherited her baking skills and the bakery from her mother. Abby is content with her lifestyle yet holds a secret allegiance. A newcomer to town opens a shop across the street from Abby. Dave Cameron expresses high hopes of running a successful bakery. He finds Abby, his competitor, attractive but senses a secretive air about her. When the Merchants’ Association plans a Christmas Bake-Off between Dave and Abby, with the winner receiving a kiss from ...

Love, Savory and Sweet is part of The Flowers of Penruddock collection which was selected as a Silver Medalist in the 2018 FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) President's Book Awards in the Romance Fiction category. Although most of the novellas in this collection are set in a medieval-like time frame, Love, Savory and Sweet takes place later in an early industrial age-like setting. Lady Krysantha is a young widow with a son, a large mansion in the city, and just enough of an annuity to pay for living there. If she's going to provide her child with the future his father ...

On Christmas Eve, 2017, the life of Russian-American artist Nikita Nataniel Kuznetsov changes beyond recognition. He’s plagued with a deadly bacterial infection that sends him off to the afterlife. Before he can move on to the other side, he must stand trial that takes place in a concert hall, attended by an invisible audience. As he sits at his piano, he is compelled to watch a 3D movie of his life, allowing him to relive meaningful events: his miserable childhood at a boarding school in the USSR of the 70s, his rise to stardom, his run-ins with the KGB, and a fateful breakup from his ...

Available as a value box amazon.com/dp/B09X3NM1YW (copy and paste the link into your browser) All alone, she leaves New York to travel to a small town in California where the man of her dreams is waiting for her. But when she arrives, barely does Lizzy have a chance to reunite with her beau, Patrick, before the trouble starts. Quickly drawn into the mystery of the crimes plaguing the town, all of which are possibly tangled up in the larger mystery of an ancient treasure map, it isn’t long before Lizzy is fighting for the life of the man she loves. Read all books by bestseller and Kindle ...

In 1875 Idaho Territory, Emma Blackwood arrives with her late father's geological notebooks and a dream of finding precious opals in the Owyhee Mountains. But her scientific quest collides with sacred tradition when she meets Daniel Eagle Eye, a half-Nez Perce guide who guards ancient secrets about the stones his people call "thunder eggs." As they venture deeper into the mountains, Emma and Daniel discover their conflicting worlds of science and spirituality might not be so different after all. But when a rival mining company threatens both the sacred sites and their growing love, they ...

In Denver, Colorado 1966, seeming strangers Annette Lorings and Brad Tice are summoned to a lawyer’s office to listen to a surprising partial reading of the last will of Margaret Chrisholds. In order to receive a mysterious inheritance which will be revealed on Christmas Eve, Annette and Brad together must complete twenty-five tasks over the next few months. In letters from the grave, Margaret makes it clear she hopes they will establish a romance. The tasks include taking road trips and local outings, visiting museums, cooking classes, helping the less fortunate, and flying to San ...

April 29, 1863, brought the Civil War to Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Sarah Bassler lost her mother six months before. For two and a half years she struggled with this difficult and demanding woman, resenting every day of her care. Now able to regain her life, she finds a wounded Union officer and is saddled with not only nursing him but keeping him from being discovered. While cleaning the officer’s uniform, Sarah finds a round, brass object...a Confederate decoder. She is asked to not only get the cypher to the Union, but to aid a family of slaves needing escape from Mississippi. Will she ...

~His quest for innovation…Her conquest for endearment~ Materials engineer Mason Porter rescues HR director Glori Dawes when a platform collapses under her at the kickoff presentation for Coleman Company’s “America Goes Camping” campaign. To return the favor, Glori selects Mason as her camping husband, which launches a filming adventure through three national parks. When admiration kindles a deeper spark, Mason will have to force the issue regarding the ring on her finger that represents her vow with the devious Marketing director in charge of the campaign. Is it phony—or matrimony...

Miner Argus Drury rescues a comely red-haired traveler when a laden cargo breaks loose at the steamboat wharf along the Missouri River at Fort Benton in spring of 1886. Claretta Lovell arrives in Montana Territory as escort to her betrothed cousin Rebekah, but is burdened by her father’s dowry—a gristmill’s grinding stone. On the way to Mustang Pass, Claretta auditions in a talent show, which lures Argus back to Helena with a full entourage to watch her compete. A crisis arises before the final round, leaving Argus and his best friend Chance Mullan to take matters into their own hands...

~His quest for quality…Her conquest for a trusting heart~ Quality control manager Weston Durand searches out flaws and defects to keep airplanes in top shape, but when a test flight’s propeller makes a collision course with the hangar door, he dashes to save upholsterer Myla Templeton from harm. Upping the group’s aesthetics, blue-eyed Myla attends his Quality Circle meetings for continuous improvement in the workplace, where her brainstorming efforts contribute the first major improvement—a high-grade line of western-style upholstery. Admiration leads to romance when they celebrate...

Colorado rancher Rait Danner hires a restoration expert right out of college and figures he can step back and let her take the lead—until Serena Thornton turns out to be the far side of pretty. Dividing his time between the ranch and Silverdale’s Old Town, Rait finds himself drawn to the perky blonde, though her Bohemian fashion sense rubs him the wrong way. After two sisters traipse down the matrimonial aisle, he can’t seem to recover from the family’s double loss. Trapped on the dance floor with Serena at the bride’s request, she tries to help him work through his dilemma. ...

American Mail order Brides of the West, historically inspired clean and wholesome Short story Romance. By Bestselling Author Katie Wyatt! Jess is about to leave her friends and join her new husband Samuel on his farm on the outskirts of San Francisco. A new life beckons for all the girls and it is a time of excitement and nervousness. What surprising news will the girls discover about their stolen wagon? Louise has been married for several weeks now. Is married life all she hoped it would be? And how will Jess adjust to her new life in the country? Will she be welcomed with open arms? ...

Available as a value box amazon.com/dp/B08HDGY8JZ (copy and paste the link into your browser) … But what she finds at the other end of the rail line in Reno, Nevada, isn’t quite what she expected. When she arrives, nearly everything that can go wrong does, including an immediate fight with her handsome new fiance, Patrick. Right away, it’s clear they don’t see eye to eye on anything! Soon, the hope of building a church in the tiny town is all that sustains Anna, as she and her husband-to-be struggle to find common ground. Anna Richardson needs to get away from New York, to start ...

Ham radios...tree trimming...cookbooks...macrame hammocks...searching out centuries-old clues...they are isolated and very little is the same as it was before the storm...but life goes on...Gathering Storm is the fifth book in the Home to Clare Harbor series. Gathering Storm is the continuing story of family, friends, and strangers who are drawn together by forces over which they have no control. They have weathered what many believed to be the storm of the century. Now they face a storm of another kind that could pose an even greater threat both to them and thousands of others. An ...

Denton Stephens plies his trade as a hauler until he drops through a rain-slicked bridge and falls into the Marias Des Cygnes River, where he’s rescued by pretty Haven Christiansen from the nearby ranch. Even with her father in a wheelchair, Haven manages to keep the Kansas ranch running, but when the construction crew lines up equipment to build the replacement bridge, realignment of the pasture’s fence puts her on overload. Needing a new hauling base, Denton trades off ranch work for room and board. When a troublesome project boss makes unwanted appearances, Denton infuses his ...