Inspirational Historical Romance

Ruby Williamson is struggling to get by on her failing farm and with a brother that won’t listen to sense. Haunted by a botched city job that went terribly wrong as well, Ruby makes a daring move to become a mail order bride. Fur trapper Travis Reed returns to the western town of Clear Hollow after the passing of his father so as to inherit the vast land and property. But he can’t transform the forested land into farmable land by himself and so he arranges to get married. After Ruby marries and moves in with Travis, the couple finds two runaway children who have been living and hiding ...

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 ...

In a world shattered by loss and burdened by guilt, Glenn Ward and Anika Coltrane find themselves desperately seeking miracles. Glenn Ward a war-torn soldier, is facing the unimaginable - his wife is fading away, leaving behind twin newborn sons. Haunted by guilt and consumed by anger, he struggles to find solace in his shattered faith. Anika, on the other hand, has been plunged into darkness, burying her husband and precious newborn daughter on the same fateful day. Left with a six-year-old daughter to care for, she grapples with overwhelming grief and uncertainty. But when fate intervenes...

Harriet is running for her life, and she is fleeing with her daughter, to the Old West. When Harriet’s unfaithful husband dies, her wealthy mother-in-law threatens to take her child Alyssa away. Harriet is pushed to make a snap decision and flees out west with Alyssa. As the mother and daughter duo head into uncertainty, Harriet is prepared to gamble on another uncertainty – seeking a matchmaking agency to help her marry a stranger and learn how to live in the wild west. Bounty hunter Collin Crawford is a man who needs nothing and no one. While he tries to convince himself that he is ...

Sam returns home one night after an absence of eight years, carousing with bad company. Sam’s father informs his prodigal son that his punishment for leaving is to make the one commitment that ensures he will never leave again: to get married. Clarise believes she is going west as a mail order bride to start a new life. But she is devastated when she learns that: 1) it is not Sam but his father who has arranged the marriage; 2) Sam is not interested to get married. Still, Sam’s father insists on the match. Caught between the warring father and son, Clarise learns about life on their ...

His love is held back by guilt. Her happiness hinges on her courage to forgive. Cindy Winters is suddenly left homeless and alone following her father’s sudden accidental death from a cattle stampede. Clinging on to hope, Cindy seeks out a new life as a mail order bride out west in Wyoming. The town of Cistern sits almost in the shadow of the wild and wonderous mountains of the Wyoming territory. In it, waits the graying and gentle farmer Robert McGinty. After he and Cindy are married, however, Robert’s falls ill and passes shortly after. Now, Cindy has to either abandon her new ...

Leslie Michaels is a visionary, and only those close to her know of her special gift and visions. Fate has a way of righting many wrongs, and for Leslie it is a destiny that changes her life dramatically, but not before she is forced to flee into the wilderness to escape a murderous trapper bent on claiming her for his very own. Faith and a strong will to survive are her only companions, until she encounters Winnokin, the handsome Seneca war chief, who first came to her in her dreams. Not only does he prove to be her rescuer and protector, he teaches her that tragedy can breed happiness and...

She never wanted to be married. Can a little girl and her father change Delia's mind? Maxwell Foster gave up life as a gambler to care for the eleven-year-old daughter he’d never met before. Settling down in Crest Stone and taking up work at the newly-opened Hannan Hotel, he sends for a mail-order bride to be a mother to Anna. It’s difficult for him to admit, but he can’t raise Anna on his own, not when she refuses to listen to him and runs off at the slightest inclination. Cordelia Elliott is certain that becoming Max’s mail-order bride will provide excellent material for the ...

No one looks at her twice because of her size… hence she turns to mail order bride. Rosalind Lee has been a large, beautifully curvy woman for most of her adult life. When her father dies and leaves her in the midst of insurmountable debts, she is forced to turn to become a mail order bride. Cassidy Gerber, a single father and saloon owner in Evergreen, Wyoming writes to Rosalind, proposing marriage. When Rosalind arrives, she finds life out west to be far more difficult than she had imagine – made worse when two strangers need to make their marriage work. As self-confidence, natural ...

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 under the wide Colorado skies. All he needs now, is a wife. When Abbie arrives in Sunny Springs, they realize a terrible misunderstanding has taken place: the mail order bride agency has mismatched Abbie to Sam. Abbie has a baby. And a baby is the last ...

His mail-order bride is his best friend . . . When Jeremiah Wiley advertises for a mail-order bride, all he wants is a lady who can impress his parents. If he succeeds, he’ll secure the loan he needs to buy into the livery stable where he works. But he doesn't expect for the woman who answers his advertisement to be someone he already knows—much less his closest friend. Deirdre Hannan is certain Jeremiah is the man for her. But the only way she can seem to convince him is to marry him. She secretly responds to his advertisement under a name he won’t recognize, but worries he’ll turn...

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 ...

It’s not always about what you say to your love ones, but how you say it. Beth Cartwright is an orphan on the run. After her mother’s death, she is facing a life of destitution. With debts being called in, no prospects for marriage and no protector, she has to do something. And fast. Becoming a mail order bride is her only option. There is one small problem. She hasn’t told her husband-to-be that she comes with a little sister in tow. But she quickly finds her husband has secrets of his own. David Justman is a man haunted by his past. His scars not only mar his skin, but his heart. ...

Running from the law . . . into the arms of a sheriff. All Annie Stone wants is a new life, far away from the drudgery of working as a maid in St. Louis, and far away from the sour memories of her previous marriage. She's overjoyed when a sheriff in Colorado chooses her as a mail-order bride. But as she's making plans to leave, the unthinkable happens. She needs to leave town--fast. Sheriff Caius Hunt has more work than he can handle, an uncooperative town marshal, and a family waiting for him to give up and return home. To prove to the town--and himself--that he's settled and dedicated to ...

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 ...

Texas Sheriff turned Family Man Someone in Bethany Springs has a secret plot. Adam Kendall is plenty busy. He's the sheriff of Bethany Springs, and he runs his family ranch. It’s just him and his elderly grandfather, along with a couple of scrappy young ranch hands living on the Kendall ranch. Adam’s life is full and he’s sure that he’s content. Someone in Bethany Springs has plans for the bachelor sheriff. A surprise mail-order wife. When Adam gets his first letter from a woman claiming to be his bride, he’s certain someone is playing a trick on him. He’s a lawman, darn it! No ...

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 ...

The Complete Series 13 Books in one boxed set! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. Come and join the undertakings of Mrs. Eva Crabtree as she encounters a diversity of women, the surplus of gentlemen who want to find a wife, and the trials of being a widow. Get to know more about the friendly town folks, the ladies, and men looking for true love in this 19th-century adventure tale. Read all books by bestseller and Kindle All-Star author Kat Carson! Mrs. Eva Crabtree Matrimonial Service Series 13 Books Book 1 Mrs.Eva Crabtree’s Matrimonial ...

Youthful beauty, naïve innocence, a romantic imagination thirsting for adventure…an apt description of Vaden Valmont, who would soon find the adventure and mystery she had always longed to experience…in the form of a man. A somber recluse, Ransom Lake descended from his solitary concealment in the mountains, wholly disinterested in people and their trivial affairs. And somehow, young Vaden managed to be ever in his way…either by accident or because of her own unique ability to stumble into a quandary. Yet the enigmatic Ransom Lake would involuntarily become Vaden’s unwitting tutor....

Journey to the gold mining town of Bodie, a Wild West town that they are told needs nothing more than the good word of the Lord and the settling influence of marriageable young women. Join Carolina and her five young friends as they embark on the journey of a lifetime to find themselves husbands and make successful lives on the new frontier of Northern California, only to discover a lot more waiting for them than they’d bargained for. The Complete Collection 8 Book in one boxed set by bestseller and Kindle All-Star author Katie Wyat! Wild West Brides of Bodie Series Book 1 - Circle of ...