Short Westerns

Elizabeth Lewis has always been a bit of a romantic. She longs for the day she’ll be swept off her feet and marry – but first, she must wait for her older sister Mary to find a husband. That’s simply the way it should be. When Mary agrees to an engagement with a rancher in Texas, agreeing to a binding contract with a matrimonial agency, Elizabeth has a feeling her own time is near. But disaster strikes at the last minute, when Mary disappears the day she is to travel to meet her prospective husband. Suddenly, in the confusion, Elizabeth finds herself stepping into her sister’s shoes...

Kentucky Derby Series special 2-in-1 EDITION - 2 books for the price of 1! Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. Book 1 Deborah's Discovery Deborah Price is an artist. She loves the way light plays in the world and is always sketching and drawing. However, when she finds herself in Texas, engaged to Jeffrey Anderson who breeds horses, her life takes a drastic turn. Suddenly she is thrust into a world where being good with horses is a must and she can’t ride. book 2 Ruby's Race Come and meet Charles, Ruby, and Luke. Meet the mercurial ...

Two men in competition to capture the heart of a cautious cook. Is this a recipe for disaster or true love? Alice Connelly agrees to participate in a new matchmaking project organized by her pastor and the orphanage's matron. She can find no peace accepting a role as a mail-order bride and instead becomes the first volunteer to accept a job in a local restaurant and relocate to Carrie Town, Texas. She hopes the experience will help her to discover what she wants in life. But in a town where single men outnumber women thirty to one, she’s more confused than ever. Thrilled to put her skills...

In this first collection of short pieces, including two novella-length works, since his western anthology Tonto Woman, Leonard demonstrates the superb characterization, dead-on dialogue, vivid atmosphere, and driving plotting that have made him a household name.

When Anna Tibbits' new brother-in-law refuses to honor his promise to also provide for her, she is cast out with only a few dollars to her name, nowhere to go and no way to earn a living. Desperate, she agrees to become a mail-order bride to a farmer in Coldwater Creek, Montana. With hope in her heart, she travels west, only to discover that the man she agreed to marry is not the kind of man he seemed to be in his letters. Glenn Pruitt, Coldwater Creek’s only doctor, has no plans to marry. He’s far too busy to court a woman, even if there was one in town he was interested in. But his ...

Deciding to give their spontaneous Vegas marriage a chance, Zoey moves from her big city life to a small-town Texas ranch. She has to figure out if the connection she shared with Riley Bishop is deeper than their one-night stand before announcing to her family she got hitched to a cowboy. One moment changes everything—for better or worse—and a secret could destroy them both.

A collection of short stories selected from over three hundred entries in the Author Pete's Young Adult Writing Competition. The stories, although fictional, are very relatable and speak of everyday occurrences in society. Readers will be left, motivated and inspired by the perseverance and fortitude of the young protagonists. There is indeed a light at the end of the tunnel!

“Don’t love anything overmuch in the backcountry, for the land is a jealous mistress, and she be taking it away.” Indentured servants do not fare well in the New World of 1748. Skinny, shivering, and lame, Julian fears for his prospects as he is inspected by buyers on the transport ship docked in Philadelphia. When his bond is purchased by the fur trader and former pirate, Bartholomew Bragg, his forebodings appear well-founded. Julian grows into manhood in a violent world where Indian nations struggle to survive war, famine, and disease; settlers stake their lives and meager resources...

Step into a heartwarming world of cowboys and courage, family and fun, sweet romance and happily ever afters. Come home to Sweet Water, North Dakota, a small town where faith changes things and everyone knows your name.

Clean and Wholesome American mail order bride historical western short story romance. Meet four amazing women and their journey to motherhood, their men and the challenges of the Wild West in one boxed set! Book 1 Hope in love Mary Jackson wants a family more than anything. Her sister Kathleen's daughter is the apple of her eye, but Mary despairs of ever having a baby girl of her own. That is until she applies to marry a man she has never met on the other side of the country. Book 2 Love Never Fails Julia Milligan lost her one true love, Robert, in the war. She knows she will never love ...

Four steamy, full-length stories of badass mafia men and the women they make their own. Includes: Dirty Game, Nasty Bet, Filthy Deal, and Foolish Dare. These hot, over-the-top romances include sexy mafia hit men with a penchant for pursuing and protecting the women who give them a run for their money. If you love outrageously naughty stories as a way to indulge your not-so-secret bad girl side, this is for you.

Enjoy two classic Lone Star romances from New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer!

The FOUR series features relatable characters who unexpectedly find their happily-ever-afters in unconventional relationships. Each story stands alone, but there are character connections among the books.

World champion bulldogger Sutton Grant works hard on the road, but his quiet charm has earned him the nickname "The Saint" because he's never been the love 'em and leave 'em type with the ladies. When he's sidelined by an injury, he needs help keeping his horse in competition shape, but he fears trying to sweet-talk premier horse trainer London Gradsky is a losing proposition - because the woman sorta despises him.

When her two dreams collide, she must decide which is more important. When he can’t let go of his expectations, he risks everything. Penelope Haven loves working with her family at their restaurant in Pinewood, Colorado. One day, she hopes to take over ownership and pass it along to her own children. That is, if she can find a husband who will support her dream and not strip it from her. With the law stating a married woman’s possessions belong to her husband, Penelope thinks she must decide between her dream of having a family and her desire to own the restaurant. Owen Kasper’s loved...

A mountain rescue leader and a woman with a stalker. A movie star in hiding and the rugged Scot who protects her. Three suspenseful romances with hot Scottish mountain rescue heroes and the beautiful women who tame them. This beautiful boxed set contains the first three novels in the Wild Mountain Scot series: Obsessed, Hunted, and Stolen. Once you start listening, you won't want to stop. Download now to enter a world of gorgeous mountain scenery and rugged Scots!

Stranded on the side of a country road with a broken-down car, Rorie Campbell is grateful when horse rancher Clay Franklin comes to her rescue. Stuck in the quirky small town, Rorie gets to know Clay, and she quickly starts to fall for the gruff, tough cowboy. Can a city girl make it work with a country man? Kate Logan is understandably devastated when her former fiancé marries someone else instead. At the wedding, after one glass of champagne, she spontaneously—foolishly—proposes to her longtime friend Luke Rivers. And Luke agrees.

This lively and engaging book is the ideal introduction for anyone who has ever been puzzled by what philosophy is or what it is for. Edward Craig argues that philosophy is not an activity born from another planet; learning about it is just a matter of broadening and deepening what most of us do already. He shows that philosophy is no mere intellectual pastime.

This Christmas, love arrives unexpectedly to Castle Rock—by stagecoach. December 1876 – Felix Spencer has inherited his family’s mercantile, but everyone knows he’s never really had much business sense. His sister is getting married and moving away but worries her brother won’t be able to run the store on his own, so she tells him that he should look for a new accountant and put an ad out. As a joke, his best friend contacts an agency for a mail order bride/accountant to come. Felix is expecting a man, but a woman shows up instead— Bethany Thomas. Bethany loves numbers and ...

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B0862F2BLM(copy and paste the link into your browser) Della Rose is a singer in a music hall who has fallen out of love with the lights and glamour. She dreams of a more simple life, one that her dead preacher father would approve of. After finding local mobster Fat Joey dead in her dressing room she must flee Chicago or suffer the wrath of her boss, Charlie Duff. Luckily Della has a plan that takes her to the remote town of Chapman’s Forge where she plans to marry the local doctor, Nathan Franklin. Will Della find out where Nathan is now? How ...