Short Westerns

The Matchmaker and the Mother-in-Law Series: Love blossoms for 16 beautiful brides and their charming grooms in this frontier romance series. Each bride must navigate the challenges of being matched with a groom-to-be in the Old west, but a formidable adversary is setting hurdles for each of them to overcome—a mother-in-law. Every book in this series is a standalone, sweet, clean, wholesome romance with surprises, difficulties, and a meddling mother who tests their commitment. Will love truly conquer all? Read every story to find out! Margaret’s Wedding Dilemma She’s fighting to save ...

The one thing you can’t buy is love… Cord: I lost a gambling wager, and now I have a debt to pay to my business rival. I can either fork over the intellectual rights to the new app I just created that's predicted to earn millions, or I can return to my hometown in the Texas desert and convince the one who got away to fall in love with me again. The only thing is, I don’t do love. In fact, I’ve been accused of being heartless. But now I find myself packing up and heading back to my roots and the one person I swore never to see again, the one I gave my heart to years ago and who ...

Desperate to keep her Christmas tree farm going, newly widowed Emma is determined to set her own misery aside this year and help those in the town who are also experiencing difficult times. She’s sure that she can bring happiness to them this season—even if her own heart is aching and lonely. But when Preston, the man she’d loved in her youth, suddenly appears, Emma is shaken. Preston has no idea she is the tree farm owner he’d been seeking for a business deal. And the offer he’s hoping to make might lead them both in a completely different direction. But can she accept it? Or is ...

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 ...

Can his mail-order bride handle the diversity that comes with her husband’s dangerous vocation? Together will they blend their opposing desires to create a recipe for love? Selah Anderson agrees to participate in a matchmaking service organized by her pastor and the orphanage's matron, where she spent most of her life and become a mail-order bride. The man of her dreams will share her love of creating delicious confections and running a successful bakery. People will come for miles to purchase her specialty-shoo-fly pie. Stagecoach driver Emerson Clark isn’t looking for love. But he ...

In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Christopher Taylor explores the life of Socrates and his philosophical activity, before looking to the responses his philosophical doctrines have evoked in the centuries since his betrayal and execution at fellow Athenian hands.

Amidst the joy of the rapidly approaching Christmas season, there is also danger as things come to a head ongoing disasters, once and for all. And there’s love as Cayla and Seth fall for each other as swiftly When Cayla checks in as a guest, Seth can’t help but think that she’s questioning his abilities too. And she is. Because Cayla is a journalist there to expose Wilmont Lodge for its failures, after being tipped off by a source. Read all the books in Seven Billionaire Cowboy Brothers at Christmas Wilmont Lodge Romance series by bestselling authors Brenda Clemmons and Katie Wyatt! ...

Some treasures can't be measured in silver. In 1880s Idaho Territory, Boston-trained assayer Katherine Lobmeyer is determined to prove her worth in her ailing father's Silver City office, even if it means challenging every convention about a woman's proper place. Matthew Sterling, owner of the richest silver mine in the Owyhees, doesn't believe a woman belongs in the scientific world of mineral testing—until Katherine's brilliant mind and fierce dedication force him to question everything he thought he knew about a lady's capabilities. When theft and sabotage threaten the mining community...

Meet the first three cowboys who go to Hope Eternal Ranch in this boxed set that contains three full-length sweet contemporary cowboy romances. You'll get Hopeful Cowboy, Overprotective Cowboy, and Rugged Cowboy, all of which feature a cowboy looking for a second chance at life, love, and happiness.

In the shadows of betrayal, love and faith forge a path to redemption. When the truth behind her husband's death comes to light, Jordan Regent finds herself facing a perilous path. As the widow of a steel business owner, Jordan stumbles upon a secret that threatens to shatter her world. Determined to uncover the truth, she must summon a strength as strong as steel to survive the darkness that surrounds her. Ryder Foster is hired to manage her late husband's business and personal affairs. Together, they embark on a quest to unveil the truth behind the shadows, even as their growing ...

In a collection that is wise, funny, clever and moving, Julian Barnes has created characters whose passions and longings are made all the stronger by the knowledge that, for them, time is almost at an end.

Part one of this book contains a heartwarming collection of 50 stories that are specifically tailored to bring joy and inspiration to the lives of seniors. Written with the unique perspective of those who have lived a long and fulfilling life, this part offers a poignant look at the human experience through stories that are relatable, engaging, and uplifting.

Derek Brighton has become one of Dallas's finest detectives through a combination of discipline and obsession. Once he has a target in his sights, nothing can stop him. When he isn't solving homicides, he applies the same intensity to his playtime at Sanctum, a secretive BDSM club. Unfortunately, no amount of beautiful submissives can fill the hole that one woman left in his heart.

In finding a fresh start, can she provide him with the love he so desperately craves? Widowed at twenty-seven with a baby on the way, Amelia Jefferson leaves the only home she’s ever known for a fresh start. Her deceased husband’s parents no longer want her to be a part of their lives, even with their grandchild on the way. She leaves the town where she buried her parents right after she married and arrives in Silver Springs, Colorado. With trunks full of quilts, Amelia’s looking for a fresh start and a way to provide for herself and her unborn child. Tired of being alone and working ...

Welcome back to Mill Ridge for a special holiday treat! A woman hiding her beauty - An ex-ranger hiding his flaws - Can these two misfits find the spirit of Christmas this holiday or will they run in the opposite direction? Erin Steel knows the people of Mill Ridge can't stand her and she's not complaining. As the former representative from the Teachers Association, she knows moving to Mill Ridge will enable her to live her life in solitude. Hiding her beauty is one thing, but when a man with an eye patch draws her out of her shell, she is determined to avoid him at all costs. Former Texas ...

A Second Chance at Love… or a Heart Still in Mourning? After years of grief, Ester is finally ready to move forward. Becoming a mail-order bride offers her the opportunity for a fresh start—but can she truly open her heart again? As she embarks on a journey into the unknown, doubts and fears linger. Will she find the love and security she longs for, or is she destined to remain trapped in the shadows of her past?

From Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author Willow Winters comes a highest bidder holiday short story.

A recovering addict faces the ultimate test when an old friend puts him through a terrifying ordeal. Two brave souls spend the night in a haunted house, only to emerge forever changed. And a cursed photographer goes to horrific lengths when their vision slowly decays.... Scare Street is proud to present a new collection of diabolical delights. Twelve nightmarish tales of terror lurk within this sinister tome. Each one is a treat for shivers and shrieks. And the only tricks you’ll find are the ones your mind plays on you as you feverishly listen to another minute.

Denver, Colorado, 1914 Joy Michaels, grieving mother and widow, resides in an aging but remarkable Denver home: a beautiful, three-story Victorian/Queen Anne mansion resplendent with towers, turrets, peaks, and gables and known locally as Palmer House. Palmer House—a most extraordinary refuge for young women rescued from prostitution. Joy and her mother, Rose Thoresen, share the responsibilities of ministering to and mentoring the young women who live under Palmer House’s roof. But now Joy faces an agonizing decision: Should she remain true to the memory of her first love or open her ...

She’s making a run toward hope, love, and family and she’s not letting go. Orphaned as a young girl, Ella longs for a life she’s only read about in books. To escape a desperate situation, she heads west as a mail-order bride, narrowing her choice of spouse to three brothers, a millwright, a businessman, and a horse trainer, all searching for a marriage of convenience which will provide the inheritance that will finance the family’s business venture in Oklahoma. Newspapers claim the unchartered territory is a land where streams flow with milk and the heavens rain down a supply of ...