He didn't need a wife . . . until he met her. With nothing left for her at home, Hazel Hart takes a chance on becoming a mail-order bride to a rancher in the Colorado Territory. But her dreams of love and family are dashed when she meets her stoic, work-driven husband-to-be. Wade Pierce has neither the time nor the inclination for romance. Love made a shell of a man out of his father, and so Wade's only reason for sending for a wife is to have someone to cook and keep up with the house. But instead of getting the woman he imagined, he finds himself wedded to Hazel--who seems bent on making ...

When he inherited a ranch, he didn't expect a bride to be part of the deal. When Cade Harris receives word that his older brother has passed away and left him a ranch, he pushes aside his grief and decides to take on the ranch himself. But when he arrives at the plot of land outside Crest Stone, Colorado, he finds a half-built house and cattle that have long since run off. And if that wasn't enough, his brother's bride-to-be arrives. Jolie Taylor always preferred studying the stars in the sky and the plants on earth to making the rounds of society. But when she loses her father and every ...

Can a rancher and a socialite put their differences aside to find love? Jacob Fletcher's ranch has always been first in his life. But after seeing his sister happily married, he can't get the idea of a wife and a family out of his mind. With few women nearby, he places an advertisement for a mail-order bride--one who is strong and capable, and able to care for the house while he spends his days tending to the ranch. Susannah Hughes is on the verge of spinsterhood. With an uncle who refuses to let her marry, she sets her sights West after a dear friend finds love in Colorado. Surely a ...

A restless doctor. A woman who wants to call one place home. Will a Christmas Matchmaker's Ball help them find their way to each other? Dr. Nicholas Gatewood arrives in Creede just before Christmas, looking for a place where he can make a difference. When he happens upon a quack doctor shilling "medicines" from a wagon, he's quick to announce to the town that the man is a fraud. But Nick didn't expect to find himself confronted by the medicine show man's beautiful--but angry--daughter. Willa Rousseau's father helps people with his Miracle Elixir. She loves him dearly, but more than anything...

The only place she can run is into the arms of one of the most eligible men in Crest Stone . . . Family means everything to Isabella Sutcliffe. When her father and brothers are arrested, she’s determined to help them. But there’s something standing in her way—the law thinks there’s another Sutcliffe brother out there, one who got away. Except that “brother” is really Izzy. The only way she can find safety and a means to help her family is to become a mail-order bride. Hale Darby and his sister have worked hard to ensure the success of their boardinghouse in Crest Stone. Ready to...

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 ...

He didn't expect a baby for Christmas . . . When Catherine Lee finds herself widowed and on the verge of losing her home, she quickly agrees to become a mail-order bride. She can withstand another loveless marriage so long as she has a place to live and food to eat. However, just before she arrives in Grover's Gulch, Colorado to be married, she discovers that she is expecting a baby--a child her intended knows nothing about. Jonathan Clark needs a wife to help him run the new boarding house he's opened in town. It'll be hard work, cooking and cleaning after any number of boarders. When he ...

Briggs Brigman has been burned once before, and the last thing he needs is a beautiful wife who will spend hours in front of the mirror, primping herself. He knows how hard the prairie can be on a woman, and all he wants is a stalwart bride who won't complain about hauling water from the creek....

He didn’t plan on getting a wife for Christmas . . . The last thing Liam Hannan expected was a bride for Christmas, particularly one whose brother is the town marshal. Liam never meant to place that advertisement, so when Tilly Wright arrives and expects to marry him, all he can do is let her down gently. But when the only way out of a potentially scandalous situation is marriage, they find themselves starting a life together. Tilly finally has everything she’s wanted—a husband and a life in a new, exciting town. Crest Stone is a welcoming place, and she finds herself quickly making ...

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...

Forbidden to marry Heath, the one man she truly loves, Lydia Catherine Hayden, an American heiress from Boston, boards a train and heads west to become a mail-order bride when matchmaker, Milly Crenshaw, introduces her to Wyatt from Iowa. Five years have gone by, and she isn’t interested in any of the society gentlemen of whom her father would approve. Her love for Heath has turned to a mild hate since hearing he married someone else. When the Wild Whitman Gang involved in an Iowa train robbery use orphans traveling west as human shields to make their escape, they converge on Lydia’s ...

Forced from San Francisco by the slanders of her ex-fiancé, Eden Paxton heads for the wilds of Colorado. But on her way, she’s abducted and abused by ruthless outlaws—until she’s rescued by Matthew Coulter, still obsessed with avenging his wife’s murder. As Eden and Matthew try to elude their pursuers, these two wounded souls struggle to reconcile their tragic pasts—and their growing attraction to one another.

She's a mail-order bride hunting for a lost treasure . . . one that her new groom was the last person to see. Lina Groves' outlaw father died in a shootout, leaving her with a brother in desperate need of medical treatment and no clue to the location of the treasure he'd claimed to have for his children. With her brother growing worse by the day, Lina needs a miracle. As if in answer to her prayers, she spots an advertisement for a mail-order bride--from none other than the sheriff who was the last person to see her father alive and the only one who might know where his treasure was hidden....

The man she wished for has a dangerous secret . . . After losing her husband, all Rebecca O'Neal wants is to feel safe again with her five children. She arrives as a mail-order bride in Crest Stone with her sister, only to find her intended is deceased. His brother, Levi, immediately offers to marry her instead, and Rebecca reluctantly agrees. Levi Whiteside is determined to make his late brother's farm a success and to take care of Rebecca and her children. He didn't expect to fall in love with Rebecca, especially not when he has to keep the real reason for his presence in the mountain ...

The town's blacksmith is in need of a bride--but he didn't expect to also become a father. Merrick Benton wants a family of his own, but he can't seem to string two words together around the eligible ladies in town. A mail-order bride is the perfect solution to his problem. Eleanor Stevens and her sister were both widowed when their husbands died in a mine explosion. Desperate for a new beginning, they each answer advertisements from men in Crest Stone, Colorado. Eleanor is certain that a new husband in a faraway place will be exactly what her sister Rebecca and her children need to heal. ...