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Martha Welch felt lost. The wagon train left her and her uncle behind when he became too ill to travel. He'd passed on just hours after they left. She was fighting tears when Wyatt Peterson, a local ranch owner, came across her on his way to Green Falls. He drove her wagon into town, where she planned to get a hotel room for a few days. The hotel was full, though. The sheriff suggested Wyatt take her to his ranch, where he had plenty of room and his housekeeper could help her adjust and make some plans. They began having feelings for each other, even though they each tried to convince ...

Austin Barrington is nervous - but hopeful - when his mail order bride, Georgia Langley, steps off the train. From the few letters they've exchanged, it seems they have a lot of the same ideals and goals. He is concerned that an educated young lady from Boston might be scared, bored - or both - living on a ranch in Wyoming, but he hopes she will be able to adjust and that they will make a good couple.

Police Officer Brad Livingston sees some movement behind a vacant house and goes to check it out. The last thing he expects to find is the wriggling derrière of a young lady caught in a window while attempting to break in. Yet, there she is, struggling to get in or out, her legs kicking wildly and her arms flailing, trying to grab onto anything. He is surprised yet again when he asks if he could be of assistance, and she lays into him with an attitude that has him shaking his head, trying to understand her theory that her predicament is somehow his fault.
 Brad and Chloe eventually get ...

Jake Hamilton thought he had his hands full when he inherited his grandfather's ranch at a young age. But he was shocked two years later when he was told he was to inherit his neighbor's ranch, as well, with one proviso. He was to watch after his neighbor's 19-year-old daughter, keeping her safe and providing a place for her to live until she married.

Sarah has a new house in a new town and a new career. Everything she thought she wanted. She even has a wonderful new friend - and he lives right across the street. How could you not adore a man who is always there to help in the most basic ways, such as taking her garbage out when she forgets? Of course, she isn't really looking for a relationship and especially not one involving a man who has a rather shocking way of dealing with her tendency to forget things.

Buffalo Ridge, Wyoming is a busy little town in 1889. Elsie Beaumont is settling in as a rancher's wife and loves her new life, especially now that her beloved papa is moving to town and opening a business with his friend, Blake. She has a few hiccups along the way as she struggles to get through her first winter out west, but Wyatt is there to teach, discipline and protect the woman he loves. To add to the excitement, love is in the air, as Wyatt and Elsie aren't the only people in Buffalo Ridge who've found a mutual attraction for each other. Maria, the woman Elsie has come to think of as...

Frank Evans welcomed his daughter, Sherri, back home to their ranch in Texas after she became unhappy working as a nurse out east. She had always had a special way with animals, especially horses, and he was happy to have her home. As Sherri settles in while she ponders what she wants to do with her life, she and her father’s new foreman, Ty Baker, hit it off from the moment they meet. They work well together, both respecting the other's abilities, as they grow closer. But working together in harmony grows challenging when bear attacks become a problem in the area. It’s difficult for ...

A recent college graduate, Ty Anderson agrees to move to his grandfather, Cord's, ranch and head up an aggressive plan to improve the quality of his cattle and horses, making it profitable again. Things are going well until his grandfather becomes ill, requiring the services of a home caregiver. Melanie Lambert eagerly accepts the position, moving onto the ranch to be near her patient. Cord adores her. She’s exactly what his grandson needs in a woman and isn’t above playing the matchmaker. When his health takes a turn for the worse, everything plunges into uncertainty. Will Ty be able ...

Janelle Langley put her love of art and painting on hold while she was married to Max, who considered it an expensive hobby. When he died suddenly, she started painting again to help calm her. Deciding to sell her large house and get a smaller one, the realtor's brother came along to help measure the rooms so they could list it. After admiring a couple of her paintings she'd hung in her house, he asked about them and was surprised to learn she'd painted them. She was just as surprised to learn he owned and operated an art gallery. They found they had more than just their love of art in ...

Edna and Cara are as close as sisters can be. Cara misses Edna when she goes to Texas to become a mail-order bride, but is devastated when she gets a letter from her saying she's witnessed a man killing a lady. Before she can send a letter in response, she and her family get a telegram saying Edna's been found dead. When they get no further information, Cara goes to Texas to get some answers her family needs. It soon becomes clear she needs help, but she doesn't know who to go to when clues start pointing in an unexpected direction. Although her plans are to find her sister's killer, bring ...

Denny and Randi, the characters you met in Not My Fault, adopt his niece and nephew when they become orphans less than a year after the couple is married. Christmas is approaching and Randi wants their first holiday season as a family to be special. They do all the traditional things both of them did with their families, plus everything other people told her their family generally does. Mixed in among all the special holiday things they do, Denny, who is a detective, is working on a case which is sending people to the emergency room with stomach problems. It's not a disease and is not ...

In Ranch Life is Great, you met Cade Collins and Elsie Wintock, who were engaged to be married. Elsie was living in the small town of Sherman, Wyoming, with her parents and her Aunt Gertrude. When her parents were tragically killed, Cade suggested they move their wedding date up. She agreed and he moved both ladies onto his ranch, where he raises top quality horses. Then they set about helping Sheriff Daniel Fitch find the person or persons who killed her parents – and why. In Mail Order Surprise, you met Austin Barrington, who owned a ranch outside of Laramie, Wyoming, and Georgia Langly...

True Love. True Murder. Can Their Marriage Survive? Elsie Wintock was engaged to a wonderful guy. Cowboy Cade Collins was everything she thought she wanted: big, strong, handsome, and unbelievably patient. Unfortunately, he was also over-protective. Then tragedy strikes, leaving her the sole heir of her family’s mercantile. Cade needs to protect her, and he can do that best by bringing her to his ranch, so they move their wedding day up. Feisty, independent Elsie has never been on a ranch before. She doesn’t know how dangerous it could be and often ignores Cade’s warning. Much to her ...

There was nothing average about the small town of Pine Falls, Nebraska in the year 1891. When a resident died and left his home and estate to the town, Sheriff Nolan used it to bring seven single ladies to their town. They'd grown up in an orphanage, but after becoming of age, had nowhere to go. He offered them the use of the now vacant home, and assured them several reputable businesses were looking for help. The small town welcomed the ladies, who finally felt like they were part of a community. There was now more than one seamstress in town, the restaurant owner finally had some help, ...

She loved him. Kara Kerrington knew that with all her heart. He’d been there for her, from the moment they’d first met – at the scene of a terrible accident in which she was the injured party, through the weeks of courtship, for that was what she had to call it. Good, old-fashioned courtship. It was so much more than casual dating! Doctor Nick Sherman was kind and caring, strong, protective to the point of nearly being over-protective, and he believed that actions had consequences. She squirmed, knowing what the consequence would be when she saw him again. If only she could turn back ...

Changes abound when a group of seven ladies raised in an orphanage become an inheritance to the small town of Pine Falls, Nebraska. The ladies have grown up to be strong and independent, out of necessity. That serves them well in a new environment as they start seeing the many single men in town, until they start pairing off as couples. The local men are familiar with the dangers of living in the west in 1890, and try to protect their special lady. However, the ladies are used to taking care of themselves and each other. The men have a difficult time getting the ladies to rely on them and ...

Elsie Beaumont's father is away on a business trip, when a group of men show up at their Philadelphia home one night with fire torches, yelling that he needs to pay for what he did. Elsie escapes out her bedroom window and runs into the nearby woods as they set their barn on fire. She watches as they torch the house, as well, and it and everything she owns burns to the ground. When her father never returns, she fears the worst. With nowhere to live and no family left, she takes the little money she has and gets as far from Philadelphia as she can. Her money runs out at the small town of ...

The last thing Officer Denny Nelson expected to see when he pulled a car over was his former girlfriend, leaning over the steering wheel crying her eyes out. He found out what the problem was over dinner that evening and was able to help her find a solution. They were discovering that the spark that brought them together in high school was still there, growing even stronger, when a bigger problem arose. They learn to trust and rely on each other, but unfortunately, just as they think they've successfully made it through, they learn it may be just beginning, and that newfound trust is put to...

Austin Jennings has dreamed of buying a ranch since he finished school. He's been saving every penny he can for it, agreeing to take a job as a stagecoach driver for one year, to give him the additional money he needs to realize that dream. On his last day as the driver, the coach is attacked. His responsibility is to protect his passengers, including the pretty, single lady who is traveling alone. He takes that responsibility seriously, but unfortunately, not everyone sees it the same way. As Austin and the pretty passenger, Elsie, become closer, will unfair circumstances beyond their ...

In 1880 Texas, Samantha Redding is fed up with men. They all think a woman should spend her time taking care of a house and children. She shouldn't be able to think for herself and should be glad to find a big, strong man willing to take care of her and provide a roof over her head. While she takes care of everything under that roof? No, thanks. Sam doesn't need a man to take care of her. Or at least that's what she thought before the arrogant, extremely annoying grandson of her beloved neighbor, Jake, moved in with his grandfather. She was able to ignore him fairly well until Jake got hurt...