Alice has met the man of her dreams and heads west to start her new life with him. Within moments of getting off the train, tragedy strikes, though, and she is left alone and on the run.Matthew is a workaholic doctor with a law-breaking sister and has no time for love. When Alice shows up at his clinic with his sister Kitty and a gunshot wound, he has no choice but to save her.Alice and Matthew will be forced to work together if they are going to save Kitty and her unborn baby. In the process, they may just save each other and find love.
Weary of the burden of caring for her younger siblings, and eager for a new life, Abby Sanders accepts an offer to travel west as a Mail Order Bride. She dreams of a quiet, peaceful life-away from the noise and chaos of her family, a place where she can follow her own thoughts at her own pace. So when John Clinton, her husband to be, meets her at the station with a small child in tow, she's ready to back right out of their deal. She didn't expect this ready-made family, but she finds herself growing to care for them, despite her misgivings. And when it seems that the child might be taken away from them, she's finds herself fighting to keep him-and her wonderful new life.
Wealthy and privileged, Emma Winston never thought she would be forced to travel west as a Mail Order Bride, but she never expected to lose both her parents and have her money swept away from her, either. With nothing left for her in Boston, she packs what she can heads west to Star Creek, where she will marry Jim Hagan. But life on the farm is nothing like life back in Boston, Emma struggles with the simplest chores. Already wondering if she can survive this life in the wild, Emma's world only gets harder when she is tasked with the care of a baby Jim Hagan is wondering if he made the right choice. He asked for a bride to help ease his loneliness and held tend to his home, but Emma seems overwhelmed by the chores and lack of luxuries. And to make matters worse, his sister's family had died suddenly, leaving him both heartsick and in charge of their infant son. Now he needs help more than ever, but is Emma the woman to offer it? Despite her fears and insecurities, Emma begins to find her way to a happy life on the farm, and when tragedy strikes will Emma and Jim ever get back together?
Three romances in one book all set in the mountains of Colorado. A Silver Plume Romance Piper Morgan, a mail-order bride, arrived in Colorado to marry a man she met only through letters. Now, she's not sure she will live to see the day. Wyatt Thompson lost his brother, but he's about to find out one of his secrets that will change his life forever. A Breckenridge Romance Deep in the Colorado mountains, in the 1880's, Jonah Tomlinson spent the last year mending a broken heart. Annie Reed has never stopped mourning the loss of her fianc to an accident. Both vowed never to fall in love again. A Durango Romance Rachel Carson spent much of her life being treated as a second class citizen. When her well-to-do uncle died and left her penniless she had no choice but to find a mail-order husband. She could only hope and pray he would be a kind and gentle man. Tom Kinney had a bit of a bad rap around town, but that wasn't about to stop his entrepreneurial spirit. Tom decided he would work hard promoting his new hardware store, and find a wife to help settle his reputation down. When Rachel arrived in Durango, Tom could not help but wonder why she chose to be a mail-order bride. Was she running from something? Did she have a secret to hide?
Segunda entrega de la trilog a "La lucha por la vida," en "Mala hierba" Baroja contin a narrando las peripecias de Manuel con el mismo estilo descarnado y tremendista. Se encuentra aqu el retrato de una sociedad de busconas, timadores y mendigos, a n m s abandonada a su suerte.
When it comes to choosing a wife, Benjamin Tanner Junior refuses to settle for anything less than God's best. The only problem is the choice of women in Happy Fall, Oregon is less than encouraging. Junior's elderly father determines to take it upon himself to find a suitable and Godly wife for his long-suffering son. A detour leads him to a small guesthouse in Carlisle, Kentucky where a young woman with a secret dream tends to his needs. It is not long before Benjamin Senior realizes that this may well be the one he has been searching for. Christmas Bride - A Gift For Benjamin is the fourth title in the heartwarming seasonal series, Brides For All Seasons. Sincere seasonal stories filled with simple honest characters you will fall in love with.
Young Emily's well-planned escape from an abusive father, to first deliver her baby brother to a kindly aunt, and then continue West herself to the arms of an unknown pioneer doctor is fraught with questions. And kindly Doctor Pete is certainly surprised when the naive young girl destined to be his helpmate steps from the stagecoach onto the dusty street of Lewiston. A near tragic accident threatens their fledgling marriage, but leads to a Christmas delivery on Emily's doorstep beyond her highest hopes. Christmas Bride - A Gift For Pete is the third title in the heartwarming seasonal series, Brides For All Seasons. Sincere seasonal stories filled with simple honest characters you will fall in love with.
Alexia Huxley has the perfect husband; intelligent, gentle, the man of her dreams. But the dream becomes a nightmare when a rare and fatal disease snatches him from her in his prime. Ever the optimist, she fights on in her job as a nurse, but with no one to provide for her, the impending delivery means she must make a difficult decision. Despite being warned by her best friend, Alexia's decision leaves her grappling in a strange town for a swift solution. When the mauled body of a hapless but handsome Fur Trader is brought to her for help, little does she realize her prayers are beginning to find a surprising answer, both for her and for her growing child. Alexia & The Fur Trader is part of the Mail Order Brides & Babies Series. In each book pregnant brides or brides with babies find love on the Frontier with strong men and faithful fathers. READ THEM ALL... 1: The Surprise Valentine Delivery 2: Rachel & The Rancher 3: Alexia & The Fur Trader 4: Elma & The Sheriff 5: Prudence & The Innkeeper
Jilted at the altar by a philandering good-for-nothing, Coral Ellis wished she has heeded her friends' warnings. The poor girl is left ashamed to face people's looks and comments. When the chance to move west and marry Thomas Winters as a mail order bride presents itself, it looks like the perfect escape route, but will Thomas turn out to be what he claims? Will he be as weak a man as Richard was, or will he be the strong, dependable husband that Coral longs for? When a fragment of map almost leads Thomas to his death both a forced to consider what's really worth fighting for.
Thrown from the orphanage on the morning of her 16th birthday, Kitty Nisbet hobbles the dirty Boston streets on her crippled legs. Despair grips her. All looks impossible until she meets an elderly stranger named Molly White who insists she has an answer for Kitty's plight. The answer will take all the courage Kitty can muster and more, and will carry her further than she ever thought possible. And with her, a message for the Western frontier town called Salvation - one that will change countless lives forever. The Valentine Brides collection is a celebration of the miracle of love and faith, set in the rugged romance of the old West.
