Emma Morgan

Left alone with her baby girl after her husband is killed-and with winter on the way-Beth Fletcher is out of options. And so she joins a wagon caravan, leaving behind the cold streets of Virginia to forge a new life as a mail order bride in California. The trail is long and dangerous, but with the help of Mr. Jackson, the caravan's scout, they make their way through the western wilds. However, when her baby girl falls ill, Beth fears that once again she will lose someone she loves. Suddenly, Jackson becomes more than a scout. He is Beth's only hope-and he has also made his way into her heart. A heart that is promised to another. But love will find us, wherever we are, and Christmas is a time for wishes to come true.

Recently released from the orphan's home and with nowhere to go, Olivia Lester accepts a last-minute proposition to travel west as a mail order bride. Judd Brockman has made it clear that he only needs a wife as a partner on the farm-not in love-and Olivia accepts his wishes. Judd is a kind man, so when Olivia find herself falling in love with him, she chooses silence over breaking her agreement. But when a woman from Judd's past returns with a scandalous accusation, Olivia begins to wonder if maybe her life with Judd is not what she thought. Judd Brockman has loved before, and told himself never again. But he needs help on his farm, and the lovely Olivia has agreed to his terms. Judd opens his home to her, and in doing so, finds his heart being healed by her kindness and grace. So when he learns she is not who he thinks, his faith is broken again. Can two people who've learned not to look for love find a way to believe again?

Ever since she was scarred as a child, local schoolteacher Sarah Adams has resigned herself to a life without love. So when Melrose Stephens sweeps her off her feet with a whirlwind marriage proposal, she feels like she has finally found happiness. But life has more pain in store for Sarah, and again she is left alone. With no hope in her heart, she accepts an offer to travel west as a mail order bride. But when she arrives at the home of her intended, she finds herself rejected again. Jed Jackson lives on a sprawling farm with his five brothers and elderly aunt. He needs a wife to help tend to house and its needs, but he did not expect Sarah-or rather, he did not expect her to be scarred. Jed is unwilling to accept Sarah's disfigurement, but Sarah is ready for a new life. She has given up on love, and she convinces the family to let her stay on and assist the aunt in running the house. Soon, Sarah finds herself growing closer to her new family. And as one door closes, she discovers that another one has opened.

Orphaned at a young age, Emily Rosen has called Hearts Grove orphanage home all her life. Now, though, she must leave behind all she knows to begin a life as a mail order bride. But when fate leaves her an infant to care for on the dangerous journey, she finds herself in an adventure she never dreamed of in her lonely room. And loving a man she was never meant to love. Stagecoach driver Salvatore Gadara has promised to deliver Emily and the helpless infant safely to their destination. But swollen rivers, broken wagons and bitter snowstorms delay his mission, and he realizes his simple job has grown into a mission of love. Now Salvatore must deliver the woman and child he has grown to care for into the arms of another man-that is, if they even make it to their final destination. But sometimes, love takes a path of its own ...

Desperate to escape her abusive fianc , Charity Bridgeton quietly runs away into the night. With nowhere else to go, she heads west as a Mail Order Bride, in hopes of finding a kind man that will have her as a wife. But her plans go astray when a stagecoach accident leaves Charity and the rest of the passengers stranded on the side of the road, on a remote ranch.Fortunately, the group is offered shelter by the handsome rancher, Levi Wyatt. And it is with this kind and generous man that Charity soon realizes her pain goes much deeper than she realized. Levi is a good man, and he senses the fear in Charity from their first meeting. And he is determined to save her wounded heart.But can she accept his rescue, and his love?

With his beloved wife dead and his boys needing a mother's touch, Billy Henderson reluctantly writes for a mail order bride. Although no one will ever replace his wife, Billy wants to do what's best for his boys-the only family he has left. So when Beth Bennett agrees to travel West and be his bride, he is both grateful and anxious. Beth Bennett had just begun to recover from the death of her husband, when she learns the bank has come for her house. With nowhere for her and her young daughter to turn, she soon finds herself on her way to wed a stranger, chosen from the Matrimonial News. And while Billy Henderson seems like a kind man, his boys have been allowed to run wild, and they make life for Beth even more difficult than she expected. And Billy, it seems, has no desire to help. As Beth struggles to build a life in Billy's home, she begins to wonder at her decision. It takes a near miss and patience for healing to finally open the hearts of this broken family, and let the light back in.

When Anna Carpenter's mother is diagnosed with tuberculosis, Anna's life is turned upside down. With her parents forced to move to New York for treatment, Anna feels she had become a burden on her family, and she heads west to find a home as a Mail Order Bride. But Anna's life takes yet another turn when her stage is attacked, and she is kidnapped by a tribe of angry Indians and held for ransom. But as her time with the Indians passes, Anna finds herself more worried about her life with her intended than her fate with the tribe. While the Indians seem kind and gentle, their tales of the settlers' treatments of them are much more disturbing. With time, Anna finds herself drawn to Mingan, a brave warrior of the tribe, and a man with his own deep sorrow. So when a meeting with the settlers leads to violence, Anna finds herself forced to take a stand, and make a choice that could change the path of her life forever.