Kirsten Osbourne

When Natalie Smythe moves to the small town of Bagley, Texas to follow her dreams and open a candy store, she has no intention to do anything other than work. Socializing is not on her calendar until the store is up and running. It doesn't even cross her mind that the morning she opens, a man will come into the store, she cannot say "no" to.Caleb McClain knows he's next in line to marry, because his brothers have started the domino effect, and they're falling one by one. The oldest two are married, and he's third in line. He knows he can't avoid it forever, but if he can just avoid meeting anyone new, he's sure it will help. When he follows a sugar craving and checks out the new candy store in town, he keeps his eyes on the display and won't even look at the woman behind the counter. When their eyes meet, he knows he's done for. Will he be able to convince her that she's the only woman for him? Or will he be the first McClain in generations to not marry?

Tiffani Simpson has a nice orderly life, and she loves it. She gives her all to her work every day. When she loses her job and accepts a position working for the McClain Boys' Ranch, things change, but she can accept small changes. What she can't accept is the most handsome man she's ever met as her boss. She doesn't believe in dating someone she works with, so it's hard to know what to do about him.Adam McClain, following his father's advice, hires Tiffani Simpson as the ranch's new fundraising coordinator. As an empath, he has a difficult time being too close to people, but there's something about Tiffani that draws him toward her. When he finds himself in a situation where he feels he has to choose between her and the work he's always known he was born to do, he gets confused. Can he make it work to be with Tiffani and take care of his boys? Or will he choose to spend the rest of his life alone?

Lily, the second daughter of banker Fred Sullivan, is finally of age and ready to marry. She's been in love with Daniel Olafsen since the age of twelve, when she fell out of a tree...and onto him. Unfortunately for Lily, she believes Daniel is in love with her sweetly feminine older sister, Rose. Lily's not ready to accept defeat, though, and she curbs her tomboyish ways in an effort to make Daniel fall in love with her. But will he ever be able to see Lily for who she truly is? Or will she have to change for the man she loves to win him?

In a world where men dominate, a woman steps forward as a warrior.Fiona McAfee is a proud warrior, able to outshoot any man she has ever met. When the opportunity arises for her to demonstrate her skill at the Highland Games, she happily agrees.Alisdair McClain is the eldest son of a laird, yet he knows he won't be laird himself. When he spots Fiona at the Highland Games, he knows he wants to be her husband--and not simply because it would allow him to be laird of Clan McAfee.After Fiona is kidnapped while in his care, her father rescinds his agreement for their courting. The two must find one another and regain his approval, but he isn't even certain such a thing is possible.Brides of the HighlandsBook 1 - Highland HeartBook 2- Highland HomeBook 3 - Highland Heroine

Sinead Williams is frustrated with the lack of opportunity for her. She's a fully qualified doctor, but no one wants to see a woman doctor. When the opportunity presents itself for her to go West to a community where she may be of help, she jumps on it. It doesn't matter to her at all that she has to marry a Mountie as part of the process.Matthew Montgomery knows exactly what he wants in a wife. He needs a woman who enjoys being at home and keeping house-someone who will have dinner on the table when he gets home every night. As soon as Sinead steps off the train, he knows she's for him. That's the woman God and Miss Hazel intend for him to marry. He whisks her off to the local preacher before anyone knows what's happening. He immediately finds out she's a doctor, which makes her exactly the opposite of what he was looking for. Will he be able to get past his preconceived notions of what a wife should be? Or will they live without love forever?

At thirty-four, Julia had given up on love. She had spent sixteen years nursing her sick mother, and now that her mother had passed on, she had no idea what to do with herself. She answered an advertisement to be a mail order bride, knowing she needed a new beginning.Edward, a Kansas farmer, had been alone for six years since the death of his wife. He was sick of eating his own cooking, tired of living in filth, and more than anything, he was lonely. He sent off a letter to try to find a bride, hoping against hope someone would answer it. When Julia stepped off the train, she was nothing like he'd expected her to be. Could a marriage based on mutual loneliness work out?

Maria Villanueva is still unhappy that her brother was taken from her and put into a foster home-which was really a boys' ranch-four and a half years before. When she finishes her education, she moves to the town closest to his location to start a business and be close to her brother. She expresses her unhappiness for the situation with one of the brothers running the ranch, and he makes sure she spends more time there to see what the ranch is really like.Ephraim McClain knows within minutes of meeting Maria that she is the woman he's destined to spend his life with. He offers her the first client for her new business, and does his best to make sure she's always around him. As they get to know one another, he loses his heart. Will she be able to understand that the ranch is a good place? Or will she continue to battle with her feelings for him?

Brittany has been raising her brother and sister since her parents' death eight years ago. When she gets notice she's about to lose the only home she's ever known, she's at a loss for what to do. After talking to her oldest friend about her problem, she's surprised by his offer of marriage. She's loved him since they were very young, but she's uncertain whether she'll ever be able to trust him again.Gideon McClain has loved Brittany for most of his life. After a botched attempt at romance when they were teenagers, he knows it's time to make his move. When Brittany tells him about losing her house, he jumps at the chance to get her to agree to marry him. She looks at the marriage as a marriage of convenience. He looks at the marriage as forever. Will Gideon be able to convince Brittany that she can trust him romantically? Or will they spend their lives always needing more?

Susan cannot stand living with her eleven younger siblings for another minute, so she answers an advertisement for a mail order bride, carefully choosing a man who has never married and has no children so she won't be plagued with other people's ill-behaved offspring. When she arrives in Fort Worth, she finds out her fianc has been killed, and his older brother is offering to take his place. The only problem is his brother is a widower with four young boys. Dare she do it?

When Emily's mother decides to marry, her fianc says that twenty year old Emily needs to find a new place to live before the wedding. Emily has always been exceedingly shy and has no idea what to do. She runs across an advertisement for mail order brides and responds, hoping to find a good situation. Benjamin lost the love of his life just months before. He and his girls need a new mama in their house. Will Emily be the mama they need?

Rikki Dobson has spent her whole life living in her famous sister's shadow. When she moves to Culpepper, Wyoming to recover from a harrowing experience, it's the last place in the world she expects to find love. Working at a bakery with three loving women makes life easier, but she's still afraid of the world around her. When Pastor Benjamin, the handsome new associate pastor sits beside her in church, she doesn't know whether to be happy or frightened.Ben Norton isn't looking for love. He's happy with his new job as assistant pastor and counselor for a small church in Culpepper. He's met the beautiful Rikki a couple of times, but it isn't until he sits beside her one morning that he realizes there is something more to her than meets the eye. Will Rikki be able to overcome her fears? Or will the two of them spend the rest of their lives alone?

After thirty-five years of peaceful marriage, Bobbi and Wilber Weston have come to a crossroads. They each want something different, and neither is willing to give in to the other. Bobbi loves her children and grandbabies more than she'd ever imagined, and she doesn't think asking for a change in the plans she'd made with Wilber many years ago should be a difficult thing.Wilber has been waiting his entire life to get the monkey off his back so he can travel, but now his wife has other plans for their future. He doesn't understand why they can't continue with their goals as they were doing before the children married and procreated. Will the two of them be able to make a compromise that will please them both? Or will their marriage end up being just another ugly statistic?

Beverly Snow lived a charmed life until a car accident when she was eighteen. She lost her father and sister, and her mother became a quadriplegic all in one night. After giving up her own life for twenty years to care for her mother, she's at loose ends in the midst of her grief with her mother's passing. When her last promise to her mother turned into her agreeing to an arranged marriage to a stranger and moving to Alaska, she's not sure what to think.Colin Geller has spent his entire adult life knowing two things. He loved being a park ranger at Denali National Park in Alaska, and he didn't want children. He requests that Dr. Lachele send him a woman who was comfortable with not having children. When he sees Beverly for the first time, he knows that all his dreams have come true. When something happens to make him rethink his life choices, he's devastated. Will he be able to deal with his new wife's choices? Or will her insistence on something he opposes keep them apart forever?

Lisa Allen has spent her entire life being different, and being different was perfectly fine with her as long as her two best friends were at her side. But now both of her friends have gone West to marry Mounties, leaving Lisa without their constant companionship. Lisa's mother makes her realize she wants to be a Mountie's wife as well, so she goes to see Miss Hazel, the matchmaker who helped her two friends find happiness.Wesley Jacobson has never known what it was like to have a family, filling the gap with his fellow Mounties and the people he serves. When he hears that there's a matchmaker willing to introduce Mounties to mail-order brides, he immediately sends off a letter, having no idea what to expect. What he didn't anticipate was being sent a bride with cerebral palsy who he sees as weak and incapable. Will Lisa be able to convince Wesley that she's as capable as any other wife in the West? Or will they spend their entire lives at cross purposes?

Jean Winters is a hard-working twenty-first century stock broker, spending all her time building wealth for others. She's worked sixty hour weeks since graduating from college, and she's realizing that life is passing her by. After attending her college roommate's wedding in Wyoming, she decides that she wants to employ the services of Matchrimony, the same service her roommate used, to find herself a husband. Skipping the whole dating mess and meeting at the altar sounds perfect for a busy professional.Dillon Jeffries has always known that he would inherit a great deal of money someday, and he's worked hard to create a business he'd be happy to sink that money into. His enterprise of restoring old homes to their former glory keeps him as busy as he could ever want to be. When he hears the terms of his great-uncle's will, he's flabbergasted. The man had never married, but the terms of his will insist that Dillon marry within three months of his uncle's death to receive his inheritance. Will Dillon be happy married to the woman Dr. Lachele chooses for him? Or will he spend his life wishing for something that would never be there?