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Society belle Sybil Webb is certain she is destined for something better than the social scene of Boston. Desperate to find a way out from under the thumb of her upwardly mobile father, she answers a newspaper advert for a mail-order bride. But escaping Boston was the easy part of Sybil’s adventure. Her intended groom, Dr. Henry Miller, is not what he appeared to be. Alone in a strange town, Sybil takes shelter with the friendly Frost family, where she finds herself challenged by—and undeniably drawn to—the Frost’s cousin, Brian Smith, a handsome man embittered by lost love.

After working beside her sisters for years on their Iowa farm, Meg McCartney finds herself alone, trying to do the work of three people. She’s never been one to mope around, but she’s lonely and tired and at the end of her rope—desperate enough to give serious thought to an offer that has come in for the farm…and for her.

To get away from her ex-husband and start over, Adele Woodruff has followed her best friend to Last Chance Ranch, proving she'll do almost anything to earn a buck. After all, she doesn't need the debt collectors coming up into the hills to get their money. In her spare time, she makes foodie videos for TastySpot. But culinary school costs money, and Adele doesn't have much of that. When Carson Chatworth shows up at Last Chance Ranch, she doesn't have much patience for him, either. Adele can spot a rich man when she sees one - and she's had enough of those, thank you very much.

Rev. Christopher Mann saved his town from a band of outlaws. Now, he faces an even greater challenge - trying to save himself from the hangman. No longer running or hiding, he returns to Lincoln to stand trial for the crime that propelled him into the ministry. A young cavalry officer battles a train wreck, a gunshot wound and a fever in a race to deliver the seemingly cursed letter that might secure Mann’s pardon. Will he arrive in time?

After Fort Dodge, wagon master Bruce Cowan had hoped the journey to Wagon Mound would get easier. That lasted but a few days. It horrified the settlers when they came across the burning remains of a smaller wagon train. Not one survivor. Bandits attacked this time, not Indians. Every day brings a fresh crisis. Trent and Pat, the McLeod brothers, with their gun-fighting skills, provide Bruce and the wagon train protection and much-needed guidance. Sometime even that isn't enough when they face Mother Nature at her most destructive.

Candace McClosky thought the billionaire tycoon actually loved her and would help her save her family’s ranch. She fancied herself in love for the first time in her life. She was a fool. Now, she’s stuck with even more problems and, as the oldest, she feels responsible for helping her sisters and saving their ranch. So, she comes up with a desperate plan and pitches it to an even more desperate cowboy.

Melinda Post flees Pittsburgh, and heads west to marry Bart Brown, a young newspaper owner. Although Bart has advertised in the Matrimonial News, Melinda doesn’t answer his Mail Order Bride advert straight away. She wants to see for herself what kind of man Bart is, before she promises herself to him. So, she poses as a married woman, takes a job with Bart at his newspaper, and falls in love with him as they work together. But believing she’s married, Bart won’t give in to his feelings for her - and he begins writing another Mail Order Bride.

A slave's brave journey to living his dream. John Ware, a well-known, highly loved, and acclaimed Black cowboy, arrived in Alberta at the beginning of the extraordinary ranching story on the grasslands. He faced and conquered snowstorms, vast distances, rough horses, not to mention a few rough men. As John participated in the building of some of the great Alberta ranches, he faced racism and delayed, but not forgotten, dreams of a ranch and family of his own. Being one of only a handful of Black men on the grasslands, his dream seemed to be passing him by.

Jael Wheeler’s life in Philadelphia turns upside down with the tragic loss of her father, who leaves her penniless. To survive, Jael becomes a Mail Order Bride. Upon finding a man willing to marry her, Jael heads for Montana, only to discover her fiancé has fled, chasing another woman to Denver. Now, a mysterious cowboy haunts Jael, following her and watching her every move. Women are going missing, and rumor has it, they’re being sold to miners.

Widow Emma accepts a Wyoming rancher's proposal to escape a precarious situation in Boston. While she must get away quickly, she hopes that she has made the right decision. But Wyoming will turn her life upside down, and her heart will never be the same. Widower rancher Ross still mourns for his late wife. When his children tell him all they want for Christmas is a mother, his heart breaks, for he knows he can never provide that. Ross does not believe he will ever be ready to marry again. As Christmas approaches, Ross' life is turned on end.

Since losing her husband to a fatal illness one winter, Susan Taylor has done her best to keep her farm afloat - including taking a loan out from the bank. But it seems that all her efforts have come to nothing, and Susan is now facing the cold reality that she is about to lose the farm. The only option she seems to have left is to pack up her life in Daisy Creek, leave her home, and start over somewhere new with her children. But just as her world seems to be crumbling around her, Edward Finnegan suddenly appears in her life.

After finding out her marriage was a sham, Millicent must leave Philadelphia and the shame and gossip that surround her. She corresponds with a banker and after accepting his marriage proposal, travels to Montana. But what awaits her turns her world upside-down. Widower Clark lost his wife and son years ago and has not gotten over the heartbreak. As Millicent meets the widower next door, Clark makes a startling discovery, and will do what he has to to make Millicent his Christmas wife - although it may be too late.

As Christmas approaches, Ella's pregnant, alone and scared. Tragedy strikes her life, tearing apart all that she knows and loves in Chicago. She travels to Texas to marry a man she has been corresponding with. As she prepares for her new life, the tragedy haunts her....

Bernardo Cuesta is a Franciscan friar assigned to the mission of San Jose, hoping to follow in the missionary footsteps of Padre Kino. Bernardo, the sole survivor of an Apache ambush, is kept as a slave to the savages. Over the years of captivity, he attempts to convert the heathens and encounters the conflict between Christian beliefs and Apache shamanism. This is a novel of faith and courage. The remarkable journey of one man through an alien culture and the imprint he left.

Melody and Judd are young and living on the prairie as they make their way down to Texas looking for a better life. Along the way, they encounter events that rock them to their very core, altering their plans forever. Soon they battle between life and death. Forsaking their life in their wagon, they submit to total strangers and build a life more different than they had ever known. A series of events takes Judd and Melody from youth to adulthood faster than they ever expected.

From slave to ranchman - a historical western based on true events. In return for his freedom, a slave is tasked with the job of delivering a valuable stallion to a horse farm in Tennessee. The Civil War is dying down, and the roads are dangerous, but with some help, the horse is delivered, and the slave sees freedom. Wishing to be freed from any remembrance of the slave farm, John has a last name that he refuses to use.

Rachel Newsome is desperate to leave home, where she’s treated worse than a servant. If only she can have her own home, somewhere far away from her demanding, heartless mother. She finds her chance when she learns about becoming a Mail Order Bride. Eager for a new beginning, Rachel travels west to marry Carson Gordon. Carson Gordon has good reason to worry. When his new bride arrives, she’ll discover what he neglected to tell her.

Laura Holt goes home to Cactus Creek to care for her ailing father whose health is failing after years of drinking. She’s longed for her desert home for 14 years. To her surprise, her childhood infatuation with Logan King has not faded as much as she thought. But Logan is struggling with problems of his own after losing his first wife in a fire, and her father wants her to marry the saloon owner, although Laura doesn’t. As the situation worsen, Laura finds herself going to her favorite fishing spot by the creek to find peace, but it’s still Logan’s favorite place, too.

She’s tired of making cheese and ice cream on her family’s dairy farm, but when the cowboy hired to replace her turns out to be an ex-boyfriend, Clarissa suddenly isn’t so sure about leaving town...Will Spencer risk it all to convince Clarissa to stay and give him a second chance? Spencer Rust has been at Hope Eternal Ranch for years. He loves Texas, the ranch, his boss, and his roommates. But he's ready to take the next step in his life now that he's healed from some past trauma.

After the war, Jewel Eberhardt has few choices for a beau, so she writes to a mail-order bride agency. From Pike’s Bluff, Colorado, Dirk Walker writes her back. Nervous and self-conscious, he sends Jewel the train fare, praying it will be a good match. When they meet, he fears she’s far above him - a fine woman too good for the likes of him. Yet, he marries her and takes her home to his ranch.