A single mother finds out she has a bounty on her head that her brother's best friend is determined to collect in this sweetly suspenseful historical romance! Charity Powers isn't aware of her late husband's debts, and she certainly isn't trying to dodge payments when she and her four-year-old daughter board a train. They arrive in the cozy small town of Cedar Falls, Texas, to attend her brother's wedding. The moment Schmidt Barnes tracks her down, he realizes something more sinister is afoot. Unfortunately, his lovely target can't afford a lawyer to defend her, and she's way too proud to accept money from family or friends. He can think of only one other way to provide the round-the-clock protection she and her daughter need - by marrying her. All that's left is convincing the stubborn beauty that exchanging vows with a rugged bounty hunter is truly her best option. This book was previously part of the Silverpines Series and has since been rewritten and re-edited to be part of the BRIDES OF CEDAR FALLS - uplifting historical romance stories full of faith, hope, love, and cowboys!
A southern belle accidentally falls for a northern spy in this sweet and swoon-worthy, opposites-attract romance! To escape the bitter division of loyalties in her family during the war, Anna Kate Monroe accepts an invitation to serve as a companion to her spinster aunt in Cedar Falls, Texas. She meets a handsome fellow traveler, whose charming company makes the long train ride west an adventure she doesn't want to end. Even more surprising is the discovery that they are heading to the same small town. Captain Gregory Armstrong has been sent undercover from the north to investigate the claim that several prominent southern families are financing a major supply route to enemy troops. When his investigation leads him straight to Anna Kate's doorstep, he has no choice but to follow her and his suspicions all the way to Cedar Falls. To explain his presence, he pretends to be a potential new investor in a profitable western railroad spur. As the evidence mounts against his lovely target and her family, he grapples with an unexpected attraction to her that will test his mettle as both a spy and a gentleman of honor. This book was previously part of the Lawkeepers Series and has since been rewritten and re-edited to launch the BRIDES OF CEDAR FALLS - uplifting historical romance stories full of faith, hope, love, and cowboys!
A marriage of convenience that sparks an accidental attraction... Jolene Lilygate makes a childhood pact to come to the aid of her two best friends - anytime, anywhere, no questions asked. So, when they summon her to Texas years later, she packs a bag and boards the next train. She soon finds herself serving as a detective-in-training with a highly experienced but very grumpy Pinkerton agent. When the agency assigns them to work undercover as a married couple, her grumpy partner shocks her by proposing a marriage of convenience instead. Agent Edgar Barella jumps at the chance to sink his teeth into helping track down a dangerous gang of outlaws. However, he's furious about being saddled with another new recruit to train in the process. After what happened to his first partner, he's convinced the only way he can protect his new one is by marrying her - at least temporarily. His resentment about being partnered with the lovely Jolene all too quickly turns into something more. Instead of counting the days until their annulment, he uses what little time they have left together to get her to fall for him as hard as he's fallen for her! SECOND EDITION: This book was previously part of The Pinkerton Matchmaker Series. It has since been revised, re-edited, and recovered to be a part of its own Western Brides Undercover Series. Western Brides UndercoverAn Agent for BernadetteAn Agent for LorelaiAn Agent for JoleneAn Agent for Madeleine
An impoverished spinster in love with a man who's married to his job...and the twist of fate that makes it his job to protect her... Madeleine Caruthers has been madly in love with her pastor for over a year, but (despite her conviction that the attraction is mutual) he's made it clear he's married to the church. So, when her friends summon her to Texas, she doesn't think twice about signing on as a Pinkerton agent to help bring a dangerous cattle rustling gang to justice. As far as she's concerned, women can marry their jobs, too. Pastor Josh Michaelson hates the fact that he's not in the position to court the lovely Madeleine, but he can't stand the thought of dragging her into the dangers he faces every day as an undercover detective. When she abruptly leaves town, he prays she'll find someone out west who will love her and cherish her the way she deserves. He doesn't expect to get called to work a case in Texas himself, nor does he (in his wildest dreams) expect to be asked to serve as the partner of the one woman he can't stop thinking about. SECOND EDITION: This book was previously part of The Pinkerton Matchmaker Series. It has since been revised, re-edited, and recovered to be a part of its own Western Brides Undercover Series. Western Brides UndercoverAn Agent for BernadetteAn Agent for LorelaiAn Agent for JoleneAn Agent for Madeleine
A mail-order bride struggling to overcome grief, and the cowboy determined to help her heal by lassoing her heart.Eliza Jane Ferrell can't bear the thought of marrying any man besides the beau she lost in the war. Poverty, however, along with the pickpocket who's been hounding her, ultimately convince her to become a mail-order bride.The letter from Rancher Keegan Ford's sassy bride-to-be sounds promising, with one exception. She makes it clear from the start that her heart will never belong to him. It's a challenge he can't resist. How hard can it be for one hat-wearing, horse-riding, cattle-roping cowboy to capture his sad and lonely mail-order bride's heart?Buy Cowboy for Eliza Jane and be swept away by this clean and wholesome western romance!MAIL ORDER BRIDES ON THE RUNRead the whole trilogy!Cowboy for AnnabelleCowboy for PenelopeCowboy for Eliza Jane
When a mail-order bride schemes to make her husband fall deeply and desperately in love with her...Jameson Ford's dream is to turn the remote mountain community of El Vaquero into the biggest cattle town in Texas. When he submits an application for a mail-order bride, he's not looking for love. To him, acquiring a wife is simply one of his duties for pioneering a town.An impoverished debutante and former life of the party, Penelope Copeland carves out a new life as a working-class girl in post-war Atlanta - that is, until a gang of pickpockets forces her to flee town as a mail-order bride.She takes one look at her unsmiling groom at the altar and decides that two things need to happen to make their marriage work. Number one, make him laugh. Number two, make him fall in love with her. How hard can it be for a southern belle to lasso the heart of one stubborn cowboy? MAIL ORDER BRIDES ON THE RUNA complete trilogy - read them all!Cowboy for AnnabelleCowboy for PenelopeCowboy for Eliza Jane
A spunky cowgirl with a reputation for trouble, a clever cowboy plotting her arrest, and their unexpected attraction which complicates things... Jane is the sister of one of the most notorious outlaws in the west. Captured during a massive roundup, she is the key to bringing the cunning and dangerous Hunter Sherrington to justice. There's only one hitch. So far, the sheriff has been unable to pin a single indictment on the lovely sharpshooter, so she's released into the care of a local attorney and former mail-order bride, Felicity Barra. Felicity's youngest brother-in-law, Dodge, is the first person to meet her infamous houseguest. Though he's inexplicably drawn to Jane's aura of innocence, he knows better than to trust appearances. Anyone with the last name of Sherrington spells trouble. Realizing it's only a matter of time before her brother attempts to make contact, he slyly befriends her, fully intending to help build a case against both siblings that will lead to their arrest. Jane's request for Dodge to serve as her tutor comes as a surprise. After five years on the road with a posse of outlaws, she has a lot of catching up to do in school. As Christmas approaches, he finds himself torn between family loyalties, the call of justice, and his growing friendship with the brave and spirited cowgirl he teasingly calls Jinglebell Jane. Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace
To dodge a group of ruthless debt collectors, an impoverished southern belle agrees to become the mail-order bride of a rugged cowboy in this sweet and uplifting historical romance!After refusing to marry the cruel new owner of her childhood home, Annabelle Lane finds herself on the run from the scoundrels he hires to change her mind. In desperation, she signs a mail-order bride contract and hops on the next train, praying the groom she is matched with is a man worth running toward.The most sought-after range rider in the west, Ethan Vasquez is highly skilled at protecting livestock from bears, wolves, and rustlers. But it's a job that leaves no time for courting, no matter how determined he is to have a family of his own someday. When a dare from friends has him scrambling to send off for a mail-order bride, he never imagines how quickly she will arrive or how much trouble will follow. It's a good thing he knows a thing or two about handling predators. He can only hope she finds his heavily scarred hands worth joining with hers in holy matrimony after the first wave of danger is past. MAIL ORDER BRIDES ON THE RUNA complete trilogy - read them all!Cowboy for AnnabelleCowboy for PenelopeCowboy for Eliza Jane
A mail-order bride who's gone missing - not once, but twice - and the reformed outlaw determined to give her the happily-ever-after she deserves...>Hunter Sherrington is the kind of outlaw who will make an instant hero out of the lawman who finally claps him in handcuffs. Unfortunately for everyone pursuing him, he's very skilled at being a hard target. After meeting MaryAnne, though, he begins to wonder if running is truly the answer. Because the only place he wants to run anymore is straight into her arms! Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace
A runaway bride meets the cowboy of her dreams, but just doesn't realize it yet. Tennyson Barra, a claim jumper turned rancher, is ready to settle down with a wife and family of his own. He figures the easiest way to find the perfect woman is to let the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Company do the searching for him. He never counted on his prospective bride being kidnapped by highwaymen on her journey west. Or being the man sent to rescue her, only to discover she never intended to follow through with their marriage contract in the first place... With a dangerous former fiancé dogging her heels and two bandits determined to recover the bounty she so cleverly plucked from them, Callie Abbott turns out to be nothing Tennyson expected in a woman but everything he decides he wants. He only has a few days to convince her that running from her troubles will never be half as enjoyable as facing them together.Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie GraceMAIL ORDER BRIDES RESCUE SERIESHot-Tempered HannahCold-Feet CallieFiery FelicityMisunderstood MegDare-Devil DaisyOutrageous OliviaJinglebell JaneAbsentminded AmeliaBookish BelindaTenacious TrudyMeddlesome MadgeMismatched MaryAnne
A ruined socialite who needs a husband to save her reputation, a matchmaker tired of watching everyone besides him find their happily-ever-after, and the journey west that sparks an unexpected attraction... Olivia Rothschild has made another mistake. She always tries to follow the advice of her social climbing aunt, but she never quite plays the game of a debutante to her guardian's satisfaction. This time, she kisses the wrong man - in plain view of her biggest rival, no less, who can't wait to spread the scandalous tale. According to her aunt, she must now marry him or face complete social ruin. Jordan Branson and his brother run a highly successful mail-order bride agency, but sometimes he gets tired of arranging everyone else's perfect matches and never his own. When Olivia arrives at his office, completely distraught and desperate for a fresh start, he discovers he's in no hurry to marry the delightful debutante to the next groom on his waiting list. Instead, he offers to accompany her to Arizona, assuring himself it's only a business trip. Because a man of his impeccable tastes would never fall for a socially ruined debutante...or would he? Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace
A nurse trying to dodge an arranged marriage, a doctor seeking true love, and his mail-order marriage proposal... Dr. Rory Jude is tired of coming in second - second in his father's affections, second-in-line to run the family business, and the second choice of his fiancée who always seems to have her eye on a wealthier prospective groom. Seeking a fresh start, he leaves the city to open a doctor's office out west. He finds himself in a town desperately short of marriageable women, until a chance encounter with a mail-order bride agency owner opens his eyes to another way to find a wife. Convinced she's destined for greater things, Trudy Crandall skips her debutante season in order to attend the Boston School of Nursing. After she graduates, her family tries to rein in her bluestocking tendencies by pressuring her into an arranged marriage. To sever her financial dependence on them, she begs the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Agency to find her a husband who will support her dream of becoming a nurse. To her surprise, they claim to have the perfect groom in mind to make all her wishes come true! Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace
An impoverished debutante is in a hurry to marry, a rough and tough cowboy is on the hunt for a wife, and neither is being completely honest about their reasons. To the world, Daisy Danvers is a spoiled debutante who always gets what she wants. But she has secrets - big, festering, riches-to-rags secrets that she doesn't want her best friend, Meg, to find out. Daisy enlists her help finding the perfect husband to claim her hand in marriage the moment she steps off the train in Arizona. Her very life might depend on it. She neither expects her troubles to follow her west, nor a whole posse of armed robbers to be waiting for her when she arrives. Fortunately, a cowboy sweeps her to safety on his horse. It's way too bad the ruggedly handsome Prescott Barra claims he's already engaged to another woman, because he's everything she's ever dreamed of finding in a husband. He's brave and fearless with a streak of adventure as wide as the western canyons. As danger and secrets unfold, she hopes he'll come to his senses and realize she's the right woman for him before it's too late. Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace
A lonely federal marshal working undercover, a wealthy heiress posing as a mail-order bride, and a marriage of convenience that turns out to be anything but convenient... Meg Gladstone is a wealthy heiress who's never experienced life outside the palatial fortress where she was raised. The moment her late father's shipping dynasty transfers to his business partner, she finally pursues her dream of living an ordinary life. After hearing the hype about becoming a mail-order bride, she walks into an agency and is surprised to learn they are advertising things like love, family, and acceptance - everything she wants that her money can't buy. On the other side of the country, Shad Nicholson grows tired of his solitary existence as an undercover federal marshal. He wants a wife but doesn't have time to pursue that kind of relationship. In a weak moment, he writes the Boomtown Mail Order Brides Agency for help finding his true love. When Meg arrives in his hometown with her mountain of luggage and glorious collection of gowns, Shad worries he might have made the biggest mistake of his life. Can two such different people find all the beautiful things they're looking for in each other, or will the secrets both are hiding soon tear them apart?Heartwarming historical romance with a dash of humor, a twist of intrigue, and a happily-ever-after! Each title in this series can be read as a standalone.-Jo Grafford, writing as Jovie Grace MAIL ORDER BRIDES RESCUE SERIESHot-Tempered HannahCold-Feet CallieFiery FelicityMisunderstood MegDare-Devil DaisyOutrageous OliviaJinglebell JaneAbsentminded AmeliaBookish BelindaTenacious TrudyMeddlesome MadgeMismatched MaryAnne
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