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RNWMP: Bride for Nolan by Cassie Hayes, Mail Order Mounties
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe way to a man’s heart is through his stomach… At least that’s what Miss Hazel Hughes thinks. As a self-appointed Mountie matchmaker, she knows she’s found the right woman for one very hungry man when she meets professional chef Tilly Conway. Suffering from the fallout of a scandal that wasn’t her fault, Tilly finds herself jobless, homeless and…hopeless...Categorized as:
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Debating with the Duke by Alexa Aston
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFirst sons inherit all. Third sons are promised to the church. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military—unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down...Categorized as:
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Montana Mail Order Brides Box Set: Books 13 - 15 by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBooks 13 -15 in the series that critics describe as “a wonderful blend of hope, humor, passion, romance, and forgiveness.” Westward Secrets: Book 13 Gina Silvetti comes to Dawson to find that the man she was to marry has died. Handsome, Deputy Rick Westlake helps her and the two begin a romance. But, secrets and family strife threaten any future they may have together...Categorized as:
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The Goodbye Governess by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's not truly a governess. He doesn't want to be a dutiful lord. They're about to collide in this deliciously steamy conclusion to the Unexpected Lords series from USA Today bestselling author Scarlett Scott.Oliver “Knight” Knightly, newly inherited Earl of Stoneleigh, has been summoned home to England after the sudden death of his brother...Categorized as:
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Christmas in Clover Springs by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlicia Carstairs had it all—or so she thought. Financially secure, well brought up, engaged to a prominent young man. So why was she on a train headed west in the hopes of securing a position as a governess? Aaron Higgins thought he was happy until all his friends, his brother and now Little Beaver, too, were married and having children. He wrote to Mrs. Gantley, asking for a bride... -
Westward Bound by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** Claire O’Connor is the youngest of the three O’Connor sisters. Unlike her older siblings, Claire doesn’t have great skills in social niceties. Even though she tries to fit in, Claire will never be popular in the elite world in which she was born... -
Isabelle's Choice by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHalifax, 1876. On the death of her mother and sister, Isabelle Gibson is left to fend for herself and her brother in a privately-run workhouse. After the matron's son attacks her, Isabelle decides to escape him and a life of drudgery by agreeing to marry a moorland farmer she has never met. But this man, Farrell, is a drunkard and a bully in constant feud with his landlord, Ethan Harrington... -
Barclay by Charlene Raddon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo bachelor could be prepared for what happens to the Givens brothers one stormy night in 1876. Finding a pregnant woman on their road, they take her in. Before they can learn anything about her, she gives birth to triplets and disappears. Luckily, the doctor supplies a much-needed wet-nurse— Cynara, a recent widow who lost her baby...Categorized as:
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A Contracted Spouse for the Prizefighter by Alice Coldbreath
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTheodora knows in her heart that she has star quality but sadly, no-one else in her theatrical family feels the same way. When her sister, the other half of their act leaves to get married, Thora is promptly axed from the bill and expected to take a back seat in the family business... -
Cora's Pride by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCora Miller is fiercely independent and stubborn to a fault. Betrayed more than once by men she thought she could trust, she’s learned to rely only on herself. As the oldest of four siblings, she feels responsible for leading her family safely on the Oregon Trail for a new start. Nathaniel Wilder is no stranger to the hardships and dangers of the wilderness...Categorized as:
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Western Future by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt finally happened. Charlotte’s bakery is open and thriving beyond anything she could have imagined. Her logical, business-driven tenant—one of the Copper Kings—thinks she should make changes to maximize her profit, but she isn’t ready—no matter how illogical. He confounds and fascinates her, and now he’s all she can think about. Max doesn’t need distractions...Categorized as:
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Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“A passionate, heartwarming story of the iconic MacLarens of Fire Mountain. This captivating historical western romance grabs your attention from the start with an engrossing story encompassing two romances set against the rugged backdrop of the burgeoning western frontier.” Connor MacLaren’s search has already stolen eight years of his life...Categorized as:
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Brides of Beckham: Books 8-10 by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 8th-10th books in the bestselling Brides of Beckham Series. Included are: Mail Order Motherhood, Mail Order Matron, and Mail Order Meddler. Mail Order Motherhood: When Clara's husband dies and leaves her with two children and a farm she can't run on her own, the bank evicts her small family, and she needs to find a new home fast... -
Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Smart, tough, and capable, the MacLarens protect their own no matter the odds. Set against America’s rugged frontier, the stories of the men from Fire Mountain are complex, fast-paced, and a must read for anyone who enjoys non-stop action and romance.” Drew MacLaren is focused and strong...Categorized as:
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A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Markham is a socialite from New York City who came to Topeka with one goal—to marry Adam Brody. But Adam has married someone else, and Olivia has nowhere to go. Taking a job at the Brody Hotel requires her to swallow her pride, but she has no choice in the matter. Now she must learn to adjust to simple living and wearing cotton dresses—cotton, when she should be wearing silk... -
RNWMP: Bride for Colton by Cassie Hayes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a lie turns into love? Honor was never a high priority for the thieves and charlatans Gemma Spurling was raised with. When she’s finally old enough to break free of her mother’s control, dear ol’ Mum has other ideas. Just one more swindle, she says, but Gemma knows it will never stop. The only way to live the honorable life she truly wants is to escape Ottawa forever... -
Fae's Fantasy by Kay P. Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFae has always believed in true love and happy-ever-afters, even if she'd never thought it was something she would have for herself. As an orphan raised in the Wigg School and Foundling Home, she knows her options are limited, but she's content to spend her life in service to Madam Wigg as a teacher at the school...Categorized as:
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Quinlan's Quest: A Lipstick and Lead Story by Sylvia McDaniel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvil touched Quinlan once. Will it do so again?The best thing that ever happened to Quinlan Clark was the day the law took her to an orphanage. Now, the time has come for Quinlan and the other young teachers to go out on their own as mail-order brides. But childhood nightmares still haunt Quinlan, keeping her terror of men firmly set...Categorized as:
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Never a Lawman by Rachel Bird
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove can ruin the perfect getaway...When Belle LeClair's US Marshal husband dies, she flees Boston and her wealthy, overbearing mother-in-law—who has already chosen Belle's next husband! Belle won't rule out marrying again, but any prospective partner better not have a job that will get him killed.Sheriff Brady Fontana's fiancée was murdered on her way to join him in Break Heart, Colorado... -
Phebe's Promise by Cathryn Chandler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis head is in the clouds, but her feet are firmly on the ground. Can they ever find a way to make a life together? Phebe became an orphan the day she was born. Her mother died giving birth, waiting for her husband and son to return from the gold fields in California. But neither one was ever heard from again...Categorized as:
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Tillie's Theatre by Keira K. Barton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTillie Thompson does not want to be a mail-order bride. Relinquishing the choice of who she falls in love with feels like giving up the only decision that would truly be her own in shaping her future. With the prospect of opening her own school—which will have an arts-based curriculum—hanging in the balance, Tillie decides to risk her autonomy on the handsome Dr. William T...Categorized as:
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Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVera Mae Wigg is ready for an adventure, and her fellow teachers at The Wigg Foundling Home and School have been given the opportunity for just that. They are all heading west to start their own schools... -
Yetta's Yearning by Michele Lindsey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow that his mine has paid out, Nathaniel can finally hang up his pickaxe and fulfill his dream of owning a cattle farm. He's also looking forward to settling down and starting a family. But he'll need a wife first.Yetta has spent her whole life at the Wigg Foundling Home and School in New York City. First as a foundling herself, now as teacher, living in the dorms... -
Zara's Zephyr by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZara Wigg is a dreamer. So, when she’s offered the chance to build her own school and become a mail-order bride, she agrees to all conditions—including the one about taking a husband. But when she arrives in Promise Creek and discovers the man she’s fallen in love with through letters isn’t her intended, those dreams collapse. Thaddeus Gray has one goal: to strike it rich...Categorized as:
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Mail Order Man by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlotte Watkins has always been considered the odd one. Now that her husband has passed, and she’s been trying to run a ranch as well as care for her young son and her home, life is becoming overwhelming. Highly aware that none of the men in town will even consider marrying her, Charlotte decides to send off for a mail-order husband. She doesn’t care what the townspeople thought of her... -
Caroline's Passion by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaroline Hudson has always gone after what she wants. Leaving the wilderness to pursue a medical degree in Boston would seem unfathomable to most. Being taken seriously as a woman doctor may be her biggest obstacle to overcome. An unexpected offer appears to provide every opportunity for which she had hoped, until a face appears from the shadows to remind her of what she truly wants... -
Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill their pasts keep them apart? Or can love heal their scars?Adelaide Harris is seeking a new future. Jilted by an unrequited love, she heads West, beginning a new chapter of her life as a mail-order bride in a marriage of convenience, determined to never fall in love again. However, she is about to discover that fate has other plans in store for her.Jackson Preston is haunted by his past... -
An Irish Blessing by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Montana Sky Series NOVELLA by Debra Holland, NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Healer Alana O’Donnell travels to her uncle’s home on the prairie outside of Sweetwater Springs to nurse her ailing aunt, leaving her twin Bridget behind at the Thompson ranch... -
A Rolling Stone by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Three in the Irish Sisters Trilogy, A Montana Sky Series novella, by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Debra Holland Abandoned by the father of her illegitimate baby and pretending to be a widow, Catriona O’Donnell leaves Ireland to find her twin sisters in America... -
Their Rebellious Bride by Vanessa Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome back to the Wild Wild West in 1885 and the town of Bridgewater, where one cowboy—one husband—is never enough. Young, beautiful and idealistic, Tennessee Bennett longs to marry, but only for love. Unfortunately, her father intends to marry her off to the first wealthy man who will have her in order to pay his gambling debts... -
When the Earl was Wicked by Stacy Reid, AuthorsDesigns
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLady Verity Ayles will do whatever it takes to protect herself from a vile cur, no matter how scandalous or perilous it may be. And that means aligning with James Radcliffe, the Earl of Maschelly—a scoundrel who spends his days in sin and self-indulgence, and his nights in reckless pursuits. Clearly, a man any young lady of good sense and reputation should stay away from...Categorized as:
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Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAngelina Hunter was seriously minded, and it was a good thing. Her father’s ranch needed a woman who could endure the strenuous work of ranch life. Since her mother’s death, Angelina had been that woman. She had no time for frivolity; no time for a less severe side of life...Categorized as:
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Pillsbury Crossing by Donna Foley Mabry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the second of The Manhattan Stories, Emma is nine on the day they meet, hot-headed and wild-haired. Akecheta is twelve, already the man of his house. He saves her life and tells her she belongs to him... -
Anna by Everly West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the Rancher Convince the Southern Belle to be his Montana Wife? With no family in Charleston, Anna Tuttle decides to join her friends and become a mail-order bride. But she wasn’t prepared for the way her indulged life would change. And yet her rugged husband is doing his best to help her adjust to her new life as a ranchers wife. But she wants more... -
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Daisy by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaised with advantage and privilege, Daisy must now find a husband. Because of her overwhelming shyness, she chooses to let her aunt, Harriett Farmer, find her a husband. Aunt Harriett’s suggestions are not what she expected. Setting her up to be a Mail Order Bride, she sends her to Montana to meet Eli King. What she finds is a life vastly different than what she's used to...Categorized as:
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Jasmine by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTake a girl with a flower name and add in a sweet widower, twin boys, a pet pig and what do you get? A fun-filled romance sure to delight any lover of historical romance. The fifth of the Sullivan girls , Jasmine stays with her sister Daisy to help her while she’s pregnant and for a time after her sweet niece Dinah is born... -
Mail Order Meals by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGertrude Miller is well-known for her cooking, working for the diner there in Beckham, Massachusetts. When she spots an old crush eating with his new wife, she realizes that there is no chance she will ever be able to find love there in Beckham, where everyone remembers her as a member of the demon horde... -
The Rake's Insatiable Bride by Caroline Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’ll do things her way, or not at all…and that includes marriage!Industrialist Jade Thacker is used to being in control of her own life... -
The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHawk and Zeke have been inseparable ever since boyhoodâ��two loners, outsiders, as free as the wild horses they chase across the Arizona desert. So when they join up with two misplaced dancehall girls on the trail, they react about the same way as unbroken mustangs to the saddle... -
Brides of Beckham: The First Four Books by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis box set includes the first four books in the bestselling Brides of Beckham Series by Kirsten Osbourne. Included are: Mail Order Mayhem, Mail Order Mama, Mail Order Madness and Mail Order Mix-up. Harriett Long, a widow in Beckham, Massachusetts, begins her journey as a matchmaker by matching up four brides with grooms in the West... -
In His Touch: Blemished Brides Book 2 by Peggy L Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA year has passed since a tragic event stole everything from Laura – her husband, her dreams for the future, and her sense of self-worth. Determined to run her farm alone, she resolves to never give in to the man who wants her land, or allow vicious rumors to break her spirit... -
A Free Heart by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarriet Martin left her plantation home in Atlanta and came to Kansas with one thought on her mind—finding the mother of the man she was supposed to marry. She will never find peace or be able to move on until she knows that Jane, a former slave, is safe and happy... -
Evelyn by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvelyn Sanders is a smart, confident woman, who is tired of the games boys play. She wants to marry, but she needs someone who will be honest with her and treat her like a lady. When one of her students misbehaves in class, and she meets with his father, she is unprepared for the feelings that spring to life for him, despite his seemingly uncaring attitude about his son’s misdeeds... -
Loved by the Viscount: A Historical Regency Romance by Ellie St. Clair
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter three months of marriage, the husband of Lady Rosalind Branson falls to his death down the stairs of a brothel and Rosalind has but one feeling -- relief, as she is now free. She soon learns, however, that her dowry has been spent and the estate is ruin, leaving her destitute. The only option presented to her is marriage to her husband’s brother, a fate she refuses to accept...Categorized as:
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The Dark and the Dawn by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJeanette Peterson and her sister, Abigail, are running from a dark past and hiding from an even darker future. When they happen upon the Brody Hotel in Topeka, Kansas, they're given a chance at a whole new life, one where they can choose who they want to become. When Jeanette assists the town doctor with a difficult case, she realizes she has a calling and a passion to become a nurse. Dr... -
His Heartbroken Bride by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Please note that this is the spicy version of Libby: The Heartbroken Bride ) Libby Chance Sims was orphaned, along with her siblings, at an early age, traveled west on the Oregon Trail, and thought she had her fairytale ending when she met and married a good man at trail’s end... -
His Tempting Bride by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(Please note that this is the spicy version of Miriam: The Tempting Bride) Miriam Long has been running for her whole life—running from her sinful past, running from her shameful mistakes, and running from the guilt of chickening out of her one chance to start over...Categorized as:
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Leanna's Light by Maxine Douglas
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeanna Jones must leave the only home she’s ever known at Madam Wigg’s foundling home to open a school.Travis Matlock doesn’t have room in his heart for love after the death of his beloved Lisa, but his three children need an education...Categorized as:
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Sally's Sailor by Laura Stapleton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSally Wigg began life as an orphan. Never knowing who her parents were, she grew up in Madam Wigg's school and foundling home with her adopted sisters. Until the day she'd been secretly dreading all of her life arrived. Sally, like her sisters, thumbed through The Bride's Bulletin yet remained skeptical the men listed were anything but the worst. Then, she saw Henry DuBoise...Categorized as:
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The Duchess of Drury Lane by Janna MacGregor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe plays a part in society. He's convinced she's been miscast.Raised to be a future duchess, Celeste Worsley must marry the duke her grandfather chooses for her. That means staying away from Malcolm Hollandale, one of the infamous self-made Millionaires of Mayfair...Categorized as:
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