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![Ruby by Sadie Conall]()
Ruby by Sadie Conall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIts 1846 and after escaping by wagon train from St Louis and heading west, Ruby leaves Fort Hall for California, hoping to start a new life and leave her past behind... -
![Velvet by Carolyn Brown]()
Velvet by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVelvet is about to breathe her last and doesn't even know it when Patrick O'Leary lays her on the bed in a very strange house. When she does awake from a fever-induced coma, she finds herself in a cabin with Dr. Hoyt Baxter, who's hateful, mean and spiteful and doesn't care if she lives or dies, so long as she's out of his house and his life as soon as possible...Categorized as:
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![Willow by Carolyn Brown]()
Willow by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWillow Gail Dulan didn't like Rafe Pierce when he read her father's will. She sure didn't like him when he tried to talk Hank Gibson out of letting her and her four newly-found sisters travel to California with the wagon train of mail-order brides. Rafe was totally against the idea of Jake Dulan's daughters going with the train... -
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![The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
The Beauty of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrought together after tragedy, Edward Wyllie and Dora Tudor find the true beauty of love in this poignant and thrilling historical romance set in 1800 Boston and New Hampshire. In an unlikely place for new beginnings, a cemetery, Edward and Dora meet for the first time. But in that forlorn place, the beauty of love blossoms... -
![Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley]()
Love's New Beginning by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLoss took everything, love gave him even more. It's 1800 Philadelphia, and the city cowers before a mysterious killer—Yellow Fever. Daniel Armitage and his family are respected members of Philadelphia society. But their status cannot save Daniel’s loved ones. His entire family succumbs to the horrifying disease. His mother’s startling deathbed confession, shakes Daniel to his soul... -
![Love's Sunrise by Dorothy Wiley]()
Love's Sunrise by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGabe McGrath has secured the title to his land among the blue-green pastures and rolling hills of 1806 frontier Kentucky. During a violent storm--the second worst night of his life--Gabe seeks shelter at the home of a nearby cattleman and meets the man's stunning, strong-willed daughter, Martha Wyllie . Burdens of grief and a desire for justice stand in the way of Gabe's happiness... -
![Westward Bound by Linda Bridey]()
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... -
![Barclay by Charlene Raddon]()
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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![Stormy Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Stormy Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSchoolteacher Harriet Stanton believes she is in love with newly-married Nick Sanders, until a mysterious stranger rescues her from an accident. Anthony ‘Ant’ Gordon is chasing Lewis, the man who murdered his sister and kidnapped his nephew, David. Harriet and Ant join forces to find David. When they do, Ant fights with Lewis. The kidnapper falls off a cliff, and is presumed dead... -
![Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
Harder Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill MacLaren is a hardened, plain-speaking bounty hunter. His life centers on finding men guilty of horrendous crimes and making sure justice is done. There is no place in his world for the carefree attitude he carried years before when a tragic event destroyed his dreams. Amanda is the daughter of a successful Colorado rancher...Categorized as:
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![Westward Sunrise by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Sunrise by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Sweet Clean Romance novel Abby Porter dreams of finding the perfect man. He doesn’t exist in Wabasha, Minnesota, however, so she casts her net wider by answering mail-order-bride advertisements. She has no luck until she comes across one from a general store owner in Dawson, Montana...Categorized as:
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![A Clean Slate by Amelia C. Adams]()
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... -
![Two Ways Home by Sondra Kraak]()
Two Ways Home by Sondra Kraak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s about to lose her home. He never wanted to see his again. And a stalker is staking a claim . . . Washington, 1892 Mary Smith was never one to back down from a challenge...Categorized as:
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![Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield]()
Bobbins and Boots by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow does an act of kindness result in. . . marriage? One carefree cowboy is about to find out in this sweet historical romance! Born dirt-poor into a life of hardship, Allie Tillman seizes the opportunity to better her situation by answering an advertisement for a mail-order bride in the West. Upon her arrival in Baker City, Oregon, she discovers her intended is a low-down, lying thief...Categorized as:
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![Scars of the Heart by Kristene Holloway]()
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... -
![A Mother for Rosie by Emma Ashwood]()
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![Frontier Gift of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
Frontier Gift of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCatherine’s life is at stake. Captain Sam Wyllie is forced to face his darkest fear and make an impossible choice. A wrong choice will shatter their blissful world and everything that matters to him. For his wife and unborn child to survive, his love will have to be stronger than their misfortunes... -
![Dusty Britches by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
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]()
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... -
![Matt by Leigh Greenwood]()
Matt by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMatt Haskins proved to be the most difficult of all the orphans in The Cowboys to write about. It's not easy to make a hero out of a man who has been sexually molested, especially when the abuse has given him a mental block against physical contact. I had to find a way to make the reader see that Matt's strength was of a different kind from most cowboys...Categorized as:
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![The Mavericks by Leigh Greenwood]()
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]()
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... -
![Westward Fortune by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Fortune by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** Lacey Reagan’s father, Amos, is a violent alcoholic who takes out his frustrations on his daughter. Lacey knows it’s only a matter of time until he kills her, so when an opportunity arises to run away, she takes it...Categorized as:
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![In His Touch: Blemished Brides Book 2 by Peggy L Henderson]()
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... -
![Renegade Bride by Barbara Ankrum]()
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![A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White]()
A Mail Order Bride for Wyatt by Carré White
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHired for a cattle drive, Wyatt Carson is surprised when his boss, Mr. Hardin, expects him to transport his mail order bride, Sofia Parker, from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. Little does Wyatt know that the real Sofia Parker has just passed away from blood poisoning. Her roommate, Eugenia Madsen, has taken her place, determined to escape poverty by marrying a rich cattle baron...Categorized as:
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![The Dark and the Dawn by Amelia C. Adams]()
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]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Teton Sunset by Peggy L. Henderson]()
Teton Sunset by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 in the Teton Romance Trilogy Life for Lucas Walker is a constant adventure, a daily game to be won in the vast Teton wilderness. Facing every challenge head-on, he values the freedom to go where he wants, when he wants, and without attachments to any one person. She is known to the native people of the land as Ghost Woman... -
![Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid]()
Lawless: Noah Kincaid by Stacy Reid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNoah Kincaid has a ruthless reputation, known in the untamed West as ‘Lawless.’ He does not seek distractions or attachments, especially one as lovely, fierce, and passionate as Miss Ada Bancroft. Rescuing her from a gang bent on mayhem, they are forced to flee together...Categorized as:
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![His Wagon Train Sweetheart by Catherine Kennedy]()
His Wagon Train Sweetheart by Catherine Kennedy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRiding the Santa Fe Trail is a difficult and lonely profession...especially for a girl named George.Georgianna Walton's father sat her on the back of a horse the moment she could sit up straight. Ever since, they have traveled together from one side of the country to the other with no place to call home...Categorized as:
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![Substitute Bride by Margery Scott]()
Substitute Bride by Margery Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe married the wrong twin! Six years after Cole Berringer goes west to build a new life, he writes to his childhood sweetheart, Sarah Main, and proposes marriage. But instead of the woman he left behind, her twin sister, Elizabeth, arrives in Colorado to take her place... -
![A Run For Love by Callie Hutton]()
A Run For Love by Callie Hutton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFeisty school teacher Tori Henderson values her independence and has no use for a husband. When she finds herself the legal guardian of her two nieces, two nephews, and facing eviction from her Kansas home, she enters the 1889 Oklahoma land run and confronts a new set of challenges...Categorized as:
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![To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas]()
To Wed in Texas by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReverend Daniel McLain desperately needs help in bringing guidance and peace to the mid-19th-century Western town of Jefferson, Tex., and with twin toddlers running him ragged, he can't get focused. He appeals to his late wife's family and expects the assistance of an elderly aunt. Instead, poor family relation and spinster Karlee Whitworth arrives...Categorized as:
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![Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas]()
Two Texas Hearts by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKora Adams doesn't believe in curses, but she has known nothing but bad luck all of her life. Until the night a handsome stranger knocks on her front door. Winter McQuillen has inherited a sprawling Texas ranch--but the only way he can claim it is to have a wife--this very night. Now, Kora has to make a choice--turn Winter out of her home or take a chance on the possibility of love...Categorized as:
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![The Rancher by Lily Graison]()
The Rancher by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaurel Montgomery wanted a new life, one that didn't include a man. She'd had enough of their pretty lies and broken promises but one night of reckless abandon weeks before taking a job as the new schoolteacher in Willow Creek would come back to haunt her. The man she thought to never see again turns out to be the father of one of her new students... -
![The Gambler by Lily Graison]()
The Gambler by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmmaline Hunt only had one thing she could call her own. A piece of land that held a secret not even her drunken stepfather knew about. When he gambles it away in a high stakes poker game, Emmaline does the only thing she can. She tries to steal the land deed back... -
![Apache Magic by Janis Reams Hudson]()
Apache Magic by Janis Reams Hudson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo the Apaches, Daniella Blackwood was an adopted daughter, respected and cherished. To their shaman, the bold white streak in her hair made her special and her visions in the flames make her a woman of magic. Yet no magic could protect Daniella from the passion that sears her senses when she first meets Travis Colton... -
![Dream River by Dorothy Garlock]()
Dream River by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe million-copy bestselling author of Wind of Promise and Annie Lash continues her breathtaking Wabash River Trilogy with this second exciting novel set in Arkansas in 1819. Amy Deverell joins Rain Tallman as he blazes new trails across the American frontier--and across her heart... -
![Apache Flame by Madeline Baker]()
Apache Flame by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a child, Mitch Garrett was excluded from respectable society. His father was the town drunkard, his mother was an Apache, and his only friend was Alisha Faraday, the sweet, innocent daughter of a preacher. But as adults, their secret affection turned into a powerful love that neither could deny...Categorized as:
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![His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison]()
His Brother's Wife by Lily Graison
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Grace Kingston accepts a wedding proposal through a mail-order bride agency and travels across country to be married, she has no idea her bridegroom is a fourteen-year-old boy. There's no way she can accept his offer but with depleted funds, and winter coming on, Grace has little choice but to stay. Things go from bad to worse when she meets Jesse's older brother, Rafe...Categorized as:
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![The Texan and The Lady (McCormick (Harvey Girls Series) #1) by Jodi Thomas]()
The Texan and The Lady (McCormick (Harvey Girls Series) #1) by Jodi Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJennie Munday left her sleepy Iowa home to become a Harvey Girl. On a train bound for Kansas and her exciting new life, she met Austin McCormick, a gruff, abrasive Texas marshal who seemed to be everything she disliked in a man... -
![New Mexico Sunrise: Faith and Love Hold Generations Together in Four Complete Novels by Tracie Peterson]()
New Mexico Sunrise: Faith and Love Hold Generations Together in Four Complete Novels by Tracie Peterson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoin the Lucas, Monroe, and Dawson families as they stake their claim to the "Land of Enchantment." Their struggles and triumphs blend into the sandstone mesas and sweeping sage plains of New Mexico, and their tracks are still visible along the deeply rutted Sante Fe Trail and the chiseled railways they traveled. Award winning author Tracie Peterson brings their stories to life... -
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![Trail of Destiny by Merry Farmer]()
Trail of Destiny by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung widow, Alice Porter, never thought she would fall in love again, and that her family’s journey along the Oregon Trail was the end of her story. Rugged militiaman, Jarvis Flint, never thought he would fall in love in the first place, even though he is determined to be a man of honor and to do his duty... -
![Sins of the Mothers by Caryl McAdoo]()
Sins of the Mothers by Caryl McAdoo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPersistent faith brings redemption and reconciliation. Propelled by blind love, Mary Rachel Buckmeyer defies her father to elope with Caleb Wheeler. The newlyweds run off to California then partner with his cousin in his dry goods business. Unbeknownst to the young bride, her new husband sends his kissing cousin ahead. He wants his love and his new wife’s money, too... -
![The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach]()
The Lassoed by Marriage Romance Collection: 9 Historical Romances Begin After Saying "I Do" (Love & Romance Collections) by Angela Bell, Angela Breidenbach
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArranged marriage without romance was once a rather common occurrence, and if love developed, they counted themselves fortunate. From England to the American west, nine historical couples enter marriage agreements by both coercion and necessity... -
![A Mail Order Bride for Bronson by Carré White]()
A Mail Order Bride for Bronson by Carré White
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate for grandbabies, and cursed with four wayward sons, Maggie Carson concocts a scheme to impersonate them in letters sent back east for mail order brides. Fleeing from an abusive marriage, Charlotte Mills and her five-year-old son, Dudley, travel to Kansas in the hope of securing a better future. While on the train to Topeka, the passengers are robbed by a band of outlaws...Categorized as:
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![Scarred Hearts by Billi Tiner]()
Scarred Hearts by Billi Tiner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Historical Romance Claire Montgomery is a survivor. During the War Between the States, her family’s plantation was burned to the ground, killing both her parents and leaving her scarred, both physically and emotionally. Despite facing extreme hardship, she’s grown into a compassionate woman with a heart for helping people... -
![The Stolen Bride by Cynthia Woolf]()
The Stolen Bride by Cynthia Woolf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIsabella “Bella” Latham's callous father sold her into marriage to settle a gambling debt. Rather than face life with a cruel man more than twice her age, she runs from New York and becomes a mail-order bride. Bella's dreams are simple. All she needs to be happy is a home, children and an honorable man to love her. Alex Hastings lost his wife in a riding accident two years before...
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