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Heartland Stars by Jessie Gussman
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter working beside her sisters for years on their Iowa farm, Meg McClosky 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.Farris Warner has spent the last ten years fighting... -
![The Work and the Glory Books 1-10 by Gerald N. Lund]()
The Work and the Glory Books 1-10 by Gerald N. Lund
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll of the original work and the glory books in... -
![An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling]()
An Orphan's Christmas Dream by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the workhouse, little orphan Holly Green dreamed of a Christmas filled with roast beef and plum pudding. But Holly's beautiful Christmas dream was soon to contort into a cruel nightmare.One snowy Christmas Eve, two vulnerable little girls run away from the harsh workhouse, into the unknown and unforgiving world that was Victorian London... -
![The Blind Sibling by Hope Dawson]()
The Blind Sibling by Hope Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“When you have no more hope left, sometimes you have to join forces with the enemy to survive.”Lizzie White is so happy when her baby sister is born in their gloomy dwelling in the Seven Dials slum of Victorian London. Even when it turns out that little Annie will never be able to see in her life. But then cruel fate decides to serve the girls an even rougher hand... -
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![The Christmas Candle Girl by Rosie Darling]()
The Christmas Candle Girl by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery Christmas Gracie Fellows would push her cart full of Christmas candles through the harsh snow covered streets of Victorian London. Despite her tender years she knew that the coins she would make selling them to the wealthy would sustain her and her war injured father for the year. Gracie was not the only child who relied on the rich market-shoppers for a livelihood... -
![The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling]()
The Workhouse Daughter by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWork hard and avoid the workhouse her Papa had always told her. But Papa was dead, and now six-year-old Amelia Gladstone was living in her darkest dreams. Life would have been unbearable if it weren’t for Robert Merriweather, a fellow workhouse orphan, who had more than a touch of daring and adventure about him... -
![The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling]()
The Asylum Daughter by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBorn in the dark horrors of the Victorian Bedlam, Beth Thursday was a no-one. An inconsequential inconvenience.After eight years of dreaming of an unknown mother rescuing her from the workhouse, Beth is unexpectedly liberated to become an apprentice in Mr Whitaker's tailor's shop... -
![Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set Books 16 - 18: Historical Cowboy Western Mail Order Bride Collection by Linda Bridey]()
Montana Mail Order Bride Box Set Books 16 - 18: Historical Cowboy Western Mail Order Bride Collection by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow available as a Bundle Box Set, books 16, 17 , and 18 in the Montana Mail Order Bride series written by bestselling author Linda Bridey.(Historical cowboy romance)This sweet clean romance box set includes:Book 16 – Westward Joy.Rachel returns to Dawson after running away amid scandal and shame. Will Foster is the main reason she comes home... -
![Redeeming the Rogue by Kit Morgan]()
Redeeming the Rogue by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA RogueAn InnocentAnd one forgetful angel …Persephone Dodge had never been out of New York City, so a trip to visit her cousin in Creede, Colorado was a big adventure. So what if her father tagged along? She was determined to have an adventure. Then he showed up on her cousin’s doorstep.Atticus Judrow was a bounty hunter with a reputation for bringing in men more dead than alive... -
![Dear Mr. Stone by Kit Morgan]()
Dear Mr. Stone by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeiress Beryl Branson didn’t plan on becoming a mail-order bride, but doggone it! Desperate times called for desperate measures. Her friend, Katie Haverdash, had the stubbornest set of parents she’d ever met. They were determined to marry Katie off to a man of their choosing... -
![Learning to Love by Jo Noelle]()
Learning to Love by Jo Noelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClara Hatfield knows sorrow. Having been abandoned by her husband, then shamed with divorce, she traveled to Creede, Colorado to seek refuge with a brother who left the family a decade ago. She’s been living with him for the past year. Now he wants to sell her in marriage to settle his gambling debt to a known troublemaker, but Bernard Newell intervenes... -
![The Forgotten Daughter by Hope Dawson]()
The Forgotten Daughter by Hope Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaggie could have had a great childhood. But her mother dies while her father is far away in America. Hated by her grandparents, Maggie ends up in the dreaded workhouse where she finds a friend and protector in Jack. When Jack is sold off as an apprentice, Maggie must flee for her life. Again and again, Maggie is thrown in the deepest darkest despair as she seems to lose her closest friends... -
![Christmas in Clover Springs by Rachel Wesson]()
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... -
![The Forgotton Match Girl's Christmas Birthday by Iris Cole]()
The Forgotton Match Girl's Christmas Birthday by Iris Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the grip of a winter freeze at Christmas. Taking refuge in a garden seems Holly's only hope. She had no idea of the terrible secrets she would discover.Holly Tavistock ekes out a living on the streets of London selling matches... -
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![The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson]()
The Pit Brow Sisters by Hope Dawson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sweet and heartbreaking Victorian romance saga of a young woman who loses nearly her entire family in the coal mines of LancashireJenny Swift is born into a coal mining family in the north of England. As the eldest daughter, it's her responsibility to look after her three siblings. A duty that doesn't always sit well with her... -
![The Pickpocket Girl by Rosie Darling]()
The Pickpocket Girl by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMolly had been a pickpocket for as long as she could remember. In Victorian London on the filth covered streets of the Old Nichol, everyone was a thief, it was a way of life, the only way to survive. Molly had spent her childhood perfecting her craft. A craft that had snatched her father from her, like she snatched pocket watches... -
![The Toymaker's Daughter by Rosie Darling]()
The Toymaker's Daughter by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Guilty.” Sixteen-year-old Anne Besant was thrust into the role of mother, father, and bread-winner to her young siblings when her father was incarcerated for a crime he didn’t commit. She battles to save the little shop where her father crafted the toys of children's dreams... -
![Oregon Dreams by Rachel Wesson]()
Oregon Dreams by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohanna Thompson and her family are traveling on the infamous Oregon Trail with high hopes of a better life waiting for them on the other side of the mountains. Johanna wants to become a school teacher but her Pa has a different idea of an appropriate future for his daughter. Rick Hughes has inherited two small children, a wagon and a dream to go to Oregon. Problem is, it wasn’t his dream... -
![Ormsley by Jenny Hambly]()
Ormsley by Jenny Hambly
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe wants a respectable bride who will not ask for more than he can give – love. She has no need or desire to marry, and love is the only thing that might change her mind.Hugh Brandforth, the seventh Earl of Ormsley, returns to his estate after wasting several weeks searching for a bride. He is looking forward to some much-needed rest and recreation... -
![The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling]()
The Cotton Mill Girl by Rosie Darling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mill was set to break Lottie. Heston mill had already broken so many young lives, robbed innocents of digits and limbs, snuffed out the light behind so many eyes, all without a glimmer of remorse. Such was life for thousands in Victorian England. Why should Lottie be any different? But the mill was Lottie’s World; she knew nothing else... -
![Love is Blind by Kit Morgan]()
Love is Blind by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucius Judrow was good at his job, maybe too good. Hired by Jack Carlson of Cutter’s Creek to track down and retrieve his sister Emma, Lucius got more than he bargained for. The free-spirited Emma wasn’t what he expected, nor was the family she’d taken refuge with... -
![Mining for Love by Dana Alden]()
Mining for Love by Dana Alden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCordelia Watson is ready to start over. Her husband didn’t return from the war, her fiancé jilted her, and she’s had enough. J.B. Wood agrees to help Delia start anew in Virginia City, even though all he really wants to do is mine his claim for gold. When bad things start happening, J.B. realizes he’d do anything to protect Delia... -
![The Marquess and the Wallflower by Tiffany Baton]()
The Marquess and the Wallflower by Tiffany Baton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Historical Regency Romance Novel “I love you not in spite of your imperfections, but because of them.”The Bolton family has a tradition, kept for generations: they make dashing children, and they marry for love. Lady Emily, however, fears she will be the first to break both of these traditions... -
![The Clocksmith of Her Dreams: A Historical Western Romance Book by Ellen Knightley]()
The Clocksmith of Her Dreams: A Historical Western Romance Book by Ellen Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMilly McDonald has always dreamed of two things: having her own bakery and finding true love. When her parents try to marry her to a man who is far from her idea of a perfect match, Milly is horrified. In a fit of despair and with her protests falling on deaf ears, she decides to run away... -
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![Silver Creek by G.L. Snodgrass]()
Silver Creek by G.L. Snodgrass
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll alone, her uncle killed, their ranch stolen, Rebecca Johnson turns to the only person she can trust. Luke Parker. But, their childhood friendship was a lifetime ago. Would he come? And could he save her uncle’s dreams? Her home? Four years of war have hardened Luke Parker’s heart. But a plea for help from the girl he thought he’d lost might be his only hope of redemption... -
![The Iron Horseman by Kelli Ann Morgan]()
The Iron Horseman by Kelli Ann Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsALL of the books in the Redbourne Series are stand alone novels and DO NOT have to be read in the order they are released. The series follows the Redbourne family--consisting of seven brothers and a sister on their adventures in the nineteenth century wilds of the West. She has a job to do... CADENCE WALKER joins the Pinkerton agency, seeking justice for those who've wronged her... -
![Love Finds a Way by Kit Morgan]()
Love Finds a Way by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBartholomew Brown had been a successful business man in his day, a very fine one. But after serving in the war, he sold his business and ran off with his father and brother to mine gold, even though they were years late to the gold rush. But, they had to give it a try. After all, what did they have to lose? Unfortunately, Bart lost plenty. But he did gain a friend... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Robert by Kirsten Osbourne]()
RNWMP: Bride for Robert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMinnie, a young widow and mother of a small child, finds out she has no money and no place to live after a meeting with her dead husband’s lawyer. When she goes to her church to find help getting a job, Miss Hazel invites her to stay with her and offers to help her find a Mountie to marry instead... -
![Mail Order Melancholy by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Melancholy by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGretchen Jensen has been in love with the same person for years. There are only two problems standing in the way of her marriage to him. She’s pregnant, and he’s dead. Most of the people in her town won’t even talk to her, because the woman who was to be her mother-in-law has shunned her... -
![A Groom for Celia by Cat Cahill]()
A Groom for Celia by Cat Cahill
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCelia Thornton would give anything to start over after the blizzard ends her loveless marriage.Jack Wendler needs to leave New York immediately after one too many business deals left his investors penniless.Figuring marriage in remote western Nebraska must be better than the reckoning he's facing in New York, Jack pens a response to a marriage advertisement... -
![The Maid's Christmas Wish by Annie Shields]()
The Maid's Christmas Wish by Annie Shields
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas should be a time of joy and happiness. But Elspeth Swann lives in constant fear. Her husband, Clarence, the man who is meant to love and protect her, is the reason for this dread. This Christmas, there seems to be no escape from her life of hardship and pain.Elspeth works as a maid for the town's recluse, Silas Moore... -
![A Careless Wind by Amelia C. Adams]()
A Careless Wind by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Rachel's fiance was killed in a railroad accident, leaving her with nowhere to go, she came to the Brody Hotel as a last resort. With the help of her new friends, she found comfort and healing, and now she believes herself as content as she can be. But when Nicholas Hardy, her fiance's brother, walks into her dining room, her world falls out from under her... -
![Promise of Love by Kit Morgan]()
Promise of Love by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMerritt Petroff is staring spinsterhood in the face, that is until a stranger shows up in town. Problem is, her matchmaking grandparents (not to mention the rest of the town) can't leave well enough alone. Wouldn't it be better if they let nature take its course? Not when there's a living, breathing man of marriageable age in Cutter's Creek they deem perfect for Merritt. Much to Merrit's dismay . -
![RNWMP: Bride for Colton by Cassie Hayes]()
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... -
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![Reforming the Rebel by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Reforming the Rebel by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPatience Graham has always been a good, obedient daughter. When she is rescued from the storeroom at her parents’ restaurant by the young man she’s been eyeing for months, she is thrilled to find out he wants to court her. When she finds out he has had a drinking problem in the past, she decides to be cautious until he can prove himself to her and her parents... -
![Mail-Order Bride Ink: Dear Mr. Miller by Kit Morgan]()
Mail-Order Bride Ink: Dear Mr. Miller by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Mrs. Pettigrew, I seek an educated woman whom I can hold intelligent conversations with, one skilled in the art of domestics, with a strong demeanor and mind. As an aside, I’m partial to taller women, being tall myself, and would appreciate your expertise and discretion when sifting through candidates in search of my future bride .. -
![Reading the Rancher by Kit Morgan]()
Reading the Rancher by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHattie Dodge was spoiled, rich, and so not interested in marrying Bartholomew Sullivan. So she did what any other self-respecting about-to-be-forced-to-be-married bride would do. She made a run for it. Which is how she wound up in Creede, Colorado. Cooper White was honest, hard working, and couldn’t read a lick. How he wound up in Creede’s new poetry club was anyone’s guess, but there he was...Categorized as:
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![The Brave Mill Girl by Rachel White]()
The Brave Mill Girl by Rachel White
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom homeless to a maid, to homeless again. She ends up in a hazardous cotton factory. After her mother dies of tuberculosis, Annabelle Walker is told by her stepfather that he has arranged work for her as a maid. When Annabelle arrives at Rosewood House in Huddersfield, there is no job. It is just her stepfather’s ploy to chase her out of the house... -
![Dallas by Cyndi Raye]()
Dallas by Cyndi Raye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA strange woman in town - A suspicious bachelor - An abandoned baby in a basket. Dallas Mason has sworn off women after a disastrous engagement. But then a baby shows up in his barn and a suspicious woman appears in Mill Ridge on the exact same day. He confronts the stranger, causing a chain of events that spirals out of control. The next thing he knows he is married and raising a baby... -
![Quinlan's Quest: A Lipstick and Lead Story by Sylvia McDaniel]()
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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![A Groom for Carrie by Marie Higgins]()
A Groom for Carrie by Marie Higgins
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Porter doesn’t know what she’s lost until it’s gone. With her husband dead, and a young child to feed, she must rely on herself to improve her situation… or find a wealthy husband to care for her desolate family. When she chooses a man looking for a mail-order bride, she prays he will be her salvation... -
![Body and Soul by L.L. Muir]()
Body and Soul by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBODY AND SOUL is the third book in the Scarlet Plumiere Series. To avoid spoilers, read BLOOD FOR INK and BONES FOR BREAD first. For good luck in finding a bride, Lord Forsgreen has received the dreadful African chair. Unfortunately, the ladies of the ton have been notified of his hopes to wed, and his every move is being watched... -
![Erin by Rachel Wesson]()
Erin by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRunning from her past, Doc Erin arrives in Clover Springs for a short stay but it seems Father Molloy has other ideas. Mick Quinn can't leave his past behind him. There is trouble in Clover Springs. The opening of a new house, not the sort that hosts sewing bees or quilting circles, is having a negative impact on all residents particularly the girls who live there... -
![A Mail-Order Destiny by Janelle Daniels]()
A Mail-Order Destiny by Janelle Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWillow Packer has one clear goal: to make her business thrive. Determined to collect what is owed her, she confronts her client, the hotel owner's wife, only to end up rescuing another lady from being thrown out on the street... -
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![Rhyme or Reason by Amelia C. Adams]()
Rhyme or Reason by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTobias Redfern thought for sure he'd lost his chance for love when Lydia Pullman married another man and moved away from Creede. He's resigned himself to living out his days alone in his bookstore. But when he meets a mysterious auburn-haired beauty on the street one afternoon, he finds his heart coming alive again... -
![Tillie's Theatre by Keira K. Barton]()
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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![Uma's Umbrage by Dallis Adams]()
Uma's Umbrage by Dallis Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUma is a spitfire who is usually in an uproar about something—whether it's women's rights, or the Morgan dollar, or labor laws for children. But when she discovers the reason for her abandonment at the orphanage doorsteps was to save her infant self from the same demise as her murdered mother, she finds a new calling... -
![Caring for the Cowboy by Kit Morgan]()
Caring for the Cowboy by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA mistreated woman with hopes of a new life.A good-natured cowboy who can’t seem to get a wife.Sometimes things come in unexpected ways … with a little help.Baxter Hicks has finally saved up enough money to send off for a mail-order bride... -
![The Orphan Star of the Dockyard: Victorian Romance by Rachel Downing, Dolly Price]()
The Orphan Star of the Dockyard: Victorian Romance by Rachel Downing, Dolly Price
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlthough Isabella’s family never had much money in the dockyards, that never stopped her from feeling like a star. That is until a shipping accident kills her father, and illness takes her mother, leaving her alone to fend not only herself but her two younger sisters as well, in the cruel slums of Liverpool... -
![An Irish Blessing by Debra Holland]()
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...
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