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Augusta by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAugusta "Gussie" Dulan is the only Dulan sister to make it all the way to California on the wagon train for brides. Each of her four sisters has taken off along the trail to marry up with a man they fell in love with and now Gussie is hoping to find a man to love here at the end of the trail...Categorized as:
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![From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown]()
From Wine to Water by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Tyrell Fannin and his cousins Isaac and Micah Burnet want is to get out of a Texas jail and go home to Mississippi. Delia Lavalle didn't need three outlaws to escort her and her sisters to Louisiana but she doesn't really have a choice. The outlaws aren't happy about escorting nuns, but figure they might bring them luck, because not even Santa Anna would harm a holy woman... -
![Sophie's Dilemma by Lauraine Snelling]()
Sophie's Dilemma by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe couldn't wait to leave the Red River Valley. . .Certain she can't live without Hamre Bjorklund, the impetuous Sophie Knutson rejects her father's request to postpone her marriage until after graduation and convinces Hamre to elope. But far from her family, Sophie finds that life as a fisherman's bride in Ballard, Washington, is not all she had envisioned... -
![McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller]()
McKettrick's Choice by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen news came that there was trouble back in Texas, Holt McKettrick left his mail-order bride at the altar and never looked back. He just hoped he'd be in time to save the man who raised him as a son and stop his best friend from hanging...Categorized as:
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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... -
![Isabelle's Choice by AnneMarie Brear]()
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... -
![The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis]()
The Proud Breed by Celeste De Blasis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAN UNTAMED WOMAN... A FEARLESS MAN... A MAGNIFICENT LOVE. THE MONUNENTAL ADVENTURE THAT SWEEPS ACROSS A MIGHTY CENTURY OF AMERICAN HISTORY.The first time Gavin Ramsay sees Tessa MacLeod y Amarista -- a violet-eyed beauty swimming naked in a hidden pool--she reacts by attacking him with a knife. Realizing her mistake, she nurses him back to health and into a deep, enduring and courageous love... -
![Secondhand Bride by Linda Lael Miller]()
Secondhand Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo win his father's ranch, a hard-living cowboy settles down and takes a wife--another man's wife! The youngest McKettrick brother, Jeb, is the wild one who never could stay out of trouble. And trouble is what he gets when he proposes to Chloe Wakefield... -
![Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Starry Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSince her husband’s death, Samantha Sawyers Rodriguez and her son have been little more than prisoners on her father-in-law’s estate in 1890s Argentina. Now, thanks to her late uncle, she has an inheritance—a Montana ranch that she plans to transform into a sanctuary for orphaned boys while raising her family’s miniature horses... -
![Deadlier Than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
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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![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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![Stronger than the Rest by Shirleen Davies]()
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]()
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... -
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![In the Shadow of the Mountains by Rosanne Bittner]()
In the Shadow of the Mountains by Rosanne Bittner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBold, headstrong, and passionate, the indomitable Kirklands struggled to survive in a treacherous, hostile land. From penniless settlers to wealthy mine owners to Denver's regal first family, together—and separately—they pursued their dazzling dreams of love and glory... -
![Vera's Virtues by Cissie Patterson]()
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]()
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... -
![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... -
![Jake by Leigh Greenwood]()
Jake by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe freedom of the range, the bawling of the longhorns, the lonesome night watch beneath a vast, starry sky--they got into a man's blood until he knew there was nothing better than the life of a cowboy...except the love of a good woman. Isabelle Born and bred in Savannah, Georgia, she was the kind of woman Jake Maxwell avoided at all cost... -
![Painted Montana Sky by Debra Holland]()
Painted Montana Sky by Debra Holland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Painted Montana Sky, a NOVELLA from the acclaimed Montana Sky Series, USA Today bestselling author Debra Holland brings together two people who have turned their backs on love and relationships. In 1894, Lily Maxwell, aspiring painter, travels to Sweetwater Springs, Montana, with her precious cocker spaniel to work on an artistic project that could launch her career... -
![The Jarrow Lass by Janet MacLeod Trotter]()
The Jarrow Lass by Janet MacLeod Trotter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrought up on her parents' smallholding in Jarrow in the harsh years of the 1870s, selling vegetables to poverty-struck Irish labourers such as the unruly McMullens, Rose dreams of the world beyond the grime of the town, a world she glimpsed at a fairytale wedding on the Ravensworth Estate as a child... -
![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... -
![Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich]()
Song of Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe state of Iowa was still young and wild when Wayne Lockwood came to it from New England in 1851. He claimed a quarter-section about a hundred miles west of Dubuque and quickly came to appreciate widely scattered neighbors like Jeremiah Martin, whose seven daughters would have chased the gloom from any bachelor's heart...Categorized as:
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![Oh, Kentucky! by Betty Layman Receveur]()
Oh, Kentucky! by Betty Layman Receveur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old Kitty Gentry and her family came to Fort Boonesborough to farm the rich land. But when fierce Shawnee attacked the white settlers, the horrified young Kitty was forced to seek refuge within the walls of the fort... -
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![Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood]()
Texas Tender by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is the most beautiful man Idalou Ellsworth has ever set eyes on. When he appears at her front door, she is struck speechless at the very sight of him. Folks in Dunmore, Texas think her bossy, too focused on rescuing her familyâ��s failing ranch to be interested in courting. But in Willâ��s company, she canâ��t think of anything but him... -
![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... -
![A Free Heart by Amelia C. Adams]()
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... -
![Trails Of the Heart Boxset: Oregon Trail Romance books 1-3 by Rachel Wesson]()
Trails Of the Heart Boxset: Oregon Trail Romance books 1-3 by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree books in one, based on true diaries from Oregon Trail pioneers Oregon Bound 1852 Illinois, Eva Thompson has her future mapped out. Marriage to David Clarke and a family is all she wants. Her Pa has other ideas. He insists on taking the Oregon Trail to a better life and favors Harold Chapman as Eva’s suitor. Marriage to Harold will provide Eva with everything she needs except ...Categorized as:
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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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![Westward Christmas Novel by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Christmas Novel by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 11 The last time Sasha McCall had been in Dawson, she had met the dashing Dr. Ben Walker and had been instantly smitten. His dark good looks and soft Georgia accent captivated her. Now back home in Nebraska, her life is devoid of warmth and joy... -
![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... -
![Far From The Tree: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux]()
Far From The Tree: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jeannie Peneaux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“My better nature was not merely placed there by the rank of my birth, Mr. Darcy! If I have faults to be attributed to Longbourn, then what virtues I possess must also be credited there. My character is not solely a copy of my blood. I am the result of the upbringing by a family and people – good people – that you have disdained... -
![Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock]()
Yesteryear by Dorothy Garlock
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAddie Hyde spent four years waiting to see if the high-spirited husband she had married in haste would come back after the South lost the war. Yet Kirby Hyde was never among the Confederates in rags and tatters straggling through Arkansas. Addie always had spunk, but now she also had a young son, two foster children she cherished, and trouble...Categorized as:
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![Miss Martha Mary Crawford by Catherine Cookson]()
Miss Martha Mary Crawford by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the Habitation, a large and decaying riverside house, the Crawfords were on the verge of bankruptcy - and when Martha Mary was obliged to take on the responsibility for her family, a series of dramatic events occurred that would test her indomitable fortitude...Categorized as:
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![Her Bodyguard, Bad Luck Wedding #6 by Geralyn Dawson, Emily March]()
Her Bodyguard, Bad Luck Wedding #6 by Geralyn Dawson, Emily March
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear Friends, I thought it was nonsense when the palm reader told me and my sisters that we'd been born with a bad luck love line. I paid no mind to her claim that only the truest love could overcome the family curse. After all, I was a reformed McBride Menace - it wouldn't do for me to believe in such foolishness! Better i had listened.. -
![Laurel by Leigh Greenwood]()
Laurel by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe latest historical romance in the bestselling series about the Randolph brothers--and the women who tame their hearts. Hen Randolph is the perfect choice for sheriff, but he's no one's idea of a model husband. Then a beauty with a tarnished reputation catches his eye, and the thought of taking a wife suddenly appeals to him as never before... -
![New Frontier of Love by Dorothy Wiley]()
New Frontier of Love by Dorothy Wiley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Romance Quarter-Finalist and a 2015 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner!Captain Sam Wyllie lost too much in the Revolutionary War, and he's determined to safeguard his heart... -
![Iris by Leigh Greenwood]()
Iris by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonty Randolph plans to take a herd to Wyoming. He means to start a ranch for the family and one for himself so he can get out from under the irritating and watchful eye of his older brother, George. He's determined that nothing will stop him from succeeding, especially his neighbor, Iris Richmond, who wants him to take her herd to Wyoming along with his...Categorized as:
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![A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride by Blythe Carver]()
A Highwayman's Mail Order Bride by Blythe Carver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last thing a mail order bride needs is a highwayman’s intervention in the form of a stagecoach robbery. Especially when time is of the essence and she needs a father for her baby. Preferably before she begins to show. When Melissa married John Carter because her family couldn’t afford to feed her, she had no idea of the cruelty of the man...Categorized as:
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![The Light of the Lovers' Moon by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
The Light of the Lovers' Moon by Marcia Lynn McClure
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsViolet Fynne was haunted—haunted by memory. It had been nearly ten years since her father had moved the family from the tiny town of Rattler Rock to the city of Albany , New York . Yet the pain and guilt in Violet’s heart was as fresh and as haunting as ever it had been. It was true Violet had been only a child when her family moved...Categorized as:
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![Emma and the Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller]()
Emma and the Outlaw by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDespite her unconventional upbringing -- she'd been adopted off the orphan train by the local "madam" -- Emma Chalmers was the most prim and proper young lady in all of Whitneyville... -
![Peace in the Valley by Linda Ford]()
Peace in the Valley by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom an award-winning author with more than one million books sold. Enjoy this heartwarming historical romance. This book can be read as a stand-alone.Ellen Longmore will do anything for her siblings…even marry a stranger.Ellen and Jack strike an agreement. She’ll be a permanent housekeeper by marrying him. He’ll pay for her siblings to have food.Jack Forbes doesn’t want a wife...Categorized as:
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![Isaac's Decision by Ruth Ann Nordin]()
Isaac's Decision by Ruth Ann Nordin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Stay away from the Craftsman girl.” For the past three years, Isaac Larson obeyed his father, making sure to keep his distance from Emily Craftsman. But day after day, he’s reminded of how beautiful she is and knows she is the only woman who has the power to make his blood boil with desire.Emily has always pursued what she wants, and she wants Isaac... -
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![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... -
![The Marshal Takes a Bride by Sylvia McDaniel]()
The Marshal Takes a Bride by Sylvia McDaniel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling Western Romance Marshal Tucker Burnett has cleaned up his gunslinger past and is now a respectable lawman. But he's determined to remain single even after his crafty mother has found eligible women for his brothers to marry. Until Dr. Sarah James returns home to Fort Worth, Texas due to an urgent telegram... -
![Drew by Leigh Greenwood]()
Drew by Leigh Greenwood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Proper setting down She landed in Cole?s arms. The shock knocked the sense out of her. She couldn?t describe it any other way. Nothing else could account for the fact that not a single coherent thought remained in her head. He caught her easily, as if he?d done it before. He balaned her lightly against his chest, but that didn?t keep her from being acutely aware she was leaning against his body... -
![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... -
![The Advent Bride by Mary Connealy]()
The Advent Bride by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew--The 12 Brides of Christmas! You're invited to a Christmas wedding...that is twelve of them! Discover the joy of an old-fashioned Christmas romance with these twelve heart-warming stories. Brand-new stories from renowned inspirational fiction authors that take you into the heartland of historical America will releas each week starting October 6...Categorized as:
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![Grayson Brothers Series Boxed Set by Wendy Lindstrom]()
Grayson Brothers Series Boxed Set by Wendy Lindstrom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGRAYSON BROTHERS BOXED SET Fall in love with the Grayson brothers in this award-winning series by bestselling author Wendy Lindstrom. Four strong men—four stories of passion and once-in-a-lifetime love. “This entire series is absolutely epic...
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