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Land to Call Home, A by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFirst the Land, Then Fire Nearly Destroys Them. Will They Still Hold to their Dream? It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. Looking back through all the heartache and the body-breaking labor, Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way... -
The Reapers Song by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. With the coming of the railroad, the small town of Blessing begins to prosper, and the Bjorklund family is reaping the promised harvest that had lured them from their beloved home in Norway. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle... -
Honor in the Mountain Refuge by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis epic journey is his last chance to start a new life.After being cast out of his Blackfoot village for his kindness to the Nez Perce captives, Chogan travels west in search of meaning for his life. Meaning that doesn’t require killing or torturing innocent people. Though the lovely face of Telípe, a Nez Perce woman, is imprinted on his heart, he avoids her village...Categorized as:
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A Heart's Yearning: Hearts of Willow Creek by Linda Ford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom a fan favorite author with more than one million books sold: Four women chase their dreams of love in this western historical series.Jenny has a secret dream that she’s nurtured since childhood. It’s a simple dream. She longs to have a family of her own. But Jenny has always been told she’s far too pretty to make a good wife... -
The Homesteader's Sweetheart by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo escape a dreaded arranged marriage, Penny Castlerock will face anything—even life on her grandfather's farm. But it isn't the rustic lifestyle that's got the Philadelphia socialite tied in knots. It's the handsome homesteader and his eight adopted children next door...…. With seven boys and a girl to raise, transplanted farmer Jonas White could sure use some help... -
Rebecca's Reward by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNineteen-year-old Rebecca Baard has experienced more than her share of sorrow, and now she is afraid to open her heart to love. Besides, no man has ever shown enough interest in her to come courting. So Rebecca's friends set out to remedy the situation, concocting social events to attract all the eligible bachelors in Blessing and advising her in the use of feminine wiles... -
Tender Mercies by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe never intended to stay. So why is leaving so hard? The fertile prairies of Dakota Territory have finally begun to yield the bountiful harvests the pioneers have dreamed about since leaving their homes in Norway. The tiny community of Blessing is beginning to expand and thrive, its hardy citizens at last enjoying a measure of prosperity... -
Taming the Cowboy by Carolyne Aarsen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a tightly-wound wedding planner and a rough-riding cowboy uncover their true passion? Kinsley knows that passion doesn’t pay the bills. That’s why she went into wedding planning and called things off with her wishy-washy fiancee. But now to secure a lucrative partnership, the city girl must deliver a flawless country ceremony... -
Hope's Amish Wedding by Samantha Price
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHope is delighted her wedding day is finally approaching, but can anything in this family run smoothly?Debbie has to face her parents when an anonymous letter prompts them to visit... -
Persuading the Preacher by George H. McVey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReverend Callum Bing never considered marriage while his sister lived with him. His life was full: caring for his congregation and taking care of Millie. But now that Millie’s married, he wonders if he could court a woman and have a family of his own. When a very unique messenger from God tells him that God has chosen a wife for him, Callum is shocked by God’s choice... -
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... -
Mail-Order Bride Ink: Dear Mr. Kincaid by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOwen Kincaid wanted a wife. Unfortunately, he didn't expect one to arrive the same day he told his parents he did. Jennie Beauregard was a widow on the run. Not that she had to run fast. How fast can a ninety-something railroad tycoon go? But it wasn't the man her brother wanted to marry her off to this time that she had to worry about, but her brother himself...Categorized as:
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On Eagles' Wings by Lynnette Bonner
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBoardinghouse owner Dixie Pottinger has done her best to avoid the attractive Dr. Griffin. But now that her mother-in-law is sick and he’s going to be coming around more to care for her, Dixie knows she must inform him about her past. She works up her courage and feels great relief when she finally tells Dr...Categorized as:
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Defying the Darkness by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLydia Pullman has done everything she can to put the past behind her, but as one of the women kidnapped and held prisoner in a Colorado cellar by a gang of ruthless men, she now struggles with anxiety and fear of the dark... -
Dear Mr. Comforts by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Brides. Three Grooms. What can go wrong? How about everything! The Callahan sisters have a problem. They’re getting married. Unfortunately, they’d rather peel turnips as spinsters the rest of their lives than marry the men their Aunt Henrietta has chosen for them. Worse, the woman doesn’t exactly have their best interests in mind... -
Violet's Wish by Carolyn Brown
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBe careful what you wish for; you just might get it. Violet did. After her husband died, she swore off lackluster men and a dull life. She wished for someone to put a sparkle in her eyes and excitement in her life, like an old love did year ago in Blue Ridge, Texas. Little did she realize that when she made the wish it was already in the process of being granted. Orrin Wilde did... -
Montana Marriages Trilogy by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMary Connealy's complete Montana Marriages series all under one cover. One volume encases three acclaimed novels by Mary Connealy... -
Corsets and Cuffs: by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSheriff Tully Barrett never knew trouble had such a pretty face. Brianna Dumont never knew the law could be so handsome and hardheaded. Pampered and privileged, Brianna Dumont escapes the life she’s always known in an effort to clear her father’s good name. She arrives in Baker City, Oregon, intent on selling her father’s shares in a mine... -
Caterina by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the run from the Italian mafia in New York City, feisty Caterina Campanelli travels across the country to the small town of Pendleton, Oregon, trying to hide her past while she decides what to do about her uncertain future. Seeking comfort in her cooking, she battles her attraction to one of the town's most handsome men. Kade Rawlings is dedicated to his work as a deputy in Pendleton... -
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... -
This Freedom Journey by Misty M Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Christian Historical Romance Novel. Adrien Lockman is through with the political unrest and bloodshed in his home country of France, so he sets off to the Canadian territory's mountain frontier, in search of a place where a man can live his own life in peace...Categorized as:
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Catching the Cowgirl by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s been a tomboy and a horsewoman her entire life. He’s a city-slicker who reminds her of a past she’d rather forget.Breanna White is a cowgirl to the bone. As the youngest adopted sibling — and the only girl — her protective older brothers have always told her that she’ll have to change her ways to attract a man. No thanks.Adam Cartwright is the wealthy son of a Philadelphia businessman...Categorized as:
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Finding a Mother for Daisy by Emma Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeautiful Katie Mason was engaged to the most eligible bachelor in town, Robson Brown. Robson was handsome, dashing and wealthy. But the young lawyer held many dark secrets. Tanner Dawson lamented over the possibility of his golden-haired toddler daughter growing up to be a lady with only male influence on the ranch, without a mother to teach her the ways of a woman... -
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A Pony Express Romance by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter growing up as an orphan, Josiah English wants nothing more than to have his own ranch and raise Arabian horses. Riding for the Pony Express seems like the ticket to his dream. And when he meets the stationmaster’s beautiful sister, it seems he may be within reach of the happy life he craves... -
A Place to Belong by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Exciting Conclusion to Lauraine Snelling's WILD WEST WIND Series As winter settles over the ranch, the Engstrom brothers are much on the mind of Cassie Lockwood. The way Lucas smiles at her should set her heart to tripping. But it doesn't... -
Fountain Creek Chronicles by Tamera Alexander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnabelle Grayson has been given a second chance at life, but she can't claim it with the cloud of her past hanging over her in Willow Springs. After her husband dies, she advertises for a trail guide to accompany her to land waiting for her in Idaho--and a most unlikely candidate applies for the job.Matthew Taylor is a man on the run, with consequences of past mistakes pursuing him at every turn... -
Merry's Mission by Margaret Tanner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNathanial (Nate) Quinn sends for a Mail Order Bride to ensure he doesn’t lose the land he was granted by the Government.When he discovers Merry is an imposter, she is banished. Only then does he realize how much he loves her... -
Rescuing the Bride by Susannah Calloway
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLina Sterling loves her family enough to leave them. They’re struggling to scrape out a living on the cruel, unforgiving streets of 19th century Boston, and Lina can’t find a job. The only way she can support her family is to find a rich husband somewhere – and the East is chronically low on men. Her only choice is to head out West on a train in order to marry a man she’s never met...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... -
Seven Brides for Seven Texans by Erica Vetsch, Susan Page Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet the seven Hart brothers of the 7-Heart ranch in central Texas. Each man is content in his independent life, without the responsibilities of a wife and children—until their father decides 1874 will be the year his grown sons finally marry, or they will be cut from his will... -
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... -
Mail Order Menace by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTired of being remembered only for her misdeeds as part of the demon horde, Ernestine Miller agrees to go out West to marry a banker in need of a wife. When she arrives in Montana, she discovers her groom has met with a fatal accident, and she has two choices. She can either find a way to support herself or go back home in shame... -
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... -
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The Widow's Christmas Wish by Emma Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeft alone with her baby girl after her husband is killed—and with winter on the way—Beth Fletcher is out of options. And so she joins a wagon caravan, leaving behind the cold streets of Virginia to forge a new life as a mail order bride in California. The trail is long and dangerous, but with the help of Mr. Jackson, the caravan’s scout, they make their way through the western wilds... -
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... -
His Heart's Whisperer: A Historical Western Romance Book by Aurora Hanson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Lizzie Clark loses her job as a nanny, she's left hopeless and destitute while her family is completely in shambles. Luckily for her, her best friend steps in with the perfect solution that will guarantee her financial security. Before even Lizzie realizes it, she becomes a mail-order bride, traveling off to Texas to meet her husband-to-be... -
The Christmas Vow by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe returns home to bury his best friend and his past, never expecting to fall in love with the woman who destroyed his heart. Columbia River Pilot Adam Guthry reluctantly returns to his hometown of Hardman, Oregon, to pay his last respects after the sudden death of his life-long best friend... -
Bertie by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sweet romance from USA Today Bestselling author Shanna Hatfield She needs an adventure - He needs the warmth of her smile... Bertie Hawkins survived a traumatic ordeal that stripped away her sunny outlook on life and left her afraid of every shadow. Terrorized and tired of reliving the past, she accepts an offer to change her situation... -
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... -
A Pure Heart by Annie Boone, Cutter's Creek
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMary Pershing's quest for the perfect man to complement her elite status as the mayor's beautiful daughter has stalled. Embarrassed that her younger sister will be married before her, she feels lost. Practically hopeless. Her failure to find a worthy husband has dampened her spirit. Almost. Dante Holbrook hits the sleepy town of Cutter's Creek and Mary's world is immediately brighter... -
The Christmas Confection by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill a sweet baker soften a hardened man’s heart? Find out in this historical holiday romance! Born to an outlaw father and a shrewish mother, Fred Decker feels obligated to atone for the past without much hope for his future. If he possessed a lick of sense, he’d pack up and leave the town where he was born and raised, but something. . . someone. . . unknowingly holds him there... -
The Maid: The Eighth Day by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wanted murderer, a young maid on the run...and five days left to save the town. Accused of murder and shunned by his former peers, Colin Deane tells himself he doesn’t want a wife but will take one to save his hometown of Noelle. He owes Noelle. The town came to his rescue all those years ago, after the war, when the country was still a seething mass... -
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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Ophelia: A Valentine's Day Bride by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClint Jones came to Noelle for one purpose and one purpose only. Get in, assess the town, and get out. Then he'd report to his superiors at Wells Fargo and Company to let them know if Noelle was respectable and prosperous enough to open a branch there... -
Wanted: Man of Honor by Parker J. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen her brother dies in the earthquakes that destroy Silverpines, Elena Somersville knows she needs protection from the ruthless gunslinger, Mace Thorne. Her brother's gambling habit had betrothed her to the outlaw and now there is no one to keep him at bay. A mail order husband seems the only way to keep Mace from collecting his debt... -
Loving the Landlord by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriadne Stoker came to the Colorado town of Creede with her sister, Regina, in hopes of starting a new life when their father died. They established a tea shop in town and have enjoyed success, but now that Regina is married, Ariadne feels left out and lonely. There are plenty of single men in Creede, but none of them are right for her... -
Sweet on the Swede: A Ladies of Celeste's House Book by George H. McVey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNils Jorgenson has lived his entire life in Cottonwood, Iowa but after the recent death of first his wife and then his father he needs a fresh start. With his rambunctious four-year-old-daughter in hand, he answers a call for a furniture maker in Creede, Colorado. Having married once for duty he vows to only marry for love this time around, even if Nellie needs a mother... -
The Pinkerton Matchmaker by Christine Sterling, Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPairing prospective lady Pinkerton detectives with rough and ready agents? What could possibly go wrong? Head of the Denver Pinkerton office, Archie Gordon, has been tasked with hiring female agents. The problem? They need to be trained by existing agents while solving cases. Alone and unchaperoned. In 1871. The solution? Have each pair marry temporarily, for the duration of the case... -
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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