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![The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano]()
The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFocused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor... -
![Hope's Amish Wedding by Samantha Price]()
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]()
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... -
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![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... -
![Mail-Order Bride Ink: Dear Mr. Kincaid by Kit Morgan]()
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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![Defying the Darkness by Amelia C. Adams]()
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]()
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... -
![A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund]()
A Bride of Convenience by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUnemployed mill worker Zoe Hart jumps at the opportunity to emigrate to British Columbia in 1863 to find a better life and be reunited with her brother, who fled from home after being accused of a crime... -
![Merry's Mission by Margaret Tanner]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
![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... -
![Mail Order Menace by Kirsten Osbourne]()
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... -
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![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... -
![The Widow's Christmas Wish by Emma Morgan]()
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... -
![His Heart's Whisperer: A Historical Western Romance Book by Aurora Hanson]()
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... -
![A Pure Heart by Annie Boone, Cutter's Creek]()
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]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Maid: The Eighth Day by Rachel Wesson]()
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... -
![Ophelia: A Valentine's Day Bride by Kit Morgan]()
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... -
![Loving the Landlord by Amelia C. Adams]()
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]()
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]()
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... -
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![Fae's Fantasy by Kay P. Dawson]()
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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![The Redemption of the Puzzling Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch]()
The Redemption of the Puzzling Governess: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance by Fanny Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe is her last chance. And she will protect him at any cost... Tormented by his guilt over the past, Mark Collingridge, the Earl of Dulshire, is blind to the danger that circles him closer and closer. Only one person can see the imminent threat: Delia Caulfield, his daughter’s new governess, who has confused him so much with the unexpected feelings she has awoken inside him...Categorized as:
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![Wounds of A Viscount (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson]()
Wounds of A Viscount (The Valiant Love Regency Romance) (A Historical Romance Book) by Deborah Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLady Honora ‘Nora’ Baxter has been caught… And now … she’s being blackmailed to do something she really doesn’t want to do. Actually … it’s something Nora really, really wants to do, but knows she shouldn’t. Kiss the Viscount of Coalwater! Where will one kiss lead? Marriage. With Nora’s daughter, they become a family of three...Categorized as:
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![Losing Lincoln by Stephenia H. McGee]()
Losing Lincoln by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The time has come when I must change my plan...." She thought she'd saved them all, but now a more nefarious plot emerges, increasing the stakes and threatening to bring a nation to its knees. Displaced, rejected, forsaken… Annabelle finds herself pulled farther from home and ever closer to the malicious repercussions of war...Categorized as:
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![The Christmas Quandary by Shanna Hatfield]()
The Christmas Quandary by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHoliday surprises await two lonely hearts in Hardman Tom Grove just needs to survive a month at home while he recovers from a work injury. How bad can it be to return to Hardman for the holiday season? He arrives to discover his middle-aged parents acting like newlyweds, the school in need of a teacher, and the girl of his dreams already engaged... -
![An Unexpected Gift by Kit Morgan]()
An Unexpected Gift by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViola Todd and her two small children, Wylie and Katie, set out for Morgan’s Crossing, Montana to start a new life, but not without a few unexpected bumps along the way! For one, Viola’s absent-minded brother, Clarence, their reason for leaving Baker City, Oregon and moving in the first place, forgot to pick them up from the train station! Stranded in Sweetwater Springs, Viola didn’t know what... -
![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... -
![Cathy by Rachel Wesson]()
Cathy by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA long lost relative escapes to Clover Springs, but it's not the happy reunion anticipated by her sister. She’s escaped with her life—but brought baggage that jeopardizes her future. When her past threatens her once more, Clover Springs rallies around to help... -
![Tea for Two by Amelia C. Adams]()
Tea for Two by Amelia C. Adams
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRegina Stoker and her sister, Ariadne, were raised as part of London society, surrounded by servants who did everything for them. When they are left orphans upon the death of their father, Regina is eager to try something new and talks Ariadne into traveling to America with her, where they will have all sorts of adventures. The only problem is that they aren't prepared for anything they'll face... -
![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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![Mary and the Fighter by Kit Morgan]()
Mary and the Fighter by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMary O'Brien, an indentured servant in America, sees no hope for the future. She's to serve seven years and will be considered an old maid when her time is up. Such was Mary's lot. That is until she spied Patrick Mulligan... -
![The Baron's Malady: A Smithfield Market Regency Romance by Rose Pearson]()
The Baron's Malady: A Smithfield Market Regency Romance by Rose Pearson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Gideon Ward lived for adventure. He found all he could handle as a British Navy captain stationed in India. With the unrest that was brewing there, it was all too easy to ignore the trials existing back home with the Scarlet Fever once again ravaging the country...Categorized as:
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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... -
![The Rancher’s Christmas Miracle by Maya Stirling]()
The Rancher’s Christmas Miracle by Maya Stirling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1879 The Blessing of Family at Christmas Grace Buchanan never thought she’d see rancher Josh Munro again. Three years ago he courted Grace but then left without explaining why. Now, Josh Munro has come back for good. And he has brought a shocking surprise with him. Grace faces the prospect of a reunion with the handsome but troubled rancher... -
![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... -
![Books and Beaus by Marianne Spitzer]()
Books and Beaus by Marianne Spitzer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSean “Leer” O’Leary returns to Creede to keep a promise and help build the new library. He’s counting the days until he can return to the warmth of San Francisco. Meg Unger leaves her hometown after a false accusation threatens to ruin her reputation. Will she find a new life in Creede? Percy Bales, a carpenter working on the library, sees Meg and decides she will be his... -
![A Second Chance for the Tormented Lady: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles]()
A Second Chance for the Tormented Lady: A Clean & Sweet Regency Historical Romance Novel by Abby Ayles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey say the darkest hours are just before the dawn. Now, her sun is about to rise again, ignited by his love. It was only a year ago that Frederica Chaput was rescued from her seemingly endless misery by her brother and his wife...Categorized as:
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![Emer: Clover Springs Mail Order Brides by Rachel Wesson]()
Emer: Clover Springs Mail Order Brides by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife isn't easy for a young woman alone in 19th Century Colorado, but when Emer Matthews needs to escape an untenable situation, she only has herself to depend on. She has no time for men having seen first hand the high price women pay for love, so she seeks solace with the sister she's never met, Sorcha... -
![Kari: A Sweet Western Historical Romance by Miriam Minger]()
Kari: A Sweet Western Historical Romance by Miriam Minger
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStill grieving the loss of her mother, Kari Hagen leaves her younger siblings behind and travels to Walker Creek, Texas. She promised to deliver a letter to her mother’s first love, so now she just has to find him. Should she accept an offer of assistance from that tall cowboy who’s as handsome as any man she’s ever seen? The sooner she gives the letter to Mr... -
![Mail Order Mother by Kirsten Osbourne]()
Mail Order Mother by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaroline Casey is a romantic in a world of realists. When she decides to leave her privileged upbringing to become a mail-order bride, everyone she knows is surprised, but she is convinced she can make a difference and find true love out west. There are two motherless girls who need her and her special brand of loving everyone around her to make their lives complete... -
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![A Foolish Game: A Regency Romance by Laura Beers]()
A Foolish Game: A Regency Romance by Laura Beers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Isabella Beauchamp is beautiful, clever and rich. But she is not happy with the restrictions that Society has placed upon her. She is determined to prove that she can be so much more than what people expect her to be, even if it means that she is destined to become a spinster... -
![Mail Order Holly by Charlotte Dearing]()
Mail Order Holly by Charlotte Dearing
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo avoid an unwanted suitor, Holly Ross becomes a mail order bride. She travels to Copper Creek a few short weeks before Christmas. Along the way, she’s asked to take a bundle of letters to a certain cowboy in Copper Creek. They’re from another mail order bride who’s had a change of heart.The journey seems endless. Holly peeks at the letters, reads one, and then another... -
![The Christmas Calamity by Shanna Hatfield]()
The Christmas Calamity by Shanna Hatfield
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave you ever had something take you by surprise? Experience the magic of the holiday season in this sweet Victorian romance. Dependable and solid, Arlan Guthry relishes his orderly life as a banker’s assistant in Hardman, Oregon... -
![Ellen: Clover Springs Mail Order Brides by Rachel Wesson]()
Ellen: Clover Springs Mail Order Brides by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturning from University, Ellen is disenchanted with her chosen career. Leaving home wasn’t what she wanted. She missed Clover Springs, in particular a certain older man. Could she convince her family her true vocation lay as a wife and mother? Samuel Higgins has been fighting prejudice his whole life... -
![Angela's Hope by Leah Banicki]()
Angela's Hope by Leah Banicki
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 2 of Wildflowers series Angela Fahey has a lot to overcome after surviving the Oregon Trail. She loves her new home in Oregon but longs to reunite with her brother, his last known whereabouts was California territory. With her dear friend Clive she sails off to San Francisco, a dark city of sin and corruption... -
![Melody's Choice by Emma Ashwood]()
Melody's Choice by Emma Ashwood
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMelody Hanley had been robbed of her parents and the life she knew in Cincinnati. And then Brady Carlton had taken what was left of her enchanted existence. Emery Jenkins needed a wife, and there were certainly no viable options in Cheyenne...
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