Brides of Waterhole, Texas Series by Teresa Ives Lilly

Ruby’s mother has informed her its time for her to start dancing at the Golden Dawn saloon, and has replaced all Ruby’s clothes with saloon ballgowns. To escape that lifestyle, Ruby answers a mail order bride ad of a man in Waterhole, Texas looking for someone with upstanding morals to help clean up his town... moreRuby’s mother has informed her its time for her to start dancing at the Golden Dawn saloon, and has replaced all Ruby’s clothes with saloon ballgowns. To escape that lifestyle, Ruby answers a mail order bride ad of a man in Waterhole, Texas looking for someone with upstanding morals to help clean up his town.When Ruby arrives in town, dressed in a saloon gown and toting her younger brother, Timmy, Seth thinks he's been duped and the last thing he wants is a child in his life, having recently lost his own.Will time spent together prove to him that Ruby is who she said she was and can Seth learn to love again? less

When scar faced, Griffin catches an old miner stealing from his store, he insists the man work off the debt. However, when the man gets too sick to work, Griffin sends for Izzy, whom Griffin thinks is the old man’s wife. When the girl turns out to be the man’s beautiful and kind daughter, Griffin finds himself torn between continuing to wear the façade of a beast, or lowering his defenses and allowing Izzy’s beauty to soften his soul.Can this beauty and this beast find love?