Secret Baby Dilemma Series by Zina Abbott

A brooding war hero who considers himself too damaged to be seen in public, a lovely impoverished debutante with a secret that causes her beau to abandon her, and the series of mail-order bride contract omissions that bring them to the altar…An only son, Captain Drake Blackstone must bear a child to carry on his family’s hard-fought legacy — a nearly impossible task for a man with disfiguring wounds that have rendered him a recluse since the war... moreA brooding war hero who considers himself too damaged to be seen in public, a lovely impoverished debutante with a secret that causes her beau to abandon her, and the series of mail-order bride contract omissions that bring them to the altar…An only son, Captain Drake Blackstone must bear a child to carry on his family’s hard-fought legacy — a nearly impossible task for a man with disfiguring wounds that have rendered him a recluse since the war. When his aging grandfather recommends advertising for a mail-order bride, Drake ultimately decides to leave out the details of his beastly appearance.Melissande Rose is furious with herself for believing the most eligible bachelor in town ever intended to marry her. After an elopement that her affianced later claims is not legal and binding, he leaves her high and dry with a babe on the way. The only thing standing between her and complete ruin is a dreamy-sounding advert for a mail-order bride — a contract she won’t stand a chance of securing, unless she hides her scandalous secret a few days longer.​A sweet, beauty and the beast, mail-order bride romance!More sweet mail-order bride stories by Jo:WIDOWS, BRIDES, AND SECRET BABIESMail Order MalloryMail Order IsabellaANGEL CREEK CHRISTMAS BRIDESElizabethGraceMAIL ORDER BRIDES RESCUE SERIESHot-Tempered HannahCold-Feet CallieFiery FelicityMisunderstood MegDare-Devil DaisyOutrageous OliviaJinglebell JaneAbsentminded AmeliaBookish BelindaTenacious TrudyMeddlesome MadgeMismatched MaryAnneMAIL ORDER BRIDES OF CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINBride for the Innkeeper less

Blythe Greenly works as a maid for the Stapletons, a prominent Chicago family until the oldest son returns home from the university and takes ungentlemanly notice of her. In spite of her attempts to avoid him, more than once, he manages to trap her. Because she knows her employer, who dotes on her son, will not support her cause against his best interests, she knows she has to get away... moreBlythe Greenly works as a maid for the Stapletons, a prominent Chicago family until the oldest son returns home from the university and takes ungentlemanly notice of her. In spite of her attempts to avoid him, more than once, he manages to trap her. Because she knows her employer, who dotes on her son, will not support her cause against his best interests, she knows she has to get away.Blythe answers a matrimonial advertisement and begins corresponding with several prospects who are willing to consider a widow. However, when she tells her first two choices she is carrying a child, they drop out. She keeps her baby a secret from her last hope for a husband, a U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Fred Steele in Wyoming. Complications delay her marriage to a man who wants more than a loving companion who will give him a family.Eli Mitchell is a science instructor at the University of Iowa. His mother, who has been living with him, is intent on him responding to two letters from carefully-vetted women for Eli to consider so he might choose a wife suitable for a man in his position. However, as an amateur astronomer, he chooses to set matrimonial pursuits aside the summer of 1878 to spend his summer holiday with two fellow teachers traveling to Rawlins, Wyoming Territory. There they plan to view the total solar eclipse on July 29th. They will spend several weeks afterward exploring, hunting, and fishing.However, Eli, who has never been a big fan of dust and dirt, keeps finding excuses to return to the hotel in Rawlins so he can take a bath and change into clean clothes. Or is it the pretty maid waiting for her soldier fiancé who draws him there? less

An orphaned mail order bride determined to keep a promise to a dying friend, an unwilling groom with a prickly disposition, and a secret baby that complicates the already precarious situation.Madeline Platt grew up in an orphanage, so when she becomes an adult, she’s forced to find a way to provide for herself. She answers a mail order bride advert, hoping she can start a new life out West. Days before she is set to leave, her best friend from the orphanage becomes sick... moreAn orphaned mail order bride determined to keep a promise to a dying friend, an unwilling groom with a prickly disposition, and a secret baby that complicates the already precarious situation.Madeline Platt grew up in an orphanage, so when she becomes an adult, she’s forced to find a way to provide for herself. She answers a mail order bride advert, hoping she can start a new life out West. Days before she is set to leave, her best friend from the orphanage becomes sick. On her deathbed, she requests that Madeline take care of her one-year-old daughter. Madeline has no choice but to honor the wish, knowing what awful fate would await the child if she’s given over to the orphanage.Brian Thornhill doesn’t want a wife, but his father decided it was high time he settle down if he wants to take over the family farm. When his father reveals he placed a mail order advert for him, Brian is dismayed to find out a bride is on the way to marry him. He’s completely dumbfounded when she steps off the train with a small child by her side.Can Madeline find a way to love the thorny Brian? Can Brian open his heart to his new wife and stepdaughter? And will they be able to find a way to make their instant family work? less