Mail Order Brides of Christmas Mountain Series by Jo Grafford, Jovie Grace

He’s a by-the-book kind of fellow. She’s a rule-breaker. Since opposites attract, sparks fly the moment they meet. Edward Remington made a promise he plans to keep. He’s determined to restore his family’s rundown inn to its former glory—despite a rugged band of cowboy brothers attempting to jump a claim on the place and despite a Comanche dispute over land boundaries that needs settling... moreHe’s a by-the-book kind of fellow. She’s a rule-breaker. Since opposites attract, sparks fly the moment they meet. Edward Remington made a promise he plans to keep. He’s determined to restore his family’s rundown inn to its former glory—despite a rugged band of cowboy brothers attempting to jump a claim on the place and despite a Comanche dispute over land boundaries that needs settling.To make matters worse, he doesn’t know the first thing about carpentry, and he quickly discovers he knows even less about the day-to-day management of the inn. When a new bridal agency opens shop next door, he sends off for a mail-order bride, anxious to provide the locals with a proper lady to serve as the inn’s hostess.Maybe the agency misunderstood his application, or maybe they never bothered reading it in the first place, because they ultimately send Lacey Cleveland his way—a heart-stopping beauty in a threadbare dress, who has a reputation for stirring up trouble wherever she goes. Welcome to Christmas Mountain, a white-capped paradise that entices a collection of wealthy gentlemen, gritty pioneers, and cowboy misfits to give everything they have to carve out a life and settle there—including their hearts! less

A mail-order bride who desperately needs the protection of a husband, a tribal chief who thinks he’s the perfect solution to all her troubles, and the lineup of hopeful rivals who plan to give him a run for his money… Chief Pecos is far from thrilled by the sudden influx of new settlers to Christmas Mountain. He prefers things to continue as they’ve been for centuries with his tribe, taming and riding the mustang herds that roam the foothills... moreA mail-order bride who desperately needs the protection of a husband, a tribal chief who thinks he’s the perfect solution to all her troubles, and the lineup of hopeful rivals who plan to give him a run for his money… Chief Pecos is far from thrilled by the sudden influx of new settlers to Christmas Mountain. He prefers things to continue as they’ve been for centuries with his tribe, taming and riding the mustang herds that roam the foothills. Until a mail-order bride steps off the train with a price on her lovely head… All of a sudden, he can think of one good exception to the way things have always been.Meg Chastain actually has more than one price on her head—first, a bounty for a crime she didn’t commit; and, secondly, a bridal contract fee that her penny-pinching matchmaker keeps raising. Oh, and she’s fairly certain her new employers at the Christmas Mountain Inn are pressuring the bridal agency to delay her placement, since their customers have never been happier with the meals she so graciously stirs up each day.With a group of bounty hunters closing in, a whole line of hopeful grooms vying for her hand in marriage, and one dark and handsome tribal chief who seems to be silently courting her during his daily visits to the inn, will Meg succeed in finding her perfect match before it’s too late? Welcome to Christmas Mountain, a white-capped paradise that entices a collection of wealthy gentlemen, gritty pioneers, and cowboy misfits to give everything they have to carve out a life and settle there—including their hearts! less