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Frederica Hughes felt as if life were passing her by. She had a good job teaching school in the small town of Salmon, Oregon, and she finally had good friends she felt she could bare her soul to, but there was still something missing. When her friend Doris proposed sending for a mail order husband for Gretchen, who was seven months pregnant and unwed, she hoped for the best for her friend, but still felt badly for herself.Darryl Miller has always...
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When socialite Florence's fiancé, who she's to marry in just three months, tells her that while she was away with her parents, he stepped out on her, and must marry the woman who carried his child, she is furious. She refuses to face the pitying and laughing looks from other people in town, so she decides to leave as soon as possible to be a mail-order bride.Jacob Weatherby owns the bank in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and he needs a wife by his side to plan...
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Julia Simmons had spent her entire life studying hard to become a teacher. Finally, she had her first assignment, in a small Texas town, and she was on her way. When the stagecoach dropped her off, the only man nearby kissed her, acting as if he'd been waiting for her. She couldn't seem to make him understand she wasn't his mail order bride.When she found herself married an hour later, she was clueless as to how to handle it. How would the school...
4) Vicki's Vows
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Vicki Williams meets the man of her dreams in church one Sunday. The only problem is he has to go all the way to Oregon City and come back before they can even court. But he promises her he'll be back in the spring. John Abbot returns to Clover Creek as soon as the snow melts. The journey seems to take forever as he knows Vicki is waiting on the other end. One of the first things he does upon arriving in Clover Creek is to call on her and ask her...
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Amelia Beckham, an orphan, sees the world through eyes filled with wonder and joy. Her spirit, untouched by life's hardships, finds beauty in the most unexpected places. When she answers an ad to become a mail-order bride, her heart flutters with anticipation, not fear. She knows not what awaits her, yet she strides forward, her faith unwavering.Anthony Martin, a widower who weathered by life's storms, carries the weight of the world on his shoulders....
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When Elizabeth Miller agreed to manage a mail order bride agency years before, she had no idea that it would leave her lonely and isolated. She's loved one man for years and is about to give up on marrying for love entirely. When she receives a letter from a man in Texas looking for a bride, she considers marrying him to be close to her sister. She doesn't want to be alone for the rest of her life. Bernard agrees to work for Elizabeth after his life...
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Malinda thinks her life is over after the death of her father and her subsequent eviction from the only home she's ever known. She, along with her sister, answers an advertisement for mail order brides and their lives change. She agrees to marry a banker in a small town in Colorado, because she refuses to be afraid of where her next meal will come from ever again. When she arrives in Colorado, she immediately falls for the handsome gentleman who picks...
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As Betsy O'Brien's last sister married Betsy's own crush, she knew it was time to leave Beckham, Massachusetts, where she was seen only as "that other O'Brien girl." After talking to Elizabeth Tandy, a woman who ran a matchmaking business, she agreed to go west and marry a stranger with two children.
When Marvin Small's mother leaves Wyoming and returns to her own life back east, he knows he needs someone to help with his daughter, Candy, who has...
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Joy Miller loves life. She's happy to be able to spend time in the fields helping her father and is willing to work for anyone who needs some harvesting or planting done. But she feels like she's ready to marry and leave her demon horde existence behind. Thomas Worthington is a wealthy bank manager from Boston, who needs a wife to help him with clients and entertaining. He decides to contact a matchmaker to provide him with a mail-order bride. When...
10) Mail Order Mate
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Kate Jessup is a talented seamstress and unwed mother whose life is as intricate as the patterns she sews. Her world collides with Emmett, a rugged rancher whose heart is as vast as the ranch he tends.With a mother who harbors a bitter resentment towards Kate, Emmett's world is fraught with tension. Yet, when circumstances compel them into a marriage of convenience, they navigate unfamiliar territory. They must learn to coexist amid the rustling prairie...
11) Mail Order Mommy
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Berniece Johnson wants more from life than marriage to an old man who wants to beat her, but her parents believe he's exactly what she needs. In a desperate attempt to take control of her life again, she goes to see Elizabeth Miller, the town matchmaker. Elizabeth has her on a train a short while later to meet up with Elizabeth's sister Charlie and to marry a man in Missoula, Montana.Kane Burton has no desire for another wife. He buried his wife just...
12) Fiona's Fantasy
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Fiona Jefferson knew all she needed in life was to be married, and she'd be happy. She imagined dancing with her husband under the moonlight. She wanted twelve children, six boys and six girls. But first she needed a husband. Unfortunately, she knew every man in town from their two-thousand-mile journey along the Oregon Trail, and none of them appealed to her.
When she talked to her friends, Emma and Henri, about her situation, they both responded...
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When Esther Carruthers realizes her father had been embezzling from her fiancé's father's bank, she doesn't expect her life to change. After her fiancé immediately ends the engagement, she is shocked and dismayed. Her younger sister-the thinker in the family-convinces her to talk to a matchmaker, and she immediately agrees to marry a rancher in Montana, somewhere she's never been, and no one knows her.Brody Finnegan has worked hard for the past...
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Francine "Frankie" Weston is an independent woman. She moved to Idaho to homestead with her older brother at the tender age of seventeen, pretending to be a man. Now, at twenty, she's ready to marry, but she doesn't want to admit she's deceived everyone, so she sends for a mail order groom-one who's willing to take her last name. She doesn't think it's possible, but she's willing to wait for just the right man to make her happy.Wallace Miller, a former...
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Caroline 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.Andrew Dawson is mortified when yet another housekeeper leaves thanks to his daughters'...
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When Ellen and her sister, Malinda, are forced out of the only home they've ever known by a local banker after the death of their father, they answer an advertisement placed by Harriett Long for mail order brides. Ellen chooses to marry the sheriff of a small town in Colorado while Malinda agrees to marry his brother, a banker. When they arrive, each sister is immediately drawn to one of the brothers….too bad it's the wrong one! They each had specifications...
17) Mail Order Match
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Since Bridget Mitchell was two, it was just her and her father. As her father nears the end of his life, she has no idea what she will do after his death. All that she knows for certain is that she cannot live in the house she's always been in.When Elizabeth Tandy comes into the post office where Bridget works, she tells her to come see her because she has a letter she believes was written just for Bridget-a letter to become a mail-order bride.Felix...
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Susan cannot stand living with her eleven younger siblings for another minute, so she answers an advertisement for a mail order bride, carefully choosing a man who has never married and has no children so she won't be plagued with other people's ill-behaved offspring. When she arrives in Fort Worth, she finds out her fiancé has been killed, and his older brother is offering to take his place. The only problem is his brother is a widower with four...
19) Mail Order Maid
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Josephine Gray leaves the only life she's ever known to escape her lecherous employer, going west to marry a stranger. She knows next to nothing about the man she will meet other than his name when she arrives in Montana. A former maid, she worries that she won't be the kind of wife the handsome stranger needs.
Gustav Schmidt sends for a mail-order bride as soon as his ranch is capable of supporting a wife. He's not terribly worried about much about...
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When Heather Flowers realizes she's been taking care of her mother for more than ten years, and her mother is only pretending to be sick, she decides it's time for her to leave and start a new life elsewhere. At the suggestion of her mother's doctor, she seeks out Elizabeth Tandy, who's known for sending women out west to be mail-order brides.Patrick O'Brien loves his life as a rancher in Clover Creek, Idaho, but with only his mother for companionship,...
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