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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Readers rabid for the sweet historical romances of Tracie Peterson and Tamara Alexander will flock to best-selling author Kim Vogel Sawyer's prairie-set heartwarmer of high society cast-off and the western town that welcomes her. Abigail Brantley grew up in affluence and knows exactly how to behave in high society. But when she is cast from the social registers due to her father's illegal dealings, she finds herself forced into a role she never imagined:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
After she is rescued from an abandoned wagon on the Oregon trail, Hetty Wentworth becomes a mail-order bride for a handsome man in the Montana territory, but just as she is settling in to her new life, her husband's best friend tries to ruin her one chance at happiness.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of acaretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems--and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta's life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into...
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Language
English
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Description
"Upon arriving in Kenworthy, California, mail-order bride Juniper Cohen is met by the pounding of the gold mine, an untamable landscape, and her greatest surprise of all: the kind and loving man who awaits her. But when the mine proves empty of profit, and when Juniper's husband, John, vanishes, Juniper is left to fend for herself and her young daughter in the dwindling boomtown that is now her home. Juniper pens letters to her husband but fears she...
Author
Series
Amish mail-order bride novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Identical brothers Zeb and Zeke Bontrager aren't looking for love. They have their hands full with a new horse farm, a half-finished ranch house, and a wild colt, thanks to Zeke's hasty business dealings. Now Zeb must contend with Zeke's bad decisions, hidden debts, and tendency to avoid responsibility, which threaten their good standing in the Birch Creek Amish community. When a newspaper ad prompts Darla King to travel to Birch Creek in search...
Author
Series
Outlaw mail order brides volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"He may be a wanted man, but all outlaw Jack Bowdre ever desired was a second chance. Now he's on his way to jail, completely unaware that his unexpected--and unexpectedly beautiful--traveling companion is none other than Nora Kane: his mail order bride--Back cover.
27) Tempest
Author
Series
Old West series volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Regan Carmichael--an independent spirit equally at home in denims and dresses--travels to Wyoming to be the mail-order bride for Dr. Colton Lee--a widower who insists he only wants someone to care for his daughter. Despite family disapproval and an unseen enemy, Colt will soon risk all to make this marriage a true union"--
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Bo Creel and Scratch Morton are mighty proud of themselves. They managed to deliver five mail-order brides to the New Mexico mining town of Silverhill in one piece. The town is so grateful, they want to make Bo their marshal and Scratch his deputy. Since they don't have another cargo of brides to escort, Bo and Scratch are happy to accept the jobs - and even happier to attend the weddings of the fine young women they brought here ... As it turns out,...
Author
Series
Runaway brides (Amy Sandas) volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Courtney Adams never questioned the future her parents laid out for her...until the day she was to marry one of Boston's elite. Desperate, she flees the church in a flurry of bridal finery and trades her pearls for a train ticket to Montana--only to be mistaken for a surly cowboy's mail order bride! Dean Lawton doesn't want a wife--especially not some fancy Eastern lady he believes his brother "ordered" behind his back. Yet one mistake leads to another,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town's disapproval. But when the town banker attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen, Olaf takes a stand.
Author
Series
Bride ships volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1863, Upon discovering an abandoned baby, Pastor Abe Merivale cares for the infant along with Zoe Hart, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, they hastily marry - but soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all"--Provided by publisher.
32) Summer moon
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Language
English
Description
RANCHER SEEKING WIFE
A newspaper ad is the desperately needed answer to Kate Whittington's prayers. Abandoned by her mother--the town tramp, raised in a bleak Maine orphanage, and a spinster without prospects, Kate dreams of a home and family of her own. Unfortunately, when she arrives to begin her new life, the man she believes she married by proxy denies placing the ad. He denies ever corresponding with or marrying her. Worse, he's a Texas Ranger...
Author
Series
Bride ships volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Wealthy Arabella Lawrence flees to British Columbia on a bride ship still wearing the scars of past mistakes. One of the few single women in the boomtown, she immediately has suitors, but she is determined not to find herself trapped again by a poor choice. Vying for her hand are two very different men. Lieutenant Richard Drummond is a gentleman in the Navy and is held in high esteem. Peter Kelly is the town's baker and has worked hard to build a...
34) Outlaw's bride
Author
Series
Publisher
Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Determined to capture the heart of her childhood friend Ethan Hawk, Patch Kendrick, now a beautiful blonde, helps Patch clear his name so that he will be free to love
Author
Series
Colorado cowboys (Jody Hedlund) volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Greta Nilsson heads west to save her ailing sister, bandits hold up her stagecoach. Upon arrival, she learns that the man who ordered her as a mail order bride has died. Wyatt McQuaid is struggling with his new ranch and agrees to marry Greta after a bargain with the mayor. Can this union born of desperation survive?"--Provided by publisher.
36) Yankee wife
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Publ
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When a pretty spitfire who's down on her luck clashes with a stubborn man in search of a wife, sparks must turn to flames. A year after the Civil War, courageous former Union nurse Lydia McQuire was gamely scraping out an honest living. But now, as she said yes to marrying a stranger, her knees gave way with fear. Mr. Devon Quade had seemed polite and handsome when she answered his ad for a wife. Only after Lydia had arrived in Washington territory...
Author
Series
Outlaw mail order brides volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When three young children show up on outlaw Tait Trinity's doorstep, he knows he can't help them--a wanted man has no business raising kids. And yet he can't bring himself to turn them away. At a loss, he sends for the mail order bride he'd been writing to, hoping the demure dressmaker will be the answer to his prayers. Melanie Dunbar is nothing like the bride Tait was expecting. She's rough and tumble...and hiding an ulterior motive. Dangerous...
Author
Publisher
Ulverscroft
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Anton Kozlov has escaped Russia and made a new life for himself on Battle Mountain in Nevada. When he's asked to do a favor for a US Cavalry officer - retrieve a mail-order bride from a stage station - it sounds easy enough... until he learns that the stage has broken down near a notorious nest of outlaws. Though he succeeds in rescuing Lucy, the way back to Devil's Canyon is fraught with danger - and upon their arrival, there's further trouble in...
40) A Steadfast Man
Author
Series
Seven brides volume 5
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Not even Texas is big enough for the seven rough-and-ready Randolph boys. Needing space to make a name for himself outside the long shadow cast by his infamous brothers, Tyler Randolph sets off for New Mexico in search of adventure. He's intent on discovering lost mines overflowing with gold... What he finds is a beautiful woman wounded and left for dead. Daisy Singleton is shocked when she wakes in an unfamiliar cabin, alone with a man she's never...
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