Our authors have worked hard to bring you your next favorite stories. Here is what we published in September!
A Woodcarver for Willa (Mail Order Papa series)
By Linda Carroll-Bradd
For the past six months, Willa Grantham has worked hard to
maintain the livery stable that thrived under her late husband’s care. Although
she’s not looking for a second love, she’s exhausted and lonely and knows life
has more to offer. Her sister, Larina, is in the same situation, so the widows
place a dual ad in three Eastern newspapers for a husband and hope for the
best.
Woodcarver Davet Sauville refuses to endure another cold, damp winter that endangers his asthmatic son’s health. His late wife knew how to minister to the attacks, but Davet feels inadequate. Although unorthodox, he responds to an ad for a mail-order groom because of the widow’s mountainous location. Will a second-chance love spark when these two lonely people find themselves under the same roof?
Release date: September 4, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDNFM9VT
A Journey for Lily: The Reluctant Wagon Train Bride - Book 1
When
Lily Browne’s father loses his job at the bank, he decides to make the journey
out west, to claim land for cheap in Oregon. And when Lily hears of the need
for school teachers out there, she decides that she must go too. There’s only
one problem. Even though Lily is barely nineteen, the wagon master demands that
she cannot accompany the train without being wed. But she can’t be a school
teacher if she’s married…
Wayne Cody became a felon by accident when he was fifteen. After serving his
time, he was released to find out that he has no family, and no more than five
dollars to his name. He doesn’t know much about anything other than guns,
horses, and cattle, so he attempts to get hired by a wagon train to help
several families make it to Oregon to claim land. If he can somehow earn enough
money, he can claim land for himself, too. Then, Mr. Browne makes him an offer
he can’t refuse.
Release date: September 5, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCSPYKJ3
A Watchman for Willow (Mail Order Papa series)
Ever since her husband was killed in a logging accident, Willow Morrow has been struggling to take care of her two-year-old daughter, Ila Mae, and survive. Left with limited funds and no family or friendship ties to the area, the lumber owner brought her to Sonora, California, the largest nearby city, and dumped her off with her husband’s final paycheck and two weeks extra wages. She feels fortunate to have found a job washing dishes at a local diner, plus delivering meals to inmates at the Tuolumne County jail.
Milton Pierson, a low-level clerk for the Sonora city council, is tasked with advertising for a city night watchman. Aware of Widow Morrow’s plight, he decides to add an inducement to the job offer.
Jesse Randolph never liked working as a longshoreman, and San Francisco has grown too crowded for his tastes. With the financial panic that started in 1882 going into its third year, he learns his job has been terminated. He runs across an advertisement for a widow with a young daughter looking for a husband. The job of night watchman for a small foothill city is included. Not only must he find a way to get his own widowed mother away from the coastal air that aggravates her breathing problems, she has been after him to marry. What does he have to lose by at least looking into the situation?
Release date: September 18, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6CR934Q
Dancing with the Doctor: Sweet Western Romance (Love in Apple Blossom Book 8)
A mute young woman
A doctor who isn't what he seems
And a dance...
Willow Evans, rescued by some of the residents of Apple Blossom, is grateful to
be alive. Still, she'd didn't come out of years of mistreatment by her
grandfather unscathed. She couldn't talk, but that came about after seeing her
mother murdered. Even she doubted she'd ever speak again. Then the doctor came
to town...
Reuben Newell needed a break from spying for the president. So, when he did, he
went back to doctoring. Now here he was, hiding out in Apple Blossom letting
his enemies think they'd succeeded in killing him off. But when Reuben is told
one enemy knows he's alive and wants to see him dead, he has to figure out a
way to protect the tiny town. When he does come up with a plan, he's going to
need some help, and there's only one person in town that can do it. Can he
trust a mute young woman to help him keep the town safe? More importantly, can
he keep from losing his heart?
Release date: September 27, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CK1CW81L
Not all of our authors make their books available on pre-order. However, for those who do, those advance sales go a long way toward boosting their sales rankings.
Here are future releases:
October Pre-orders:
A Blacksmith for Birdie (Mail Order Papa series)
A
blacksmith in need of a miracle, an innkeeper requiring rescue, and an arranged
marriage that can give them both what they need. As iron sharpens iron, can
they hammer out a partnership—forging an unexpected result of the romantic
kind?
A widowed blacksmith, Joseph Evans, is hardened and weighed down by the needs
of his unusual family. If only he could find a housekeeper. But they’re in
short supply, and Joseph needs one with the patience of Job. “I don’t want a
wife. What I need is a miracle.”
The years have taken their toll on innkeeper Birdie Murphy, but she can still
dream of her happily ever after—a companion in life, devoted, kind,
hardworking, and childless. But time is not on her side. Desperate, she seeks
the help of a matchmaker. What Birdie needs is a mail-order husband, an
advocate to help save her family, home, and business. “I am neither dainty nor
pretty. Is it possible to find a man willing to overlook the fact?”
A satisfied grin spreads across the matchmaker’s face as she considered the
surveys. Such a perfect pairing doesn’t occur often. After all, what we think
we want and what we need are two different things.
Release date: October 23, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C59M8B65
Vinegar Pie by Varinia: Old Timey Holiday Kitchen, Book 25
By Zina Abbott
For years, Varinia yearned for Arnie to one day look her direction. When her parents invite him and his widower father to join them for Christmas dinner, she decides to bake him one of her favorite pies—lemon meringue. Only, after coming home from joining her mother in taking gift baskets to several homes in the area, she discovers the lemons she purchased are missing. With no time to shop for more before Christmas Eve supper, she must decide on a different dessert.
Arnie Dickens worked hard to establish himself as a farrier and part-time help in his father’s livery. After Varinia Jewell catches his eye at the town’s harvest dance, he begins to seek her out. In spite of her quiet ways and her younger sister, Betsy, usually by her side, he finds he enjoys their visits. When the Jewell family invites him and his father to join them for Christmas dinner, he knows it is time to arrange a few quiet minutes alone with Varinia. Only, Christmas dinner ends up being anything but quiet.
Release Date: October 24, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9PH4BZY
November Pre-Orders:
Joy’s Christmas Escape: The Marshal’s Mail Order Bride Book 1
Joy
Stewart has never been lucky. Her father died before she was born. Her mother
left her in the care of her grandmother so that she could get remarried and
move far away. So when her grandmother falls ill, her debtors come to call. And
one of them has his eyes set on Joy to be his bride as payment for his debt.
That bad luck just seems to be compounding on Joy, but her grandmother has a
plan in the works…
Marshal Jack Bolling has found himself in want of a nanny. With the death of
his sister and her husband in a tragic accident, he has now come into
possession of his twin niece and nephew of five years old. For over a month
he’s had no luck in locating an appropriate nanny for them—at least not on his
salary and what a marshal can afford. But then his good friend, Pastor Lamb has
the idea that perhaps Jack should be looking for a wife instead? The thought of
that sends chills down Jack’s spine, but when he ends up putting the twins’
lives in danger due to his job, he wonders what choice he has.
Publication Date: November 1, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDCCFCJT
Butter Pound Cake by Berdina: Old Timey Holiday Kitchen Book 26
Bakery
manager Berdina Hulbard has big plans to expand the Riverside Bakery’s services
to the growing Astoria community. She has visions of creating stylish wedding
cakes and elegant petit fours, similar to what she produced at her previous
job. During a marathon baking session, she’s interrupted by a blue-eyed brute
of a man screaming “Fire” who douses the fire in the brick oven, sending ash
over her inventory.
Seeing black smoke billowing from a chimney, volunteer fireman Peder Stefansson
bolts into the bakery to put out the fire. Peder is temporary squad captain and
wants to prove he’s ready to take on the job permanently. When safety is
restored, he discovers ruined baked goods, an irate baker, and an escaped
canary. He likes the spirit of this spunky beauty with sparks in her brown
eyes. What can he do to tame this chaos into cuddles?
Release Date: November 7, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC58MNWH
Clarice's Chance: (The Suffrage Spinsters Book 25)
She rejected him once. Will Clarice grab her
chance at happiness when it comes her way?
Obedient. Rigid. Those words had described her once. Clarice saw how that way
of life stifled her niece, Sylvia. When the young woman left her father's home,
she went with her.
She now spent her days aiding her dear friend in the campaign for the rights of
women. While others found that satsifying, Clarice wanted something more. When
she saw him again, she knew exactly who and what she needed.
Zedekiah
had made something of himself. In fact, he could hold his chin up when he
returned to his hometown a rich man. He intended to show Clarice what she had
given up by refusing to runaway with him fifteen years before.
Does such a thing as a second chance at love
really exist when hurt and ambition stands in its way?
Release date: November 13, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6TZ3S43
Lefse by Linnea: Old Timey Holiday Kitchen Book 27
He made a
promise to a dying friend.
She vowed to never love again.
"You've
become a recluse."
Linnea
Nyland heard the concern in her sister's voice. Still filled with grief and
missing her husband almost two years after his unexpected passing, she didn't
have the inclination to disagree with the statement. Though she dearly missed
working her magic in the family bakery, she liked her life on the farm just the
way it was...solitary.
Especially after Deputy Finn McBride came calling with his ridiculous proposal
of marriage!
In a moment of panic, Finn made a heart pledge to Erik Nyland to care of
Linnea, to marry her. He'd bungled his first attempt, and he's not sure his
heart can endure the vow he made knowing he'd been in love with her from the
day he came to Holly Springs.
Giving it one last try, he challenges her to a holiday baking competition. If
he wins, she must agree to let him court...if she wins, he'll leave her
alone...forever.
Release Date: November 21, 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8VKMDFJ
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