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Here is what we published in June!
Martha's Second Chance (Rejected Mail-Order Brides Book 10)
By Marisa Masterson
Forgiveness
comes easier than trust and love in this second chance romance.
Only one thing mattered more than
the apple orchard to Martha, and Emory had been it! Too bad he left her
standing alone at the altar the prior year .
A year was not long enough to fall
out of love with him. Martha realizes that when she finds him standing on her
porch. Worse yet, he hands her proof that her wandering uncle had deeded his
share of the orchard to Emory.
Is there any such thing as a true
second chance? Will working day in and day out allow Martha to learn to trust
the man she never stopped loving?
Release Date June 3, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP4H69K1
Miss Trinity: Sweet Historical Western Romance (The Brides of Fiddler's Gap Book 7)
By Kit Morgan
An
Inventor turned Mail-order Bride
A Professor hoping for love
And one little trip to Clear Creek...
Trinity Thorndyke had a brain. A good
one. So why did men not like her? Just because she accidently blew things up
now and then with her experiments, didn’t mean she wasn’t fit for the marriage mart.
But no man in Boston was interested, and with her uncle running off to
California to get married himself, she’d be alone and in a pickle. Which meant
there was only one thing to do. Become a mail-order bride and hope for the
best.
Granville Peters thought he’d be
happy with a bride that had all her teeth and could hold a decent conversation.
What he got was a beauty with a brain! But was he good enough for her? He
insisted they court and wanted to impress her, so Granville gave her what she
wanted most. A trip to Clear Creek, Oregon to meet the famous Soap King,
Gilbert Snow. Unfortunately, it was obvious she was more interested in meeting
Mr. Snow than getting to know him. Was this a mistake? And what if Granville
lost his heart, only to have her tell him she wasn’t interested? With her looks
and brains, she could do anything in his eyes. Did he even have a chance with
her? Find out as residents of two of Kit Morgan’s famous towns come together in
this fun western romance!
Release date: June 25, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D865L16T
Bernard's Christmas Mail-Order Bride Historical Western Holiday Romance
By P. Creeden
This
Christmas, love arrives unexpectedly—by stagecoach.
Can unexpected Christmas magic spark love’s flame between a man with no bride
and the woman who has traveled so far to win his wary affection? This is a
clean, wholesome series of standalone novellas written from a Christian
worldview. Each story has a happily ever after and features down-to-earth
characters with real world problems who overcome them by grace and love. There
will be seven brides in this special holiday series ~ read them all!
Release
date: June 20, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNPQ7QRW
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:
July Pre-orders:
Luna: A Sweet Historical Romance (Pendleton Petticoats Book 11)
By Shanna Hatfield
She’s searching for peace and grace
He’s ready to step into his next big adventure
Haunted
by memories of the fateful day that changed her life, Luna Campanelli seeks a
fresh start in Pendleton, Oregon. Life in the wild western town is nothing like
she imagined, although the rugged beauty of the area soothes her troubled
spirit. An unlikely friendship with one of the area ranch hands lifts her
hopes, until she discovers the cowboy isn’t who he’s led her to believe.
Hunter Douglas didn’t intend to hide his identity from the woman he met on the
train, but when she assumed he was his sister’s hired hand, he didn’t correct
her. He never anticipated forming such a deep connection to her, especially
when thoughts of her continue to infiltrate his carefully made plans. As a
recent college graduate with an inheritance he intends to use to start his own
ranch in Pendleton, Hunter must decide if he is willing to open his heart and
include Luna in his future.
Will they embrace the unexpected love that has blossomed between them, or let
fear tear them apart?
Release date: July 2, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5DL2MMK
A Child for Christmas: Confederate Widows, Spinsters, and Proxy Brides
By Marisa Masterson
A woman desperate to
begin again. A man who longs for connection. Only a baby stands in the way of
their happily ever after.
Charlotte Reynolds lost both her fiancé and her father during the War of
Northern Aggression. She and her sister Esther struggled to hang on to the
family’s home in Alexandria, Virginia. Unfortunately, Esther sacrificed her
virtue to pay the taxes and died as a result.
With no home, her sister's newborn, and the cool weather of winter in the
offing, Charlotte seizes on the chance to marry a man in the West. The only
catch is she must marry him sight unseen in a proxy ceremony. She will face any
obstacle to keep her nephew safe, even marry a Yankee!
Butch Whaley needs a woman’s chatter to get through the winter. The previous year he nearly went mad spending the season by himself on the land he homesteaded, land he had gotten free as a veteran of the recent war. He craved the noise of another person. Everyone knew women talked a lot, so a wife was guaranteed to end his loneliness.
Only, he wants one without encumbrances. A woman who has never been married
would suit him best. He is working hard to establish his ranch. He did not
intend for stepchildren to inherit it. No, it would not be like what happened
when Pa left his store to his stepson Ike instead of to Butch.
When he risks being caught in a snowstorm to collect his Christmas bride, he is
in for a shock. The woman arrives with a baby she says is hers.
Will Butch honor the promise he made when he signed the proxy form or will he
lose out on future happiness because of past hurt?
Release date: July 3, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1YT8R1N
Molly: Sweet Historical Romance (Pendleton Promises Book 2)
by Shanna Hatfield
Inspired by the Hello Girls, America’s first women soldiers who helped win World War I.
She longs to make a difference.
He yearns to claim her heart.
After years of managing the Pendleton telephone office, Molly Thorsen answers the call for women to serve as telephone operators during World War I. Upon her arrival in France, she navigates the challenges of working near the front lines and battles the prejudices and skepticism of the men around her. Determined to prove her worth and skill, Molly faces adversity head-on while unexpectedly falling in love with a charming soldier.
Friday Fitzpatrick may not have been eager to engage in combat, but when he is drafted into the American Expeditionary Forces, he embraces the role of a soldier with unwavering determination. While fighting to survive the harrowing battlefield experiences, he clings to his sanity by dreaming about the captivating Hello Girl who has captured his heart. Though his opportunities to see her are limited, she serves as a beacon of hope in the midst of his darkest days.
Through their shared experiences and the trials they endure, Molly and Friday find comfort and encouragement in each other's company, forging a connection that defies the chaos of a world in conflict. As the war draws to a close and they return home, will civilian life bring them together or pull them apart?
Find out in this sweet and wholesome historical romance filled with hope, faith, courage, and love.
Release date: July 11, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXGXL68H
Olivia's Odyssey (Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Orders Book 49)
By Jo-Ann Roberts
Things go from bad to worse after Olivia Talbot is let go from her position at the Butterick Pattern Company in Boston and her beloved Auntie Dee passes away. Left with only her sewing machine and a letter of introduction to Mildred Crenshaw, proprietress of the Westward Hearts and Homes Matrimonial Agency she soon finds herself corresponding with a cattleman from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
As a proxy mail-order bride to a cattleman and mother to three children, she
expected her life would change.
What she didn't expect upon her arrival was to discover Nate Forester, her
intended, had perished in a suspicious fire.
Ty Forester's world is upended after tragedy leaves him caring for his
brother's children. A cattleman's life is difficult enough. Yet, all he can do
is pray he can raise the children and still run a ranch.
But it gets worse. His late brother’s mail-order bride arrives with a signed
affidavit stating she will be sharing custody
of the children with him. In disbelief, Ty intends to send Olivia Talbot
straight back to wherever she came from.
Too bad the determined, tenacious woman has other plans.
Release date: July 15, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D488ZQPF
Edwin's Christmas Mail-Order Bride -Historical Western Holiday Romance
By P. Creeden
This
Christmas, love arrives unexpectedly—by stagecoach.
Can unexpected Christmas magic spark love’s flame between a man with no bride
and the woman who has traveled so far to win his wary affection? This is a
clean, wholesome series of standalone novellas written from a Christian
worldview. Each story has a happily ever after and features down-to-earth
characters with real world problems who overcome them by grace and love. There
will be seven brides in this special holiday series ~ read them all!
Release date: July 18, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNPS9XQW
August Pre-orders:
Cowboy Law -A Texas Rangers - Sutton Brother’s Romance Book 2
By P. Creeden
Justice and vengeance intertwine for a Texas Ranger and an alluring beauty whose fates collide on the frontier, leading to trickery and tragedy before any shot at redemption.Their devotion is tested through gripping adventures and perilous twists of fate. More details to come.
Release date: August 15, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CRYMNKBH
Caleb’s New Bride (Mountain Men and Mail-Order Brides)
By P. Creeden
What happens when a mail-order bride shows up on the doorstep of a mountain man’s cabin? Who will suffer rejection? Who will gain redemption? These fated, possibly star-crossed lovers will soon find out!
Release date: August 29, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6X81RCX
September Pre-orders:
A Sleigh Ride For Claire (Sleigh Ride)
By Jo-Ann Roberts
He was the most stubborn and prideful
man she’d ever met!
She was a busybody who stuck her
nose in his business at every turn!
With Christmas on the horizon,
Claire McAllister has far too much to do to entertain dreams of a husband and
family. Even if she feels inclined to help Lincoln Wyse outwit his three
mischievous young daughters, it's impossible to imagine the handsome widower
seeing her as anything but a scolding schoolteacher.
Even though the pretty
schoolteacher never turned a favorable eye to him, Linc Wyse’s heart skipped a
beat whenever she pinned him with her mesmerizing green eyes. Beautiful or not,
Claire McAllister was a meddling spinster who placed judgments on him and his
family.
Yet, neither one can imagine how a
magical Christmas Eve sleigh ride will open their eyes to love…or how the Lord
will awaken their faith and hope.
Release Date: September 2, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/Sleigh-Ride-Claire-ebook/dp/B0CXHXVQQF
Hotfooting from Hawthorne: Pioneer Brides of Rattlesnake Ridge Book 15
By Marisa Masterson
A woman
with trouble hot on her trail and a child at her side. A man who handles his
Colt revolver like a shootist.
Ginny Maxwell has one child left as
she waits at a train depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. The others left one by one as
the orphan train traveled farther west. She wanted to believe each had found
homes where they would be clothed and fed. She could not hope for them to be
loved. Growing up as a foundling, she knew adults rarely wasted affection on
orphans.
While she and the unclaimed orphan
wait for the eastern bound train that would take them back to Chicago, their
lives change with one slash of a shiny knife. A man stabs a lone woman waiting
on the platform. At Ginny's gasp, he realizes she and the little boy have seen
him.
A frantic race to escape begins,
and desperation sends them into the back of a tarp-covered wagon. Hiding there,
she hears the whistle. They missed their train and are stuck with a killer on
their trail.
Release date: September 9, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D49LQR1F
A Sleigh Ride For Grace (Sleigh Ride)
By Linda Carroll-Bradd
Grace Darton believes family is more
important than anything…even an attentive beau. Three years ago, she broke off
a courtship to tend her ailing aunt and assume management of her boardinghouse.
Although her life might lack romance, she and her younger sister, Kerrie,
strive to provide a family atmosphere for their boarders. But is it really
enough?
Darach MacLean thought he had his
future planned—he and his love, Grace, were to marry and move to Golden City
for him to attend the Colorado School of Mines. But she stayed behind. As a new
graduate, he returns to Spur Springs to either win her back or purge her from
his life forever. His sweet Grace has become a successful businesswoman and is
being wooed by the mayor. Can Darach find the way back into her heart or has he
returned too late?
Release date: September 16, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D34RFGGM
A Sleigh Ride For Holly
A nanny whose children have grown finds
herself without prospects for another job. At twenty-five years old, spinster
is the best description for her now. But will a letter and an invitation for a
sleigh ride change her life?
*More description coming soon*
Release Date: September 23, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D344YDTG
Wyatt's New Bride: Mountain Men & Mail-Order Brides
By Zina Abbott
Wyatt Holt gave up searching for gold in favor of becoming a Tuolumne County lumberjack to satisfy the demand for timber supports in the new quartz mines and lumber for the nearby towns. He is tired of living in tents or sharing a barracks-style bedroom in the Summersville boardinghouse. With more men bringing families to the area, he begins his search for a wife. Between being shot during a community meeting gone bad, the bride he sent for rejecting him for another, and uncertain if he will heal from his injuries well enough to resume his former occupation, Wyatt wonders if there is any hope for a loving wife and family in his future.
Release date: September 26, 2024
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW19ZPG9
A Sleigh Ride For Georgia (Sleigh Ride)
By Kimberly Grist
Abandoned as a child, Georgia knows
first-hand the results of chasing rainbows, searching for the proverbial pot of
gold. That same lure called her father to California, leaving her to grow up in
a children’s home. Even though she knows that there is little value in
depending on anyone but herself, buried in her heart is the dream of her own
happily ever after – a husband and family. Desperate, she accepts the advice of
her pastor and applies to a matchmaking agency. If only someone would look past
her inadequacies and see her potential, she would devote herself to ensuring
his happiness and love him with her whole heart. Unfortunately, she is out of
time.
“Who was it that said desperate
times demand desperate measures? The Lord forgive me if I’m wrong, but the next
letter I write, I’m omitting the fact that I limp.”
Release Date: September 30, 2024
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