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The Bride Who Mines Gold: The Bride Who Book 5
by
Marisa Masterson
More
than gold lies hidden in Deadwood. A woman discovers danger and romance in The
Black Hills
Henrietta Mills receives a terse note informing her of her father’s death. His
partner does add one word of sympathy or mention Mr. Mills’ share of their
claim. She knows the men have been successful. Her father had been sending
money each month to support her and her mother, so there must be gold in
Deadwood.
Desperate not to lose the money needed to support Ma, Henrietta lands on a
plan. She will head west and mine her share of the claim. Selling everything
they own, she and her mother board a train for Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Mrs. Mills’ health keeps her in Cheyenne. Content with Ma’s situation,
Henrietta takes the Cheyenne & Deadwood Stage to head for her mine. As she
travels, her confidence grows. What could go wrong?
Close to Deadwood, bandits stop the stage and steal from the passengers. One
man meets her gaze. Henrietta is sure she has never seen greener eyes, eyes she
will remember.
Ross Kirwan has a problem. His partner’s daughter arrives, demanding to mine
the gold on his claim. This forces him to do something he did not plan to do—he
must truly mine. Worse yet, he is sure she recognizes him from the stagecoach
robbery.
Things worsen when Henrietta nearly becomes a prisoner in a Deadwood brothel.
Only quick action and Ross’ vow that she is his fiancée keeps her safe. A
forced marriage follows, with the bride and groom vowing to make it temporary.
Is that what they want, an annulment?
Will his secret endanger his new bride? What will it take for Ross to tell her
the truth? Will that truth bring an end to their convenient marriage or will he
see she is the bride he would have chosen?
Release
date: March 6, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Who-Mines-Gold-Book-ebook/dp/B0DGQRV14P
The Captain's
Rescue: The Rich Man Takes a Bride, #6
By
Kit Morgan
Captain Asher Stone left his little town
of Clear Creek, Oregon years ago to manage the Van Cleet Shipping Company. He's
always been detail oriented and good with numbers, so when Cyrus Van Cleet
offered him the job, he took it. Over the next eight years Ashton discovered he
was good at other things too. Like spying and privateering. But what's a little
extra work? After all, between his three jobs, he's managed to procure his own
ship. But now he'd like to settle down, find a wife, start a family.
Unfortunately for him, he's got a few slight obstacles in the way. For one,
someone is spreading viscous rumors that he's a smuggler. And two, the one
woman that really catches his eye, accuses him of ruining her family during his
privateering days. But she's got it all wrong, and he aims to set the record
straight with the pretty spitfire.
Elodie Carlson finally has the name
of the man that ruined her family. Captain Asher Stone. And she's determined to
bring him to justice! But when she finally gets the chance to confront him, he
of course denies any involvement and barely remembers the name of her father's
ship! In fact, he's just as determined to prove his innocence as she is to
prove he's guilty. And blast it! Wouldn't you know his explanation as to what
might have really happened makes sense? But to prove it they'll have to work
together to bring the real culprits to light, and see them arrested. Can she
bear working with a man she's not sure she can trust? Worse, can she work with
a cowboy turned sea captain without losing her heart?
Find out in this sweet historical
that's full of pure fun and romance!
Release
date: March 19, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVBG13J2
Mail-Order
Preacher: Healing Husbands Kindle Edition
By
P. Creeden
Part
of the Healing Husband Series.
Even independent women need a helping hand now and then. More than muscles and
rugged good looks, our brides need handy husbands, and only the Honorable,
Healing, and Hopeful need apply... but is that truly what they'll get?
Release date: March 20, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DML22SCY
Mail-Order Millie (A Mail-Order Mystery Book 1)
By
Kit Morgan
A Bride
A Spy
And a dead man..
Millie Scott has lost everything, so becoming a mail-order bride seemed like a
viable option. Yes, she’d have to marry a stranger, but it was the only way she
knew to survive. But when Millie meets and marries her groom, she gets more
than she bargained for. A lot more!
A spy for the president, Bram Henry’s next assignment is to arrest and then
impersonate mild-mannered yet crooked bookkeeper Bill Krantz. But when the real
Krantz meets with an untimely end, and his mail-order bride shows up earlier
than expected, his plans of infiltrating a slaver’s operation get thrown out
the window. Now he’s married to an unsuspecting mail-order bride who hasn’t a clue
he’s not the real Bill Krantz. And wouldn’t you know, she’s not only pretty,
but the sort of woman to make him want to quit his job and settle down. He just
might. If he can keep them both alive long enough, that is.
(Previously published as part of the Once Upon A Time Historical Box Set)
Release date: March
26, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Millie-Mystery-Book-ebook/dp/B0F2LHCJ6N
The Mine Owner's Rescue: The Rich Man Takes a
Bride, Book #7
By
Zina Abbott
Given a
choice between two despicable options, she needs to flee. He struck it rich
with his mine, but what about his choice of a wife?
To get away from her parents’ pressure to
accept marriage to a lecher, Abigail Belcher begins corresponding with
prospective husbands living far from Columbus, Ohio. Once her parents threaten
a course of action to force her to comply—one her best friend earlier warned
could happen—she knows she must act fast. She had planned to break off her
correspondence with Theodore Reynolds. He seemed nice enough but a mine owner?
A gold miner who lives in an isolated mining camp that is miles from the
nearest town of any size? However, his is the first offer she receives, so she
accepts. The prospect does not excite her, but it beats the alternative. She
prays she will find a way to fit in and be happy—and not leave him regretting
he chose her as his wife.
After years of hard work prospecting
south of Turnback Creek in Tuolumne County’s East Gold Belt country, Ted
Reynolds finally built up enough capital to develop his hard rock mine, the
Lucky Nugget Mine, which has made him a rich man. Although his is only one of
many mines that now cover the region around Summersville, one thing about the
region has not changed—a shortage of suitable women from which to choose a
wife. He just hopes the woman from Columbus, Ohio, he found through the Matrimonial Gazette can adapt to the still wild and
tumble ways of gold country. A bigger concern? Why the rush to join him? Is she
running from something or hoping to cover an indiscretion? Hopefully, his luck
will hold.
Release
date: March 28, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWVX2XS3
Not
all of our authors make their books available on pre-order. For those
who do, those advance sales go a long way to help their book ratings.
Below are some future books.
April Releases:
Mail-Order
Apothecary: Healing Husbands Kindle Edition
By
Linda Carroll-Bradd
Living on a Montana cattle ranch is not
the adventure Fenella Douglas Macauley imagined it would be. First, Tavish, the
man who swept her off her feet in a whirlwind romance, died in a stampede
before their six month anniversary. Now the headaches that started shortly
after her arrival have become worse. Stuck living with a disapproving Teva,
Tavish’s twin, who oversees the ranch operations, Fenella sinks into
melancholy. After being laid flat for days in a row, she puts an ad in a
matrimonial newspaper seeking a mail-order husband with the skills to heal her.
Barth Atherton needs to make a
change…and fast. His boss at the apothecary shop made a mistake that almost
caused a death, and he’s blaming it on Barth. An ad in a matrimonial newspaper
catches his eye and he answers it. As he leaves town, he submits a sworn
affidavit to the sheriff about the circumstance. When he arrives at the
Macauley Ranch, he falls into a mystery. His new wife is ill, and he has to
figure out the cause before the beautiful lady who captured his heart wastes
away. Are his skills strong enough?
Release
date: April 24, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGMGZ33X
Winna: Prairie Roses Collection - Book 51 Kindle Edition
By
Linda Carroll-Bradd
Since age seventeen, Winna Tiernay Sheehan
held her marriage vows sacred and did her best to support her husband,
Foley—even when in his “bad tempers,” he hurt her. But the night he goes after
their oldest child freezes her willingness to make excuses for her husband’s
problem with alcohol. Instead, she flees with her two children to Foley’s
cousin, Kai, for protection.
Kai Sheehan has loved Winna since
they attended the same one-room schoolhouse. He detests the way Foley spends
more time and attention on his attire than he does on his family. Finally, his
heart can take no more, and he makes plans to travel to Council Bluffs and join
a westward wagon train. He deserves happiness and that can’t be found anywhere
near Winna. Until she arrives on his doorstep with her children in tow, asking
for help, stating “I think I killed him.” A bruise blooms on her cheek and her
son cradles an injured arm. The next day, they learn Foley died in a barroom
shootout.
Kai agrees to a marriage of
convenience to transport the three to central California where another Sheehan
family farms. Is Kai strong enough to let them go at journey’s end? When faced
with a crucial choice toward the end of the trail, can Winna believe that Kai
is as trustworthy as he seems and follow his lead in a different direction?
Release
date: April 30, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/Winna-Prairie-Roses-Collection-Book-ebook/dp/B0F318LWD6
May
Releases
Mail-Order
Mishap Collection
By
Kimberly Grist
Embark on a journey with three brave
mail-order brides as they venture west, driven by hope and the promise of a
brighter future. Will their quest lead them to love and happiness beneath the
Texas sky?
One of the most delightful aspects
of writing is how secondary characters can unexpectedly come to life, eager to
tell their own stories. This is evident in a captivating collection of
previously published tales about courageous mail-order brides who embark on
transformative journeys, driven by the promise of love and a brighter future.
Their grooms are men from the fictional town of Tylerville, Texas—a place where
faith, family, and caring for one's neighbor are as natural as breathing.
Book One - Audie’s Audacious Bride-
When disappointed hopes collide – Will a wilting mail-order bride muster enough
resolve to soften a hardened rancher’s heart?
Book Two - Bethel: Runaway Brides
of The West - A semi-retired bootlegger, Bethel is shaking off the dust of her
well-worn boots, not looking back, and hoping for a transformation. All she
needs is a new dress, a new town, a husband, and a fresh start.
Book Three- Abilene: Rescue Me Mail
Order Brides- A bootlegger’s daughter and a hard-hearted sheriff go together
like moonshine and bad decisions. Will Abilene find a way to penetrate the
barriers of the sheriff’s heart?
Release
date: May 1, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Mishap-Collection-Kimberly-Grist-ebook/dp/B0F2SCV9Y7
Sue: Prairie Roses
Collection - Book 55
By
Zina Abbott
Susan Hancock, often called Sue, now she
lives in Carson City, Nevada, with her stepsister, Lucy, and
stepbrother-in-law. She prepares to follow Lucy’s example by furthering her
education so she can teach school. Although her studies are challenging,
sometimes the greatest pressure others place upon her is to set furthering her
education aside in order to choose one of the men—young or old—who seek to
claim her as a wife. Like Lucy, she prefers to get her education first and
experience being a teacher for at least one year before she settles down.
Besides, in spite of the many men flocking to the Carson River Valley, none yet
have captured her interest enough to tempt her to give up her goal.
Thomas Wilcox, a former Union
soldier from Kansas, survived the American Civil War—the final five months
spent in a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp. Although difficult to stay in
touch while moving from one battlefield to the next, he knows both his father
and brother—also Union soldiers—are dead. His mother, after the sacking of
Lawrence, took his cousin to her father and safety in California. He alone
remains in the East. Suffering from the effects of malnutrition and the
nightmares he cannot escape, he has lost the desire to farm the land his mother
saved for him. He decides, whether or not he regains an enthusiasm for living
and a sense of purpose, he prefers to rejoin the family he still has.
Release
date: May 5, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXH2SNFH
The
Senator's Rescue: Rich Man Takes a Bride
By
Linda Carroll-Bradd
Pressured by his influential US senator
father, Lockewood Wynn Sedgewick III needs a wife fast to secure his election
to the council for the First Wyoming Territory legislature. Locke has always
worked best on his own and resents that the image of a married man is more
acceptable to voters. He is dedicated to attracting business to the territory
and, in the final six weeks of the campaign, will acquiesce to this demand to
reach his goal. So, all the bride has to do is look the role and keep her mouth
shut.
Marching for women’s suffrage, Vedia
Elbe Jerrold is arrested…again. This time, her father, owner of Jerrold
Shipping, has had enough, because her behavior ruined a prestigious contract.
Father hires a matchmaker to arrange for a husband to calm his headstrong
daughter. Infuriated at her father’s betrayal, she chooses the bachelor who
lives the farthest away, hoping the rumors her group has heard about Wyoming
Territory leaning toward women’s suffrage. This arrangement might be her best
chance at gaining the vote for women…even if she has to relinquish her
independence.
Does a marriage under these fraught
circumstances have an inkling of a chance?
Release
date: May 7, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/Senators-Rescue-Rich-Takes-Bride-ebook/dp/B0F1L191ZM
Freddy's Sudden Farm (Rejected Mail-Order
Grooms Book 8)
By
Marisa Masterson
Freddy Albert dreams of escaping from his
parents' farm. An advertisement by a woman in Northern California for a husband
to help run her livery promises him a fresh start. As he prepares to leave
home, everything changes.
Now Freddy faces a hard decision. He
realizes he has no choice but to take on the responsibility of running the farm
and providing for his family. Unhappily, he writes to Lottie James, asking her
to sell her livery. He proposes she move to Oregon and marry him.
In California, Ann Marie LeFevre
cannot believe her friend's stubbornness. Despite her mail-order groom’s
invitation, Lottie refuses to leave California. When her friend tosses Fred’s
letters to her and tells her to marry him, Ann Marie quickly accepts the offer.
He will be glad for a substitute bride. She is sure of it.
However, she discovers that the
young man—Freddy--who wrote those letters is very different from the man she
expected. Sheer optimism will not make the two of them compatible as she had
hoped. And Freddy is far from willing to accept a substitute bride, especially
one who is older than him and not a bit pretty.
Will Freddy’s sudden farm keep him
from finding love or will he and Ann Marie discover a way to blend their hearts
and lives?
Release
date: May 29, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DT1L62ZN
Ash: (Gun For Hire Sweet
Western Romance Series Book #6) Kindle Edition
By
by Jo-Ann Roberts
An
outlaw looking for a fresh start.
A schoolteacher who might hold the key to the entire town’s salvation.
Ash “Shotgun” McCrae can never make
up for all the wrong he’s done. After leaving a notorious outlaw gang, he
thought he’d discovered the peaceful existence he’d been looking for when he
found work laying tracks for the railroad in Rivers Bend. Yet, when trouble
shows up in town, he fears he may never free himself from the burden of his
past.
Schoolteacher Kate Cummings stands
as the one bright light in contrast to the curious looks and behind-the-glove
whispers blowing through the town. The arrival of Padraic “Patch” Rooney and
his gang challenges the small-town serenity she holds dear. Still, her
steadfast trust in Ash awakens the strength of courage within them all, giving
rise to the collective defiance against the approaching danger.
In a deadly game of dangerous
outlaws and secret schemes, Kate and Ash must decide whether they are willing
to risk everything for their love, including their lives.
Release
date: May 30, 2025
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXMWC1PS
