THIRD PLACE IN HISTORICAL FICTION - 2020 SOAP AWARDS With nothing to remain for or even forget, Allison Bleeker listened eagerly to the descriptions offered by the agent who encouraged her signature on the marriage contract that would see her travelling west, dreaming of a new start in life with the man who sent for her. The nightmare awaiting her would give her something she would never forget.

Rose McGregor flees the post-civil war south as a mail-order bride, with no other hope than to have a home of her own, a full stomach, and someone to take care of her. She never expected to find more pain and hardship than she's already suffered as her past catches up with her future. Least of all does she expect to find a love far beyond her wildest dreams in the arms of the stranger she has sworn to honor and obey.

Colorado, 1875. When the MacEilans left Ireland, they hoped for a new start, away from the pain that has followed them their whole lives. But when four of the children are left alone in the frontiers of Colorado, a new start seems impossible- especially for Anne MacEilan, who still lives in her family's dark past. America isn't at all how they thought it would be. There's thieves and disease all around them- just what they hoped wouldn't be there. Life has never treated the MacEilan family well... but will they be able to beat the odds, and make a life for themselves on the harsh Colorado soil? This is the first book in the Irish Thistles series, which will tell the stories of the MacEilan sisters. All of the written books can be found on my page. Book 1: My Wild Irish Rose- Anne (complete) Book 2: Ladybird- Mary (complete) Book 3: Saturday's Lady- Emma (currently being posted!)

23 year old widower, Bose Barrett, needs a wife and he needs one fast. Ignoring the advances from women folk in town, he writes a personal ad in hopes of finding a lady that is educated -and doesn't already know all of his business- to help raise his sassy 3 year old daughter. Ella, a young woman orphaned at the age 13 then raised by a kind farmer and his wife, knows her days on the farm are numbered Mrs. Cody already passed and Mr. Cody isn't far behind her. Soon she will be homeless again, so what does she do? She answers an ad in the paper. A mail order bride, she may be right crazy but this will be a new adventure.

Belinda Vargas grew up to be a beautiful fool but when her abusive husband dies. She would have to become a mail order bride to escape from a past never wanted. When good hearted Kristian Harris orders a mail order bride he didn't know he'll be getting a beautiful women who doesn't even know how to boil water. But with God's help these two souls will learn to fall in love and trust again!

Deanna had lost her home, her mother's hospital bills were mounting, and now she was out of money. Her mother signed her up as a Mail Order Bride as a solution. Colin broke his engagement with a lecherous woman who was unfaithful and only wanted his money and his status as Governor to propel her up in society. He was done with women like that. When he saw the ad for a Mail Order Bride he signed up.

Joshua Jeffreys was your topical ladies' man, dark and handsome as well as charming. He could have any woman he wanted in the small town of Twin Oaks. Any woman, except, Catherine Goodwin. Catherine's plans of being a mail order bride didn't go as smoothly as planned. Stuck in Twin Oaks, Nevada, Catherine decided to prove to her father ( and herself) she could make it...Alone. No matter his wealth or charm, Catherine would have no man.

Gunther Goodman meets mail order bride schoolmarm Cecelia Mapplethorpe, his deceased wife's best friend, who arrives in 1880's Green Junction Colorado to marry him and care for their children Mary Grace, Lilah, Johann, and baby Rachel. Gunther and Cecelia's Pinterest Board is here: https://www.pinterest.com/cgriffin0413/cecelia-and-guntther/

After months of expectant trips to the post office and sweet letters from one another. Serilda Montgomery finally realizes she has to meet Mr Patrick Bolden face to face. Even at the protest of her dear friends, she must to leave now to avoid a marriage to the ancient Mr. Silas. But during her long trek to the wild west, Serilda is the recipient of some sobering news. She debates what to do, She wasn't able to head for home or else become an old man's bride. But she didn't want to stay in the town with the stubborn, although handsome, Justice Steele, no matter how much she liked his sister. What could a Southern Belle of high class do, in the land full of Indians and danger? *Description written by my dear friend Secretly Sherlock *

Deputy Micah finds himself alone and lonely when his best friend finds himself happily married. While all the other men have families and homes to go to at the end of the day, Micah goes to the only place that feels like home. The saloon. Lily has escaped her rich powerful abusive father. She longs to rescue her sister from the same situation, so she works as a serving girl at the saloon, saving every penny she earns to send for her sister. Micah has always admired the sweet gentle serving girl, though he has no idea the amount of trouble that admiration will bring him. THIS IS A HAPPILY EVER AFTER HISTORICAL ROMANCE This a sequel to Loving River- it can stand alone but it helps if you've read the first.