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After being jilted at the altar, Scarlett Settler can't show her face in town. She becomes a mail-order bride to a blacksmith in Silver Falls, Oregon. She only skimmed the letters that she and her intended exchanged and was very disappointed to find he was a blacksmith always covered in soot. Dillon Stahl built a huge house and now he wants to fill it with a wife and children. When his friend Smitty Settler writes to him about his daughter, Scarlett, he's intrigued and proposes. He expected a sweet biddable wife that he can build a life with. Instead he ends up with an opinionated woman who does not know the word compromise.

A handsome man, Greg Settler, decides to go and make his own mark on the world. He travels to California to try his luck at gold mining. From the first day he realizes he knows nothing about gold mining. Luckily for Greg, his claim is next to Hugo Watkins and his daughter Mercy’s mine. Mercy Watkins has grown up traveling from mine to mine. Her father, a dreamer, always believed they’d make it big at the next mine. Unfortunately, her father dies, but not before he asks Greg to take care of his daughter. In order to save Greg from hanging, Mercy marries him.

Myles is shocked when he sees his best friend Cait. The woman before him wearing a fancy dress and white gloves is not his Cait. What happened to his buddy who fished, hunted, raced horses, and wrestled? He can hardly stand to see the new Cait. He yearns for the girl who rides horses while standing on their backs.

Donald is expecting his mail-order bride; however, she arrives with a surprise—her baby niece. Although she had told the agency about Winnie, this wasn't passed on to Donald. He finds it very difficult to trust anyone, so this immediately puts a strain on the potential relationship. He also relies on a strict routine, whilst this is impossible with a young child involved.

Cowboy Brogan Kavanagh wants nothing better than to be left alone. Unfortunately, he’s left with no option and helps two women travelers. The oldest spitfire, Ciara, doesn’t trust him one bit and is constantly on her guard. Brogan is both amused and insulted by her attempts to keep him at arm’s length. Ciara Doyle has the weight of the world laying heavily on her shoulders. She is trying to get her and her sister Orla back to St. Louis after her parents died along the Oregon Trail. Will Brogan and Ciara be able to set aside their problems and acknowledge their growing attraction?

Mallory, a wagon-train attack survivor, who opens her own cafe and also feeds the hungry, is being bullied into marriage. Brayden finds this to be unacceptable and rides to the rescue. Unfortunately, his involvement invites scandalous gossip. Mallory has no customers, and she needs the money she makes to feed the homeless. The only way to rectify her reputation is through marriage

Quinn Kavanagh is never going to risk his heart again. In fact, he doesn't think he has a heart anymore. Everything he thought to be true wasn't, and now he is traveling trying to find a place where he fits. Heaven Burke is about to be shot when Quinn arrives. He saves her, then and again later that day in a shootout. A group of men don’t like that she rescues Black boys who have nowhere to go. She can't stay in her house; it isn’t safe for her, her children, or the baby that is due in a few months. Quinn takes her to the Kavanagh ranch and fights fiercely to resist her goodness.

Eireann is the last survivor of her family after the Civil War. The war has been over for almost two years and there has been no word of her fiancé, Callen McKeegan. Anxious, she writes to his family in Montana and is promptly sent the means for her to travel to them. They too have been waiting for news about Callen.

The day Teagan Kavanagh proposed he was told to leave and never come back. That was before the Civil War. Now Teagan is puzzled as to why the Maguire cattle are on his ranch. He rides to their ranch and finds Gemma alone, living in a falling down house. He is further confused when she accuses him of buying her ranch and having her evicted. Gemma Maguire held on during the war, doing without, she paid off the mortgage on the ranch.

Christmas in Oregon is like no other. It’s full of love and danger, heart-wrenching twists and turns, and pause-resisting excitement. The tender romance is inspiring and heartfelt. The characters of love on the romance trail are nine years older. Great strides are been made, families grow and the romance continues. Swift Eagle struggles through extreme snow to make it to the ranch. He needs to see his dear friend, Luella before he moves on. He has decided that marriage is not for him and he’s going to Canada where he can still hunt and live a peaceful life.

Tara Carmichael watched her whole wagon party, including her father, get killed. She stayed hidden as the men ransacked the wagons searching. Later that evening, she heads back to Fort Bridger on the Oregon Trail. Tara has no supplies, and the store clerk at Fort Bridger has no mercy. She sees a chance, and she takes it by hiding in the back of the wagon Zander is driving. She knows how to hunt, fish, make buckskins, and she’s good with a rifle and a knife.

Dawn’s life shatters as she watches her family die and then is kidnapped by Indians. Dawn is badly treated and finally thrown off a cliff. Swift Eagle brings her to his friend on the wagon train, Luella. Dawn has much healing to do. She can heal her body, and she spends much time reading her Bible, but she can’t bear to tell anyone what happened to her, and she doesn’t like to be touched.

Luella Barnes jumps off the wagon so she can walk along the Oregon Trail. Unfortunately, her dress gets caught, and her leg is run over by one of the wagon wheels. When her father sees that she is unable to do the chores, he tells her she is on her own. No one offers to take the injured woman into their covered wagon. She is given a place in the extra wagon used by three handsome drovers who work for Harrison Walsh. They know to show her the proper respect a young, unmarried woman deserves.

Cora feels indebted to the man, Eddie, who saved her and her baby Esther. She travels on the Oregon Trail with him. He intimidates her and has her doing most of the work. He’s jealous, and she knows not to look in another man’s direction. An early snowstorm leaves her in danger of frostbite, and when Harrison Walsh carries her off to his wagon to be treated, Eddie becomes enraged and drops Cora’s trunk off at Harrison’s wagon. Harrison Walsh was happily married until three months ago, when his wife died.

Mary Beth arrives at the Eastman ranch planning to marry Lex Willis. To her dismay Lex is already married to Iris, the love of his life. Mary Beth then confesses she’d been attacked by the same man who tried to attack Iris in Button Hills, Texas. Mary Beth also struggles with forgiveness and searches for the answer. Marry Beth grew up wealthy and cared for in every way until her father throws her out. With nowhere to go and in need of a father for her expected child she accepts the first proposal that comes her way.

A sweet historical western romance: Daisy Weathers travels to Texas as a mail order bride. The would-be groom takes one look at her scarred face and walks away without her knowing...Sterling, a handsome cowboy is rolled out of the back of a wagon and left...In this historical christian mail-order bride novel, Daisy is penniless and works to help Sterling heal. Trouble finds her which sends them both on a journey of the heart, doubts, mishaps, and realization.

Glory’s life is being turned upside down. Her comfortable daily life as a teacher at The Wigg School and Foundling Home has ended. She'd lived there all her life. How will she survive without her friends? Her future now is to travel to Texas as a Mail Order Bride and be a teacher. Glory wonders if she is good enough for Kent Sandler... Kent never wanted to get married again...Through it all, both Kent and Glory admire each other’s courage and commitment but was that enough for a happy marriage?

In the aftermath of the Civil War so many people struggled to put their lives back together. Iris Sands travels from Virginia to Texas as a mail-order bride. When she arrives in Sweet Water she finds that the man who sent for her died. The Union Soldiers thought her to be a new saloon girl and thought to get to her first before she started working. Lex Willis and ex-Confederate Soldier was about to leave town when he saw Iris being tossed back and forth by the soldiers. He puts a stop to it and takes her to the Eastman Ranch. He swore never to marry but Iris makes him rethink his vow.

The last thing cowboy Colt O’Malley needs is another busybody intent on curing him of his grief. Deeply bitter, Colt finds it almost impossible honoring his brother’s last act of kindness. Spring Reed grew up in the foster care system and when she finally ages out, she relies on her protector and friend, Billy Jack to help them make a life together. To her horror, Billy becomes an abusive bully. Her rescuer arrives in the form of a coffee drinking, hard studying college student, Caleb O’Malley.

Escaping her abuser, Veronica heads for Texas as a mail-order bride. She brings with her an unexpected baby and hopes and prays that Max will be accepting of her child. She also hopes that she will be able to allow her husband to touch her. Max is stunned to see a secret baby, but he comes through as a cowboy hero and treats her as his own. He's not sure how to react to Veronica. She is jumpy and scared. He knows it'll be a long road to teach her that some men can be trusted. Then the dead father of her baby shows up.