His Substitute Mail-Order Bride

His Substitute Mail-Order Bride
Author: Sherri Shackelford
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488087342

Stand-In Wife Russ Halloway’s mail-order bride never boarded the bride train! In her place is recently widowed Anna Darby Linford, sister of the last woman to jilt Russ. He’s surprised to see Anna again—and stunned when he discovers she’s pregnant. Marrying Anna seems the right thing to do...especially since love continues to evade him. Anna hopes Russ will help her find employment—becoming a wife again never even crossed her mind. Yet as she struggles to start over in the small town, Anna forges a genuine connection with Russ. When secrets from her past threaten Russ’s future in politics, can they protect their family in the making?

His Substitute Wife

His Substitute Wife
Author: Dorothy Clark
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488017425

A Convenient Marriage Blake Latherop needs a wife in order to keep his business, and his betrothed has apparently eloped with another man. So when his fiancée’s sister, Audrey Prescott, steps off the train in Whisper Creek offering to be his bride, he’s in no position to refuse. But it’s hardly the marriage he had in mind. Audrey knows she shouldn’t have answered Blake’s letters in her sister’s name…but she couldn’t bring herself to tell him of his fiancée’s betrayal. Now the only way to fix things is through a temporary marriage. But as she comes to love her new life in the West, Audrey dreads the day Blake finds another solution to their situation. Because what started as a marriage of convenience has become so much more for her…

The Substitute Bride

The Substitute Bride
Author: Janet Dean
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426848692

Fleeing an arranged marriage, debutante Elizabeth Manning exchanges places with a mail-order bride bound for New Harmony, Iowa. Life on the frontier can't be worse than forced wedlock to pay her father's gambling debts. But Ted Logan's rustic lifestyle and rambunctious children prove to be more of a challenge than Elizabeth expects. She doesn't know how to be a mother or a wife. She doesn't even know how to tell Ted the truth about her past—especially as her feelings for him grow. Little does she know, Ted's hiding secrets of his own, and when their pasts collide, there's more than one heart at stake.

Mail-order Bride Substitute

Mail-order Bride Substitute
Author: Linda Ford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Mail order brides
ISBN:

Olivia comes from a rich family, but it hasn't protected her from malicious rumors. A marriage of convenience as a mail-order bride to Riley Shannon is exactly what she needs for a fresh start. Especially when he makes it clear he wants no romance. Something she is in complete agreement with. She'll go in place of her friend, Sylvia, who has changed her mind about the arrangement she made with Riley. Riley has bitter memories of loving a rich woman who doesn't care to embrace ranch life. He has no intention of repeating that lesson. When Olivia steps from the train, offering to be his substitute bride, his answer is a resounding "no thanks." But Olivia isn't about to take no for an answer and makes her way to the ranch, determined to prove she is the answer to his prayers. What will it take for these two to overcome the barriers to their love?

Mail-Order Bride Switch

Mail-Order Bride Switch
Author: Dorothy Clark
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2018-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488087318

His Imposter Bride Garret Stevenson must find a bride or forfeit his newly built hotel. With his deadline approaching, he plans an in-name-only marriage with a maid who’ll cook and clean for his guests. When a pampered, pretty heiress arrives instead, the deception confirms Garret’s distrust of women. But Virginia Winterman has more substance than her elegant clothes suggest. Fleeing West to escape a cruel suitor, Virginia finds a business arrangement with Whisper Creek’s brusque hotel owner is mutually beneficial, and she relishes being useful. Yet what was once a practical solution soon blossoms into a deeper union. Can Garret get past old betrayals before his future with Virginia slips away?

The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride

The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride
Author: Cora Seton
Publisher: One Acre Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2016-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927036372

Ethan Cruz should be mending fences on his Montana ranch, but instead he's driving to the Chance Creek, Montana, airport - to pick up the bride he didn't know he had. This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend, Rob Matheson, has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his "bride" right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city bride. Autumn Leeds needs a story - fast - or she's going to lose her lucrative contract with CityPretty Magazine, so when she sees the crazy video plea for a modern mail-order bride for a cowboy, it sounds like the story of the century. Making a video of her own, she casts herself as the perfect mail-order bride for a rancher, but when she finally reaches Montana, she's surprised to find Ethan's the perfect cowboy husband-to-be. Against her better judgment, her plan to keep her handsome groom at arm's length disintegrates into a night of passion spent in his arms. Ethan knows he can't keep playing this game - he has to come clean with Autumn and tell her the truth; about the practical joke and about the state of his ranch. He's about to lose it all because of the debts his mother racked up before his parents' deaths. Now his sister, Claire, wants to sell the ranch and collect what little money they can. He'll be out of a home and a job, and in no shape to support the bride he desperately wants to marry, after all. Autumn's in bigger trouble than ever. Not only has she fallen in love with the subject of her expose - she might be carrying his child. If she doesn't write this article and secure her contract for another year, she'll lose everything - her career, her apartment, and more importantly, her family's approval. The only alternative is to stay and marry Ethan. But how can she trust a man she's just met when she knows too well that men always let you down? Can a love based on lies last? Cowboys of Chance Creek: BOOK 0: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride BOOK 1: The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 2: The Cowboy Wins a Bride BOOK 3: The Cowboy Imports a Bride BOOK 4: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire BOOK 5: The Sheriff Catches a Bride BOOK 6: The Cowboy Lassos a Bride BOOK 7: The Cowboy Rescues a Bride BOOK 8: The Cowboy Earns a Bride BOOK 9: The Cowboy's Christmas Bride

An Unexpected Mail Order Bride

An Unexpected Mail Order Bride
Author: Blythe Carver
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Theresa Baldwin’s bored with the boys paraded before her to pick from. She wants a man. Not some silly boy who plays pranks. She’s not one to wait for life to come to her. She’ll seize it by the horns. And she does just that, ending up in the wild west with nothing but her money and her companion. Nate Winchester and his two boys were abandoned by his wife. She simply up and left them. Who does that? Now, Nate’s had to figure out how to be mother and father to his sons. Lucky for him, he’s got siblings who have helped him. But that’s not enough. Children need a mama. When his sister comes up with a plan for getting him a bride, he’s not interested. Yet, his sister Melissa is persistent. Lo and behold, here comes Theresa Baldwin. A ray of sunshine in his otherwise bleak life. Theresa has no idea that her appearance has been orchestrated by Nate’s sister. She’s thrilled to have found this woodworking, ranching man’s man in the wild west. Until she learns the truth…

The Substitute Groom

The Substitute Groom
Author: Susannah Calloway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2020-04-20
Genre:
ISBN:

Ashton Milford's twin brother, Noel, is gunned down by outlaw Hank Riley. Noel's dying wish is for Ashton to marry his intended bride, a woman Ashton knows nothing about. Later, Ashton regrets promising to marry this mystery woman in Noel's stead, and hopes she stays away from the family ranch. Delia Wayne and her young son, Josh, have lost everything. Only the hope of marriage to a rancher named Noel in Nebraska offers them any sort of future. She and Josh arrive in Planter's Point, and Delia thinks she will soon wed the man she fell in love with through letters. To his dismay, Ashton discovers Delia, Noel's fiancée, has arrived. His parents, Maggie and Fred, welcome her as part of the family, but Ashton resents her presence. His guilt at not informing anyone of his promise to marry Delia rises, and he wants her to return to Boston. What happens next is an adventure of love and danger; both Delia and Ashton must fight for their lives when outlaw Hank Riley returns to Planters Point.

Love Inspired Historical May 2018 Box Set

Love Inspired Historical May 2018 Box Set
Author: Sherri Shackelford
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488087385

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles! Enjoy these historical romances of adventure and faith. HIS SUBSTITUTE MAIL-ORDER BRIDE Return to Cowboy Creek by Sherri Shackelford When the bride train arrives in Cowboy Creek, Russ Halloway is shocked to discover his carefully selected mail-order bride is instead his ex-fiancée’s little sister—all grown up. Anna Linford’s looking for a fresh start—and to keep her secrets hidden from the one man who, should he discover them, could break her heart. BABY ON HER DOORSTEP by Rhonda Gibson To raise the little girl left on her doorstep, schoolteacher Laura Lee’s only option is becoming a temporary live-in nanny for rancher Clint Shepard. The arrangement was supposed to be temporary, but soon the single dad’s wishing Laura and her baby can become a permanent part of his family. ACCIDENTAL SWEETHEART The Bachelors of Aspen Valley by Lisa Bingham Lydia Tomlinson will do anything to keep stranded mail-order brides in the Batchwell Bottoms mining camp—even going up against Pinkerton detective Gideon Gault, who watches over the ladies. But when a gang of outlaws threatens the town, Gideon and Lydia must band together to stop the thieves—and to fight any force that would keep them apart. LAST CHANCE WIFE by Janette Foreman Stranded in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, after a failed mail-order match, Winifred Sattler convinces Ewan Burke to give her a job in the general store attached to his gold mine. Busy trying to keep his fledgling operation open, Ewan has no time for distractions—except he can’t stop picturing his life with Winifred by his side…forever.

The Mistaken Mail Order Bride

The Mistaken Mail Order Bride
Author: Ruth Ann Nordin
Publisher: Ruth Ann Nordin
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2016-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Eric Johnson has been writing to his mail-order bride for months, and at long last, the day she’s due to arrive has come. Only, the young lady who comes off the stagecoach isn’t at all what he expected. She's homely in appearance, and she has an orphan child with her. However, he is a man of his word, so he's going to marry her. He had enjoyed their correspondence over the past year, after all, and really, initial impressions aren’t everything. But when the preacher pronounces them husband and wife, he finds out she’s the wrong lady. Caroline Benton’s just as shocked as he is, not realizing she’d gotten off at the wrong town and followed the wrong man home. Why, oh why, didn’t she think to ask him his name? Now she and the orphan child she brought with her are stuck in a strange town with a man who’d been waiting for someone else. She can’t imagine he’s at all happy to be paired up with her for the rest of his life. Not only is she rather unattractive, but she doesn't know the first thing about housekeeping. Just what is she supposed to do to convince him it’s not the end of the world that he married the wrong mail-order bride?