Edwina Ladoux answers an ad for a mail-order bride and journeys with her half-sister, Prudence, to the tiny town of Heartbreak Creek, Colo., to meet her new husband, widower Declan Brodie. The two soon fall in love. However, things turn deadly when Lone Tree, an Arapaho with a grudge against Declan, decides to get his revenge via Edwina.

"Margaret Yoder can't seem to catch a break. Even though she's dedicated to her Amish faith, her wild Rumspringa won't stay in the past, and her mother keeps pressuring her to get married. To placate her mother and get away from former "friends," she decides to return to Birch Creek to visit family - and pretend to find a husband. Like Margaret, Owen Bontrager isn't looking for a spouse, something that's hard to avoid in Birch Creek, where an ad for...

"All his life, Brett Liberty has straddled two worlds: white and Iroquois. The only place he's truly at peace is with his wild mustangs. But after he's arrested for the color of his skin, he discovers Rayna Harper in the cell next to him. Rough and tumble Rayna has known little kindness, but Brett sees the depth of her heart hidden beneath layers of hurt and fear, and he refuses to leave without her. Fierce and loyal, kind and strong, Rayna is everything...

"Accused of crimes he didn't commit, ex-preacher Ridge Steele is forced to give up everything he knew and make his home with outlaws. Desperate for someone to confide in, he strikes up correspondence with mail-order bride Adeline Jancy, finding in her the open heart he's been searching for. Upon her arrival, Ridge discovers Addie only communicates through the written word, but he knows a little of what trauma can do to a person and vows to stand by...

"A fiesty young Frenchwoman gets more than she bargained for when she flees to the New World as a mail-order bride"--

"In 1863, upon discovering an abandoned baby, Pastor Abe Merivale cares for the infant along with Zoe Hart, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, they hastily marry - but soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all"--Provided by publisher. Unemployed and struggling with grief, Zoe Hart leaves England on a bride ship to British Columbia. Her brother fled there when...

Two brothers need a wife after the death of their doting mother and decide that a Russian woman will best meet their needs. They learn about the realities of life and love on this romp into mail-order bride land.

Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom, a man whose letters have won her heart. But Austin Canfield is dead. And Sarah cannot go back East. Austin's brother, Clay, has his own struggles. Though he dislikes working on the family farm and longs for a different life, Clay is driven to avenge his brother's death. But something is growing between Clay and Sarah that neither is ready...

"He may be a wanted man, but all outlaw Jack Bowdre ever desired was a second chance. Now he's on his way to jail, completely unaware that his unexpected--and unexpectedly beautiful--traveling companion is none other than Nora Kane: his mail order bride--Back cover.

"Spunky, young Ruth Priggish is on the run from a seventy-year-old suitor. Faced with the prospect of marriage to the persistent old codger, Ruth throws caution to the wind and decides to head for Wyoming Territory, where freedom and independence await. Her only hope is to seek help from an unwilling protector: Dylan McCall. U.S. Marshal Dylan McCall is trying desperately to get to Wyoming before winter sets in. But when he finds himself saddled with...