The Peashooter Society's Plan: The Mismatched Mail-Order Brides, #1

By Linda K. Hubalek

The older members of the Clear Creek church women's group, informally known as the Peashooter Society, decide to help the unattached women in town obtain husbands.

It's 1892, almost twenty years after first mail-order brides found love in Clear Creek, Kansas in the Brides with Grit Series.

The group's solution, with the backing of a wealthy financier in town, is to advertise that they will offer jobs and housing to the prospective grooms they pick for the unsuspecting women.

The young women are appalled at the idea when they catch wind of the women's plan—until they see the handsome male finalists. Maybe this will work out after all…until the couples matched, clash.

Now what?

This introduction story starts the Mismatched Mail-order Brides Series. The couples change who they are courting, and fun and mayhem abound in this Kansas cow town.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc.
• Release date: Oct 21, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393898207

Linda K. Hubalek

Linda Hubalek has written over fifty books about strong women and honorable men, with a touch of humor, despair, and drama woven into the stories. The setting for all the series is the Kansas prairie which Linda enjoys daily, be it being outside or looking at it through her office window. Her historical romance series include Brides with Grit, Grooms with Honor, Mismatched Mail-order Brides, and the Rancher's Word. Linda's historical fiction series, based on her ancestors' pioneer lives include, Butter in the Well, Trail of Thread, and Planting Dreams. When not writing, Linda is reading (usually with dark chocolate within reach), gardening (channeling her degree in Horticulture), or traveling with her husband to explore the world. Linda loves to hear from her readers, so visit her website to contact her, or browse the site to read about her books. www.LindaHubalek.com www.Facebook.com/lindahubalekbooks

Book preview

A sweet historical romance set in 1892.

It’s 1892, almost twenty years after the first mail-order brides found love in Clear Creek, Kansas in the Brides with Grit Series.

The older members of the Clear Creek church women’s group, informally known as the Peashooter Society, decide to help the unattached women in town obtain husbands.

The group’s solution, with the backing of a wealthy financier in town, is to advertise that they will offer jobs and housing to the prospective grooms they pick for the unsuspecting women.

The young women are appalled at the idea when they catch wind of the women’s plan—until they see the handsome male finalists. Maybe this will work out after all...until the couples matched, clash.

Now what?

This short introduction story starts the Mismatched Mail-order Brides Series. The couples change who they are courting, and fun and mayhem abound in this Kansas cowtown.

Note to the Reader

The older women in the Clear Creek Community Church, informally known as the Peashooter Society by the younger generation, came up with the idea to bring men into town for the unattached women in town. The group meets today in the parsonage dining room to work on their plan.

Listed here is the Peashooter Society’s member’s name and in which story they were the main character in one of Linda Hubalek’s previous books.

Kaitlyn Reagan. Kaitlyn came directly from Ireland, as a mail-order bride, to be the widowed pastor’s wife. Kaitlyn and Patrick’s six boys, a mixture of his, theirs, and adopted, are Angus, Fergus, Seth, Mack, Cullen, and Tully. (Besides being a secondary character in the Brides with Grit series, her sons were featured in the Grooms with Grit series.)

Millie Wilerson. Mille was supposed to be the mail-order bride for Sam Larson, but he died before she arrived in Clear Creek. She brought her sister Darcie’s toddler, Tate, along with her to get the boy away from his abusive father. Millie becomes Marshal Adam Wilerson’s housekeeper and marries him. Millie and Adam have two children, Ben and Beth. (Millie Marries a Marshal)

Darcie Shepard. Darcie followed her sister, Millie, to Clear Creek with her baby, Amelia, to unite with her toddler and sister. Darcie marries Reuben Shepard, father of Gabe and Mary, and the family runs the Shepard and Sons Saddlery in town. (Darcie Desires a Drover)

Lorna Elison. Lorna came to town as a mail-order bride, but after the wedding night, the groom disappears—with her money. Penniless, pregnant, and working as a waitress in the Clancy Café, Lorna is befriended by her next-door neighbor, lawyer Lyle Elison. After her missing groom is found, Lorna and Lyle marry and have three girls, Elise, Blanche, and Mamie. (Lorna Loves a Lawyer)

Helen Paulson. Helen, with her four girls in tow, Ida Mae, Maridell, Avalee, and Luella, came to