Western Prairie Brides Series

MAIL ORDER BRIDE - A WESTERN PRAIRIE BRIDES ROMANCE Ever wondered what it might be like to be a mail-order bride? Or the groom, already married to a woman he's never laid eyes on? On the Canadian prairies in 1886, having a mail-order romance isn't unusual. Noah Ferguson desperately needs help on his farm. Annie Tompkins knows she can't go on working in Lazenby's cotton mill. Her little sister Bets will die if she goes on breathing in the lint from the machines.  Annie answers Noah's plea for an older woman, previously married, and familiar with farm work. So Annie's a little less than honest in her letters. Is that really so terrible? It's unforgivable, Noah fumes. Annie's a young virgin. But even that isn't the full extent of her lies. Problem is, Noah hasn't exactly been straight with Annie, either, and his secret has the power to break Annie's heart. Being a mail-order bride makes it nearly impossible when it comes to making the marriage work. It takes love, and Noah isn't willing to go there. Can even a special Christmas gift make their marriage work?

  1885--WIFE WANTED, OLDER WOMAN, MUST HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF HOUSEWIFERY AND FARMING. OBJECT, MATRIMONY. Annie answered Noah's newspaper ad for a mail-order wife because her deaf sister, Bets, would die if she went on working in Lazenby's Cotton Mill. Annie's landlady, Elinora Potts, assured Annie that the not-so-little lies she told in her letters were necessary. Does the end ever justify the means? Elinora is certain it does. ˃˃˃ BUT ANNIE IS TERRIFIED. What will happen to her and Bets when Noah finds out the truth? THIS PREQUEL TO LANTERN IN THE WINDOW WILL SURPRISE AND DELIGHT YOU.

  A Mail Order Husband? It's 1898 on the Canadian prairie, and women's roles are strict and well-defined. But Rose is determined her friend Esther won't be shamed and left in the lurch. All she needs to locate Esther's beloved, Gabriel, is an arrest warrant from the North West Mounted. Not exactly mail order, but effective, nonetheless. But will Esther's father greet Gabriel with a shotgun? Esther's father is also Rose's boss, and he's anything but pleased with Rose's plotting. Will she lose her job? Rose relies on the new Reverend, Joel, to keep order and bloodshed to a minimum. And she's also finding him unnervingly attractive. But Rose has a dark secret that will prevent any romance with a reverend. WILL TRUE LOVE TRIUMPH? CAN ROSE'S PLAN RESULT IN HAPPILY EVER AFTER? She doesn't know what will come of her plans for Esther, but she knows she loves the danger, uncertainty and intrigue that comes with matching up woman and men, object--matrimony. She can see the potential for a business if she dares to flout convention and become a business woman at a time when women's roles are strictly confined to marriage and raising a family. IS SHE BRAVE ENOUGH TO FLOUT CONVENTION AND VENTURE INTO A CAREER? 

GROOMS GALORE—BUT WHERE ARE THE BRIDES?? Rose's mail-order brides and grooms matchmaking business is attracting more men than women. The gentlemen know what they want--homemakers, motherly beauties who play the pianoforte and sing, gals who love to cook. So what's Rose to do with a formidable female whose specialty is shoeing horses and shooting a gun? CLEMENTINE IS NOT A WOMANLY WOMAN. But Rose has one unlikely gentleman who just might be right for her. Will the Colonel and Clementine be happy ever after? Bullets fly, and surprises abound in this funny, sweet historical romance.

WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCE Rose's Mail Order Brides and Grooms business, Object Matrimony, is becoming successful, but ironically Rose's own romances seem to be failures. Why did Philip, the man she loved and thought she'd marry, desert her and leave town without a single word? Now he's back and Rose is furious with him. She's also horrified when he reveals a secret that can impact Joel, the new man in her life. But she has business to think of, a difficult match to arrange for a young woman in double trouble. Laughter, tears and betrayal--Tangled Lives has all three.  This is a sweet western prairie romance with twists and surprises.