Dry Bayou Brides Series

Tilly Mosier has only ever had one dream…to not work in her family's store. She wants to live her own life outside the shadow of her controlling parents. When she's presented with the opportunity to open her own dress shop, Tilly finally thinks her life is on track for a bright, happy future. Until Hank Bartlett returns to Dry Bayou. Hank Bartlett was always known as one of the meanest little boys in town, and he was meanest to Tilly Mosier, the chubby little girl who always got under his skin. Sent away to medical school six years before, he's back home to settle down and plant roots. The only problem is that the woman he wants to plant roots with is determined to keep him at a distance. He can't blame her; he's never given her a reason to like him or trust him. But he's never stopped thinking about her, the one girl he's always wanted for his own. What happens when a woman determined to live her own life is pursued by a man who is determined to win her heart?

Leo Watkins is an ill-tempered widower with a busy smithy to run and no desire to adhere to silly niceties. He likes his life just the way it is and doesn't care what other people think. But when his son convinces him it's time to remarry, Leo needs a crash course in wooing a bride. Missy Piers is a school teacher, a young widow, and the only woman in town fiery enough to put a grumpy old blacksmith in his place. So when Leo asks her to help him catch a wife, she's reluctant to do so. Until she starts to fall for the awkwardly charming farrier. Leo doesn't know what to do about the infuriating yet intoxicating widow. She's bossy, uptight, and…beautiful. And she makes him feel things he thought long buried. Falling for Leo isn't in Missy's plans; he's ornery, stubborn, and entirely too handsome. So why does his presence make her weak, and why does his touch make her yearn for something more? When these two opposing spirits are offered a second chance at what they've lost, will they find love, or will their hearts shatter to pieces?

Guilty of a terrible crime and dogged by a sense of obligation he can't shake, Gaston Mosier hopes to find a little peace by getting himself hitched. Maybe his new wife can help him feel human again. Aimee Prentice is seeking a life far away from the trouble she left behind, and becoming a mail-order bride is the only way out of a bad situation. So, when she arrives in Dry Bayou to marry the mysterious man from the ad, she's surprised to find a man more handsome than she ever imagined. And more troubled. Gaston only wanted to marry a quiet, simple woman, someone who could keep him company and bear his children. He didn't expect to find outspoken, startlingly beautiful Aimee waiting for him at the stagecoach station. What's Gaston to do with a bride who riles him as no one ever has? What's Aimee to do about a groom who is more cold shoulder than warm welcome? ​ One seeks redemption, the other seeks protection, so what happens when trouble finds them both?

Jean-Luc La Fontaine is tired of sowing his wild oats. So, after a disastrous summer in France, he's back in Dry Bayou, ordering himself a mail-order bride. A new wife will help him forget about the siren with sapphire eyes… Intelligence, wealth, prestige… It means nothing when you fall in love with the wrong man. So, when scandal chases Isabeau Montefret from France, she runs to America, determined to forget the man with the wicked smile. Isabeau hoped becoming a mail-order bride was the answer to her problems. She'd change her name, start a new life, and lose herself in a small town. When she discovers that the man who disappeared with her heart is the man she agreed to marry, Isabeau settles in for the fight of her life. When the one woman he'd left France to forget arrives in town, claiming she's his new bride, Jean-Luc doesn't know what to feel. But when pain gives way to the truth, he must risk keeping a dark secret, one that would steal every chance at happiness. Isabeau once made him believe in happily ever after, now he must learn how to keep his new bride at a distance, lest he lose everything. Can Jean-Luc be a true husband to the woman he's been deceiving? Can Isabeau convince Jean-Luc she's his one true love? Will these two rediscover what they had once upon a summertime?

Isadora Mosier never fit in, and she didn't mind. She still laughed and loved and experienced life at its fullest. But when an accident steals the use of her legs, she's left with a half-life…until she's given a new one, as someone else. Professor Allon Banks is a broken Civil War veteran who never thought he could find a mind and wit to match his. As he begins to correspond with Philomena Parks, he discovers a spirit that captures his heart. Overcome with his need to see her face to face, he travels to Dry Bayou to meet his Philomena and make her his own. Dora is shocked with Allon arrives in town, searching for the woman he'd fallen in love with on paper. What happens when he finds out the woman he's been writing to is a cripple? What happens when Dora falls for a man who is already in love with someone else? Someone who isn't real? Allon is torn between his love for the spirited Philomena of his letters and his attraction to the lovely, warm Dora who seems to know more than she's saying. When he discovers Dora is keeping secrets, Allon must decide if the woman in the letters is the same one he can't stop thinking about.

Becky Castle left everything behind in France, determined to live a new life, with a new name. After years of so much wrong, things are just beginning to go right…but she can't seem to find the peace she so needs to feel at home in the small town of Dry Bayou, Texas. Jean-Marc La Fontaine left home to make his fortune on the Mississippi River. But when his riverboat casino runs aground of a greedy man, Jean-Marc runs back to the one place he could hide—and collides with a woman most intriguing. Becky doesn't care much for the charming and incorrigible riverboat gambler, but she can't help how her heart flutters when Jean-Marc is near. He is utterly wrong for her, but her heart and mind can't seem to agree. Jean-Marc wants Becky more than he's wanted anything in a long time—there's something about her that draws him in, making him yearn for things he thought impossible. He's determined to make Becky his, but when life hands him a chance to make things right, will he risk what he wants for a shot at a new beginning? And what happens when Becky discovers that the charming Jean-Marc isn't the only man with her in his sights? As danger threatens to topple them, can Becky and Jean-Marc find the strength to stand together? Or will they fall forever? -- Read the final book in the much-acclaimed, best-selling Dry Bayou Brides Series. --

Seamus MacAdams needs a miracle—a woman who will love him as much as he'll love her. But in the town of Dry Bayou, there doesn't seem to be anyone to whom his heart sings…until he sees her. Joy Song is new in town and not looking for love; she has shot at her long-fought nursing career, and there is no time for romance. But it isn't long before love finds her in the form of a man with intense eyes, large hands, and an even bigger heart. Just in time for Christmas, will Seamus get his miracle, or will Joy let a voice from her past silence her joyful song?