Cirrus@Austlit

'After Abigail Martin’s father sells his bakery business and promises her in marriage to the evil new owner, she flees in fear of her life. Her only option is to become a mail order bride.

'Ethan Harper needs a wife. Running his new bakery on his own is exhausting. Besides, everyone tells him it is beyond time that he had a wife. With a lack of suitable young women in town, he is forced to send for a mail-order bride. Not his favorite choice.

'Can these two make their marriage of convenience work? And what will happen when Ethan discovers Abigail’s secret?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Her life in tatters, a young woman runs away to become a mail order bride

'After her parents tragic death, Amelia Bronson is totally alone in the world. She loses everything to her greedy uncle and worries about her future.

'Out of desperation, she confides in a friend, who tells her about mail order brides. It is not a path she wishes to walk, but decides it is her only hope for the future.

'Blacksmith, Samuel Thomas, has never thought about marrying, but the older he gets, the more lonely he feels.

'As Dayton Falls fills up with happy couples derived from mail order bride weddings, he can’t help but wonder if he should take that route also.

'Can two people who are so opposed to marriage make theirs work? And will they have a loveless marriage, or will love prevail?'

Source : publisher's blurb

'Phoebe Jackson lives to dance. Beautiful and talented, she fails to realize the danger she is in until it’s almost too late. Her only option – become a mail order bride.

'Mercantile owner, Edward Horvard, is lonely and needs help in his store. In a town devoid of eligible women, a mail order bride is his only option.

'Can these two people from entirely different worlds make a loveless marriage work? Or are they both doomed to living a lie?'

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'Until her employer’s violence had her fearing for her life, Allie MacIntosh had never been desperate enough to become a mail order bride.

'Small town barber, Charlie Jones is lonely. He lives for his work and not much else. He wants someone to share his life, and a mail order bride is his only hope.

'When Allie arrives, Charlie is instantly smitten, but will she ever feel the same way about him? And what is the terrible secret she is hiding?

'Charlie needs a Christmas miracle because if he can't solve these problems, their relationship is doomed.'

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'In her wildest dreams Charlotte Montgomery never thought she’d ever become a mail order bride.

'On discovering her parents have arranged for her to marry an elderly rich man who has already disposed of two wives, she has no option but to flee for her life.

'Sheriff Angus Doyle needs a mother for his daughter after his sister can no longer care for her. Desperation has him sending for a mail order bride.

'Is the undeniable attraction between the two of them, when they first meet, enough to overcome their secrets? He has a child he hasn’t mentioned, and she is a runaway?'

Source : publisher's blurb