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Mail-Order Mates.
But neither is who they claim to be!
Cathryn McLean-With nowhere else to turn, she accepted the handsome stranger's startling marriage proposal. But once in the isolated Alaska cabin with him, she realized her mistake: her "husband" was too smart to fall for her deception...and too sexy to keep away!
Ben Adams-Long, cold Arctic nights roused a man's lust-and Cathryn matched his every desire. With his devastating charm, he'd get...
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With This Ring, I Thee Flee...
High-spirited Annie Trevelyan leaves the mountains of Colorado behind, seeking fame and fortune, and no one is going to stop her. Not even Colin McBride, who's accompanying her West to make sure she goes to finishing school-and doesn't go astray! The lovely Annie's sure some timely flirtation will soon have Colin wrapped around her finger, but her coolly calculating kiss stokes unexpectedly passionate fires in them...
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"Maria" couldn't remember her real name, where she'd come from or the mysterious, brooding man who claimed she'd agreed to marry him. She'd awakened with nothing more than a wedding ring, and directions to Jason Walker's secluded island. But would saying "I do" to Jason be a deadly error? Jason never dreamed that his mail-order bride would be so captivating, so sensual, or so dangerous. When time revealed that she wasn't really his true intended,...
4) Texas bride
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Dell
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2012
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Miranda Wentworth never imagined becoming a mail-order bride. Now it's her only hope of finding a home where she and her two younger brothers can escape the brutality of a Chicago orphanage. But Miranda has one gigantic concern: her husband-to-be, Jake Creed, knows nothing about the brothers she's bringing along.
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2014
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A DESPERATE DECEPTION THE PROMISE OF FOREVER When Karl Norwood' s mail-order bride meets an untimely demise on the way to the Montana Territory, Hetty Wentworth steps in to take her place. Hetty has no idea how she' s going to pretend to be all the things she isn' t— including the mother of two kids. She only knows her deception is necessary if she' s going to save two orphans from the awful fate she suffered as a child. Karl smells a rat when a...
6) Annalise
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Annalise was a mail order bride for wealthy Colorado rancher Gareth Childress.
After the wedding, Annalise begins to let go of her anger as she becomes acquainted with her new husband.
Will she be able to accept this new reality that was forced upon her?
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Etta Gertz noticed him as soon as she stepped off the train. With broad shoulders and a kind face, he was everything she'd hoped for. She stepped up and introduced herself to Karl Angerhofer. Without any explanation, he told her to go home.He couldn't mean it!Karl looked at the woman in front of him. She was so pretty but so small. He had to send her back for her own safety. He learned a long time ago he couldn't be trusted with anything fragile.Can...
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Caleb's Bride ~ Book 3
Caleb Kincaid only planned on having a night on the town-playing poker. Ma never liked him gambling, and he was starting to understand why. Especially when he ends up winning a hand that will change his life.
Naomi Hudson had hoped to become a mail order bride in order to get away from having to care for her family-namely her pa and two older brothers. But one night when Pa is drunk, he gambles away her hand in marriage. It...
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Jenna Cunningham left everything she knew and travelled all the way across the country for the dream of a loving family of her own. After four days sleeping upright on a hard train seat, she was not prepared for the scenes that played out upon her arrival.Matthew Hendix would do anything for his little daughter, Charlotte, including marry again. But the woman who stepped off the train shocked him.It had been over two years since Matthew Hendrix had...
10) Jessie's Bride
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Jessie's Bride ~ Book 1
Jessie Kincaid doesn't plan to follow in his three older brothers' footsteps, which seems to include being bachelors. There might be twice as many men as women in their town, but there are still other ways to go about finding, or competing, for a wife.
Jessie begins writing Sarah Engle in hopes that she will become his mail order bride. Even though there are miles between them, he feels connected to her. He sends her money,...
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1867. After Annalise loses her parents in the War Between the States, she is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Charleston. But when her uncle's business goes under, he makes a desperate deal with a wealthy Colorado cattle rancher: Annalise must marry a stranger.
12) Marshall's Bride
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Is Marshall Kincaid getting married? Maybe someone should have told him.
Lizzie Neuman came to America filled with hopes and dreams for her and her husband. His unexpected death left her stranded in a new country. Not having anywhere to turn, she reluctantly responds to an ad for a mail order bride.
Marshall never planned to marry. In his line of work, he had to worry about people he arrested in the past coming after him. He accepted the path he'd...
13) Montana's Bride
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Montana's Bride ~ Book 2
Montana Kincaid figures if writing a mail order bride worked out so well for his youngest brother, why not try it himself? He's made sure to ask all the right questions so he doesn't end up with any of the surprises Jessie had. But life is often full of surprises-unfortunately, they're not all good surprises!
Mary Dobson lost her parents when she was still a child. Her aunt and uncle took her in and to raise. Out of obligation,...
14) Sheriff's Bride
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Widow Suzanna Langley corresponds with her dear friend, Elizabeth Holt who reads the letters at a weekly family dinner. Sheriff Caleb Holt listening to what he re-fers to in his mind as The Tales of the Widow from Back East.These tales of Suzanna and her five year old son, Har-ry, have become the highlight of his week.When Suzanna is injured at the factory in Lowell and comes to Tribilane for work, Caleb offers her a house-keeper job. But can he see...
15) Flame
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Vin (aka Flame) can't believe he's in yet another holding cell. Stupid Earthlings wouldn't know fun if it bit them in the hindquarters. Speaking of fun, the hot little number who claims she's a guard at the jail has been making his body respond in ways he's very happy about. If only she'd get on board with the plan and help him escape back to his ship. First she'd have to believe he's an alien. Right now she's taken to thinking he's crazy.
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Widowed for years, Ma has been the matriarch of the family, facing the challenges of raising four boys who are now men. With the arrival of her first grandchild imminent, Ma finds herself face-to-face with the town doctor who has very differing views than her own.
Doc is very opinionated, and he's of the opinion that it is time for Ma to look out for her own needs-or desires. He's old enough to know you can't live in the past, and you need to move...
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Jenny's not your average mail order bride. She's not from a big city, she's the daughter of farmers and she's travelled with her family, by covered wagon no less, in a bid for a better life. When she decides to marry she realizes that there's few prospects where she lives and she winds up as a mail-order bride to one Roger Gormley, who leaves her stranded at the train station when he decides to simply pretend that she will be just fine if he doesn't...
18) Montana
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Pecola Peters found herself standing in a courtroom before a judge in the middle of nowhere Montana getting married to a burly rancher with kind eyes and thick black hair - because of two ugly women. Hideous would be a correct term for how the two women looked in appearance but not in temperament, yet they had gotten married — to two good men. Good looking men of means. For a decent looking woman like Pecola with a horrible dating history, combined...
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This title is part of the hoopla BONUS BORROWS COLLECTION! Through the month of February, you can borrow this title without using any of your monthly hoopla Instant Borrows!
Mining ash on a remote planet where temperatures reach hellish degrees doesn't leave Kal (aka Spark) much room for dating. Lucky for this hard-working man, a new corporation Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides is ready to help him find the girl of his dreams. Does it really matter...
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Immerse yourself in nine heartwarming mail order bride stories in the Sun River Brides series which are full of hope, romance, mystery and adventure.
Come along for the ride to meet feisty Boston city girls who know what they want, and rugged Montana men who just need to be loved. It's 1900, and things are changing fast in sleepy Sun River. As the town begins to expand, its inhabitants are getting restless, looking for love and adventure.
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