The bigger they are the harder they fall -- well it fits all
three grooms to be in this trilogy based on the practice of
procuring a bride by mail. Each bride travels great
distances usually winding up in areas that are rougher than
expected filled with the hope of marriage to a good man, a
home and family and if love happens -- well.
In Rocky Mountain Wedding Melody Pennington is
stranded in a small mountain town. Her intended fell in love
with someone no longer needing a mail-order bride. To make
matters worse -- if possible -- older brother Gabriel keeps
popping up trying to help. Although his offers seemed
sincere, Melody questioned his motives. Gabe, suspicious of
any woman who would offer herself to a stranger was
undeniably attracted to Melody but his actions toward her
were uncharitable. To Gabe she was a cast off -- someone who
couldn't find a man back home. For Melody meeting Gabe's
mother after months of correspondence was like coming home.
Not until Melody realizes that behind his gruffness was a
caring, intelligent man and one she could trust does Melody
think her search for a home was over.
In Married in Missouri Elizabeth Collins jilted by
her fiancé Amos after he meets and marries her sister Sissy
answers an ad for a bride. This might be a good way to start
a new life with a family of her own to care for and as a
bonus take her far away from Boston. Waiting for her in
Missouri was Lucas Harrison and his two sons. Widowed for
three years he needs a wife with very specific attributes.
Suited for living on a working farm and ready to take on two
growing boys, a lesser woman would have made a quick escape.
But Lizzie's up to the challenge, cooking, cleaning, child
care and most important love. She hopes for respect and
caring and if very lucky love. The longer she lives with
Lucas the luckier she feels. This leap of faith might just
be the answer to her prayers.
Alaskan Bride starts out with a major oops. It's
looking to be a tough day for John Colburne waiting at the
docks for his bride-to-be compliments of Seattle Mail-Order
Brides. Unaware that the lady stepping off the ship, Sophie,
isn't his intended Paulette and immediately attracted he
greets her with a passionate kiss. But she catches him off
guard with the letter telling him Paulette wasn't coming and
she's the substitute. Heartbroken and weary of being alone
he lashes out at her immediately regretting it as he
realizes how his words and actions hurt. Sophie sees an
abundance of eligible men in Skagway so she will bide her
time. But as fate would have it they have difficulty staying
apart. In Sophie John recognizes a gentle caring sole and
boldly asks for her hand. As it turns out finding a bride is
the easy part -- staying hitched and hopefully finding love
is hard. Enjoy.
Melody Pennington
fled to Montana for a new start as a mail-order bride. Gabe
Brooks, handsome older brother to the man she was supposed
to marry, helps her settle in. But what Melody doesn't
expect is to fall for the rugged, closed-off lawman who
swears he doesn't believe in love!
Married in
Missouri by Carolyn Davidson
Lucas Harrison needs
a mother for his sons. He's not looking for love, but he
expects his wife to act like one—in every sense of
the word! Elizabeth has always felt tall and awkward, but
Lucas towers over her. He's strong as a bull, gentle as a
lamb, and Elizabeth's heart soon begins to
melt….
Her Alaskan Groom by Kate
Bridges
Newly trained midwife Sophie Grant had hoped
marrying respectable John Colburne would be easy as pie. But
he's tough, stubborn and cynical—except in bed with her at
night! How can Sophie turn her passionate nighttime lover
into a daytime husband who isn't afraid to show he loves his
mail-order bride?n n