Kate Donovan is a woman on the run. Rocked by rumors and scandal in her home city of New Orleans, becoming a mail order bride is the orphan's last chance before she'll have to turn to unspeakable acts to survive. Samuel Pratt has had the weight of the world on his shoulders since his father died and left him the family ranch at eighteen. Word around town is that he's a grumpy bachelor, but he just hasn't had time to do much but work and attend church in nearly ten years. A moment of overwhelm and loneliness had him sending for a mail order bride, but Kate's the last thing he expected. She's feisty, stubborn, and doesn't know a skunk from a badger. Still, he's a man of his word, and there's not much he can't teach his new bride about life on a ranch. But when the scandal she escaped catches up to her, the new couple is left at a crossroads with some tough decisions to make. Can Kate and Samuel find common ground despite their challenges, or will tragedy strike before they get the chance? \\Hope House Brides is a stand-alone series set in the world of both the Legacy series and the Waymaker series and is set between them in the timeline. You do not need to have read the other series to understand the context, but if you want more faith, family, romance, and redemption, check out the other books on my Amazon page. Happy reading!\\

Thrust from one hardship into another and bearing the survival of herself and her sister on her shoulders far too young, Mara Brown has all but given up on things of faith. Liam Pratt is a small-town Colorado sheriff intent on keeping the peace in Mud Lake and living a peaceful life. Inspired by his brother's match, Liam sends off for a mail order bride from Mrs. Miller's agency in New Orleans, but his bride is nothing like he expected. She's beautiful, that much is certain, but she's pricklier than a porcupine and doesn't even pretend to share his faith. What's more, she just may be guilty of arson. The smart thing to do would be to delay their vows at least until things get settled, but one look at the exhausted and underfed young woman in front of him fills him with an unexplainable need to protect her and keep her close. Can the two of them find common ground despite all the things pulling them apart, or will tragedy strike before they get the chance?

When Paige Brown was forced to step up and clear her sister Mara's name, she found her voice in a way she'd never had to before. Now, determined to make her way in the world without Mara's sacrifice, Paige answers a mail-order bride letter to Mud Lake, Colorado in the hopes she'll have the same luck as the other brides from Hope House. Riley Hart's life is exactly how he prefers it. The foreman on the Pratt ranch, he spends his days herding cattle, putting out fires (sometimes real ones), and spending time with his niece and nephew. That is, until a woman with an independent streak and gorgeous brown eyes shows up in Mud Lake claiming to be his mail order bride. When Paige arrives in town to a shocked Riley claiming he never sent for a bride, she uses every bit of her newfound courage to make her own way in the world working as a cook at the cafe and refusing help from anyone and everyone. Riley's torn, as he feels a responsibility to the infuriatingly beautiful woman despite being nowhere near ready to marry. Sparks fly between them as Fall descends on Mud Lake, but Riley's soon got bigger problems when news of a tragedy aboard a ship in Boston brings up ghosts of his past and leaves him at the greatest crossroads of his life. Will Riley and Paige overcome their less-than-ideal circumstances to build a love that lasts, or will Paige get caught in the crossfire?