This Mail Order Bride of the West story is a clean historical western cowboy romance. It’s 1901 in Maryland, this is one woman’s story to find acceptance and love despite the odds. Twenty-four year old Ellie is not your typical female. She prefers to hang out with the guys, She knows she’s no one’s idea of a sweet wife. Her parents are not amused and eventually her father insists that she conform to what is expected of a young woman and has resolved to find her a husband. He tries his hand at matchmaking and thinks he has found the ‘ideal’ groom, one of his banking associates. To thwart her father’s plans - she could never marry a stuffy banker - she resists and goes in search of the perfect match via a mail order bride advert. Now she thinks she has found the 'ideal' groom. A real cowboy and a sheriff, no less. A fitting partner who won’t try to change her. However, fate intervenes and things don’t go to plan. By the time she gets to his home she hears he has been murdered. She joins his brother, Dyson, in his search for justice and revenge. However, Dyson, who is himself a banker, does not want a meddling female tagging along, especially one who professes to shoot better than a male. As far as he is concerned a woman’s place is in the kitchen. But she refuses to be patronized. She wants justice and is determined to help despite his strong opposition. When a determined, headstrong woman meets a man who has no time for women, a battle of wills commence Is co-operation even an option for these two opposing headstrong people? Has the man who thinks that females are best ignored finally met his match? Is the woman with preconceived, negative opinions of bankers, about to have her prejudices overturned? What about the developing attraction that springs up between them, unwanted and resisted by both? And despite the odds, will love find a way through the trauma that encircles them? Follow Ellie’s western adventure as she throws caution and etiquette to the wind. Find out more in this sweet clean western romantic adventure, book 2 of the Berriton Brides series, Mail Order Bride: Justice. This story of loss, grief, inner struggles, drama and love is over 25k words long and can be read as a stand-alone novella, with no cliffhanger!