Thomas J. Connors sent off for a mail order bride or two. What could go wrong? Caroline Lovelace was tired of being hungry and doing without. She reluctantly left Virginia for the Colorado Territory. After all, she’d fallen in love with Thomas J. Connors. Well, in love with his letters anyway. All goes well until she gets on the train to Colorado and sits across from Julia Brooks who also has a letter from Thomas J. Connors. And then they meet Sarah Graham in Colorado, who, you guessed it, also has letters from the man. For Caroline, this can only mean one thing. War.

Julia Brooks tries to console timid Sarah Graham after the infamous Thomas J Connors marries Caroline. To get the fearful woman's mind off her loss, Julia promises to help her find a husband. Sarah picks the sheriff, Zane Walker. Fine with Julia, until she begins to notice the man herself, and discovers he has an eye for her and not Sarah. What do you do when love blooms? But Julia has secrets so dark that she pulls away from the man she loves to protect him. Two Mail Order Brides. One Man. Lots of Trouble. A sweet historical romance novella of 35,000 words.

Sarah Graham wakes, clutches her nauseous stomach, and wonders why she should be the one left … left alone. She is always the one rejected. Caroline and Julia are happily married to the two men that could have possibly loved her. Now, she has no decent man on her list, and she needs a husband. Jackson Connors had faced the fear that he may have killed his uncle. But now that he might actually find out, he’s worried. Then just as he decides to discover the truth, he sees her, prickly Sarah, in such a light that she looks radiant. She won’t leave his mind. First, he needs to find out if he has a future.

Joansy Jones stared at her father. The man was just plain mean. With a sigh, she glanced at the soddy hut they called home and relished the fact that she was leaving, tonight. She was escaping to a new life as a mail order bride to Thomas J. Connors. Burl Macfee stared into the rippling waters of Nugget Creek. Orphaned as a small child, he belonged to no one. He couldn't take another winter in the empty cabin. He was leaving Hickory Stick. Hope you enjoy this 31,000 word novella.

Prudence, desperate to protect her troubled young son, risks everything to go west. After all, it's not easy for an eight-year-old boy to be saddled with a twenty-dollar name, glasses, red hair. And no father. Herman is proud of his store. His success a tribute to his motto ~ avoid risk and settle for the sure thing. But when Prudence comes into his life, he may just have to set his motto aside.

Lilly kept her eyes forward, her chin up, and her heart encased in stone as the 'good' sheriff led her to the train station. She'd been run out of more saloons and towns than she had fingers to count. Didn't matter. She'd find another town. Another saloon. Another chance. She glanced at the shining sun and hoped the next town would be different.

Hank leaned his chair back, set his feet on the sheriff's desk, and tried not to think of Lilly. Her words persisted. "You're worth it." He could hear her voice as clear as if she were still here. Shrill barks and loud knocks stole his attention. "Now what?" Annoyed by a dog's yipes, he threw open the door. "Shut the dog up." The beautiful, well-dressed woman stepped away from him. Her jade, green eyes flashed alarm. She recovered. Her head went up, her shoulders straightened and her face set with an expression that said he wasn't worth her time.