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Return to Cutter's Creek
Series · 7 books · 2021

Books in series

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#1

Her Hopeful Heart

2021

Her widow heart has been broken before... ...but can a marriage of convenience offer a life of meaning? Anna travels to the small town of Cutter's Creek as a mail order bride. Abe's request was specific. He wanted a widow and someone to teach his unruly daughter. While she's up for the task, there's also the lingering pain of Abe's last wife. Abe doesn't really want another bride in his life. The first one walked out on him with a barely one year old daughter to care for. He's gruff and he knows it's because he doesn't want to care about anyone, until Anna dances through his house singing out of tune... Anna tries to keep her feelings out of their marriage, but Abe's sudden kindness is a balm to her young and mourning soul. Can two hearts so opposed to love, find their happily ever after? Don't miss this sweet, western, Christian romance, full of action, adventure, and cowboys with heart. Scroll up to buy your copy now!
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#2

A Cowboy's Promise

2021

Catrina has waited years for a real cowboy to show up……but will he move on before she can convince him to stay?With men a dime a dozen in the little town of Cutter’s Creek, Catrina should be able to have her pick. Except none of them meet her ideal perfect man. They don’t ride a horse quite right, or talk quite right. Until Johnny Hayes rides into town and steals her heart away.A Cowboy’s supposed to stay on the move…but something is keeping here…or maybe someone.Johnny has been biding his time, talking to Catrina after church every Sunday. When the Juneberry festival rolls around and there’s a dance, he might have to shore up his courage and finally ask Catrina for a dance. But confusion causes him to stumble and soon he finds himself writing letters to his love, not dancing.Whatever is a lonely cowboy to do?Get this sweet, friends to more romance with a guaranteed happily ever after, now!
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#3

The Innkeeper's Love

2021

She has escaped rules and structure to find a new adventure……but were her parents right when they said no rules means no love?Clementine Bagley has lived through her parents her whole life. When the chance to become a mail-order bride presents itself, she jumps at the chance. Arriving in Cutter’s Creek, she finds her potential husband handsome and hardworking, but unfortunately, he’s not looking for a love match.Don Halliday just wants help. He’s overwhelmed with the inn and all the work it entails. He needs a woman by his side to help him shoulder the load. Since he’s too busy to court, he orders a bride. Unfortunately, the woman who arrives doesn’t want anything to do with working before they are married.Misunderstandings can lead to hurt……hiring a new woman in town seems like the best way to solve all their problems.Until jealousy strikes Clementine when she least expects it. Can she convince Don love will make the match worth it for both of them and can she convince him that she’s willing to partner with him if he’s committed to just her?Find your way back to Cutter's Creek, where second chances are a part of life, you're always welcome, and a happily ever after is just around the corner.
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#4

A Match for the Rancher

2021

Isadora comes to Cutter’s Creek to avoid marriage and finds herself the closest friend of the most eligible bachelor in town.On the train west, Isadora befriends the stately Tamar who is on her way to Montana to become a mail order bride. She’s pretty sure Tamar has no idea what’s in store for her and that fact becomes obvious when she meets her intended.As Isadora tries to bring the two together, she finds herself drawn to the things Tamar can’t stand in her intended.Colt has been waiting for his mother to order him a bride for years.Since Mama had ordered his brother a bride she’d promised him just the same. Trouble is, the woman who arrives isn’t near as good a match. Will he wait for his matchmaking mother to try again, or follow his heart against her wishes?Get this sweet, strangers to more romance in the Return to Cutter’s Creek series, where a happily ever after is right around the corner.
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#5

To Have and to Hold

2021

Annie McCray came to Cutter’s Creek to have a place for her much younger brother to grow up safe, until trouble followed her back. Everywhere she goes, there’s a shadow following her. Worse, no one in town seems to believe her because the town is so close-knit. How could anyone sneak around without notice? One night, everything changes when the burly blacksmith, Amos Delano sees her fear walking home alone and finally takes her seriously. After an accidental stabbing, Amos takes matters into his own hands and keeps her close by, but she chafes under the doctor’s strict orders to keep still. Amos has to find out who the shadow is to give Annie her life back…but his heart might just be too tangled to let her go. Welcome back to Cutter’s Creek, where a sweet happily ever after is always just around the corner.
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#6

The Cowboy's Surprise Bride

2021

Mara is carrying a secret baby she hasn’t told anyone about.But time is running out before the baby will arrive and she has to be married before then, or risk never finding a husband to take her nameless child. The invitation of a friend to come to Cutter’s Creek is the perfect opportunity, but can she hide her secret long enough to find a husband?Lloyd is working hard at one of the few ranches in the small Montana town. He needs a bride to convince the land office he and his friends are planning to stay and improve the land. When his mail order bride never arrives, the abrupt proposal of marriage from the newly-arrived Mara comes as a shock.But that’s not nearly the end to her surprises.Will Mara and Lloyd make it through secrets and miscommunications to find out if their attraction is real? Or will Mara hold back after her last beau made promises he never intended to keep?Get this secret baby, strangers to more, sweet historical romance now. Return to Cutter’s Creek, where a happily ever after is never farther than right around the corner.
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#7

A Sugar Plum Christmas

2021

Nadia has always been on the fringe of society. As a former prostitute, she knows what people think as they look at her. But is there a way to overcome their disdain? Or is she destined to be lonely forever? When Rock, her boss and owner of the Last Chance Saloon, gives her a challenge she can’t refuse, she hopes her efforts will finally make a difference. The first person who accepts her is the one she least expected. Changing her life just might also mean…love. Get this opposite side of the tracks, friends to more, sweet historical romance now. Return to Cutter’s Creek, where a happily ever after is never farther than right around the corner.

Author

Kari Trumbo
Kari Trumbo
Author · 77 books

Kari Trumbo is a writer of historical and contemporary Christian romance and romantic suspense. She's a mom to four wonderful children. When she isn't writing or editing, she loves to read, sing, and knit. Kari loves curling up with a fluffy blanket when winter hits. She makes her home in central Minnesota with her husband of over twenty years, two daughters, two sons, many cats and one sweet bunny. She also writes women's fiction under the name Teri Blake.

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