Emily Bradford has her life all planned out. The pretty youngest daughter of a wealthy Chicago family, she spurns the advances of all but one of the fine young men who comes calling. Paul Davidson, the son of her parents' oldest friends and a fellow lover of music and the arts, is destined to be the perfect match for her. But when Paul goes off to fight in the Civil War, the man who returns with a serious injury is far from the romantic young hero who left. While Emily tries to be patient with the fiancé who now seems a stranger, he betrays and humiliates her in the worst possible way before his untimely death. Facing a hopeless choice, Emily begins a whole new life with her elderly Aunt Agnes. Though facing poverty, deprivation, and being an outcast from her family and the social circles she grew up in, it is then that she learns about self-reliance, endurance, and genuine love. She will need all of these for the dangers that lie ahead. Meanwhile, Aaron Phillips, the widowed sheriff of a small town in New Mexico territory, needs someone to mother his little daughter and fill the loneliness in each of their lives. When he inadvertently gives permission for his friend and neighbor to find a wife on his behalf, he never dreams that one day a beautiful but haunted young woman will appear in town looking for him. As Aaron fights the criminal forces of Rosa Cliffs, he is engaged in an equally momentous battle to win Emily's trust. Will these two hurting hearts find a second chance at love and the power to become a family together? Read "The Bride's Perfect Match" now to find out...