


Books in series

#1
The Farmer's Bride
2022
A woman needing a home; a man needing a helpmate and a marriage of convenience that meets both of their needs.
Forced from her home, Elizabet Garrett needs to find a husband, and fast. What she doesn’t anticipate is meeting a man who is nothing like she expects, but just might be the answer to her prayers.
Disabled after a farming accident, Peter Arkin lives on his small homestead nursing his demons and a broken dream. Forced to face another harsh winter alone, he sobers up and agrees to allow a local matchmaker to find a suitable mail-order bride. But hurtful rejections for his handicap leaves him reluctant to keep trying.
Does he have enough faith to take one more chance? Will Elizabet be able to see beyond his injury and be the helpmate he needs? Is there a chance that they can find the love and healing they both desperately seek? Find out in this small-town historical romance with a touch of faith.
The Flat River Matchmaker series features characters you know from Christine's popular series, The Chapmans. Each book in this series is a stand-alone and can be read in any order.

#3
The Drifter's Bride
2023
A woman escaping society's expectations of marriage; a man with nothing to offer, a match that threatens to tear two families apart.
Addison Aland came west to escape the pressure of an arranged marriage. Her family is convinced that once she experiences dirty cowboys, cow patties, and the lack of retail establishments she will hightail it back home to be a high-society wife. What she didn’t count on was Lukas Arkin making her question everything she thought she knew about life and love.
Lukas Arkin has been drifting from town to town for nearly ten years. Tired of wandering he finally returns home to Flat River to find his brother married with a family on the way. When he hires the local matchmaker to help him find a wife, he realizes the one woman he wants is the one he can’t have.
What happens when Lukas falls for Addison? Will he be able to let Addison go when he finds out that Marmee had matched him to another? Can he convince Marmee that Addison should be The Drifter’s Bride? Find out in this small-town historical romance with a touch of faith.
The Flat River Matchmaker series features characters you know from Christine's popular series, The Chapmans. Each book in this series is a stand-alone and can be read in any order.

#4
The Cowboy's Bride
2023
The much anticipated fourth story in the Flat River Matchmaker Series, which began in The Farmer's Wife.
June Clark's reputation was in tatters. Her marriage was a fraud. She lost everything, including her pride, in a fire started by her grifter husband. And to make matters worse, she'd never be a mother. Desperate for a second chance, June reaches out to the local matchmaker, never dreaming that she'd be matched to a cowboy with a reputation for womanizing, drinking, and gambling!
The Flat River Matchmaker series features characters you know from Christine's popular series The Chapmans. Each book in this series is stand-alone and can be read in any order.
Author

Christine Sterling
Author · 41 books
Christine Sterling independently published her first book in 2017. She writes sweet and wholesome historical westerns and sweet contemporary small-town romance novels. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, a spoiled Shih Tzu, two German Shepherds, and an energetic Border Collie, that keeps her on her toes. She spends her time writing, thinking about writing, and dreaming about writing. Her favorite things are a good cup of tea, puppy snuggles, a movie that will make you cry, and hearing from her readers.