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The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride
Series · 7 books · 2021

Books in series

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#2

A Bride for Oliver

2021

Will his protection be enough to save her? Zoey Ebron’s stepfather wants her to marry a convicted felon when he is released from prison. She has secretly been writing to a lonely widower who needs a mother for his young daughter. After making a daring escape from a locked hotel room, Zoey travels to meet her would-be groom, only to discover he is dead. Sheriff Oliver Gentry, has sole care of his orphaned niece and realizes he needs a woman’s help. In desperation he asks Zoey, his dead brother’s mail order bride, to marry him. Will she accept his reluctant offer?
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#3

A Bride for Alonzo

2021

As Sheriff of Saterdy, Texas, Alonzo Smith was getting tired of living alone. He was of the age that it was time to get a wife. Unfortunately, the town of Saterdy didn’t have a good choice of women to pick from. So, he found an agency that dealt in mail-order brides. The perfect solution. Callie Fitzsimmons answered the ad in the paper. A sheriff! He was the perfect man for her. With her newspaper articles about the woman Pinkerton Agent in hand, she grabbed the first stage west to Saterdy. Sheriff Alonzo Smith was going to be surprised that he was not only getting a wife, but a partner.
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#4

A Bride for Hawk

2021

She's a mail-order bride hunting for a lost treasure... one that her new groom was the last person to see. Lina Groves' outlaw father died in a shootout, leaving her with a brother in desperate need of medical treatment and no clue to the location of the treasure he'd claimed to have for his children. With her brother growing worse by the day, Lina needs a miracle. As if in answer to her prayers, she spots an advertisement for a mail-order bride—from none other than the sheriff who was the last person to see her father alive and the only one who might know where his treasure was hidden. Henry "Hawk" Rodgers fought hard for peace in his little town, and now that it's finally settled down, he decides it's high time to take a wife and start a family. When Lina arrives, she's everything he hoped she might be—capable, generous, and quick-witted. But the more he tries to get to know her, the more it seems she's hiding something from him. When word arrives that dangerous men are also searching for Lina's father's gold, she must decide whether to confess her true identity and risk losing the man she's inadvertently fallen in love with, or give up the hope of saving her brother's life. If Hawk knows the truth, will he help her, or send her away? A Bride for Hawk is the fourth book in the sweet and clean The Sheriff's Mail Order Bride series. It can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the series. If you enjoyed this book, you might like Cat's other historical western romance series: Crest Stone Mail-Order Brides, The Gilbert Girls, and Brides of Fremont County.
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#5

A Bride for Richard

2021

Being a sheriff is a solitary sort of job. Seeking adventure, Richard Logan had come west and stayed. Always eager to lend a hand when needed, he has drifted into law enforcement and now finds himself Sheriff of Apple Valley, Texas, and ready to settle down, as his friends have. Former debutante Lydia LaFleur's family has been torn apart by her father’s gambling debts, with lasting repercussions for each family member. She first sought a match merely to get away from the chaos. Now she is fleeing for her life. Trouble soon follows. Can Richard and Lydia work together to save her family and themselves?
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#6

A Bride for Devlin

2021

Searching for a new home for herself and her younger sister, Dolly, Carrie Watson decided they should write to two Baggs, Wyoming, cattle ranchers seeking wives so they could live close to each other. Too bad the man she wrote to never responded. Annoyed with her potential husband’s disregard, and after being warned that part of Wyoming was outlaw country, Carrie decided against her and Dolly going there, even after the rancher writing to Dolly sent tickets for then both. Much to Carrie’s distress, Dolly, the little traitor, left a letter stating she fell in love with Jesse Hardin. She left a note saying she decided to marry him, and hoped Carrie would join her. Carrie had every intention of joining her sister—to save her from making a foolish mistake by marrying Jesse. After arriving in Baggs, Carrie learns Dolly departed with a man who claimed he was sent to bring her to her intended. She finds rancher and local sheriff, Devlin Anders preparing to ride out with Jesse and a posse to search for Dolly. She insists on going. Devlin, reluctantly accepted the sheriff job in order to track down the cattle rustlers plaguing the area. As for the mail order bride his friend, Jesse, lined up, when did he ever have time to reply to her letter? Next thing he knows, he’s called on to help search for Jesse’s missing bride. Just before they leave, the missing woman’s headstrong sister arrives. In spite of her plan to join the search, the posse manages to leave without her. Devlin’s posse tracks their quarry who is headed for outlaw country. If only Carrie did not insist on trailing behind…
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#7

A Bride for Matthew

2021

With trouble brewing on her father’s Montana ranch, she needs the sheriff’s help—even if she has to marry him first. Sheriff Matthew Reed needs a wife, not for love, but to care for his handicapped mother. His ad for a mail-order bride makes that clear. But first he has to bring in the outlaw gang terrorizing the small town of Silver Creek, Montana. The sheriff’s ad for a mail-order bride catches Daisy Bennet’s attention. He lives near the land her father went to settle. She’s been waiting two years to join her father, but he keeps delaying the move, and that has her worried. Now she has the means to travel without her father’s permission and maybe gain a husband too. Within days of her arrival, Daisy’s father goes missing, and Matthew’s investigation reveals the man is likely helping the gang. As sheriff, Matthew is sworn to bring Daisy’s father in, but will he lose his prospective bride in the process? Or will faith and love find another way?
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#8

A Bride for Weston

2021

He didn't want a wife. She didn't want a husband. Yet, here they are. After Talia’s husband is killed by unsavory types, leaving her alone and penniless, she answers an ad for mail order brides. The last thing she wants is another husband, but this story piques her interest. A sheriff out West is seeking a different kind of woman. The sheriff is also clear that theirs will be a marriage in name only, which suits her fine. Weston’s misgiving about taking on a bride are born out the second he lays eyes on Talia. He expected someone tough and street-smart, not young and beautiful. But soon learns Talia’s appearance proves deceiving. As she wins his grudging admiration and respect, their mutual attraction blossoms until things careen out of control in more ways than one. Talia’s dedication to Weston and the town land her in a web of criminal activity that threatens everything Weston holds dear. Including his wife.

Authors

Margaret Tanner
Margaret Tanner
Author · 36 books

Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.

Kathleen Lawless
Kathleen Lawless
Author · 23 books

Kathleen Lawless blames a misspent youth watching Rawhide, Maverick and Bonanza for her fascination with cowboys, which doesn’t stop her from creating a wide variety of interests and occupations for her many alpha male heroes. Her hero, Steele, in HER UNDERCOVER COWBOY, is a modern-day cowboy, so when she was wooed by a man called Steel—while he’s not a cowboy, he is an alpha male and her forever hero. Which is why all of her stories end Happily Ever After. Not that she can ever stick to just one genre. So many stories to tell—never enough time. With over 30 published novels to her credit, she enjoys pushing the boundaries of traditional romance into historical romance, romantic suspense, women’s fiction and stories for young adults. Sign up for Kathleen’s VIP Reader Group to receive a free book, updates, special giveaways and fan-priced offers. http://eepurl.com/bV0sb1

Zina Abbott
Zina Abbott
Author · 17 books

Zina Abbott is the pen name used by Robyn Echols for her historical novels. Her novel, Family Secrets, was published by Fire Star Press in October 2014 and her novelette, A Christmas Promise, was published by Prairie Rose Publications in November 2014. The first two novellas in the Eastern Sierra Brides 1884 series, Big Meadows Valentine and A Resurrected Heart, are now available. The author currently lives with her husband in California near the “Gateway to Yosemite.” She enjoys family history and any kind of history. When she is not piecing together novel plots, she pieces together quilt blocks.

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