Kirsten Osbourne
161) The Duke's True Love
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Charlotte, younger sister of the Earl of Stenwick, is tired of the endless round of parties that are part of the London Season, yet she wants to marry, so feels she has no choice. Her special abilities make her feel that most members of the ton are liars and unfit for anyone to live with. When she makes a wish on the fountain by the lake at her ancestral home, she laughs at herself, knowing it could never come true.
Anthony never felt much for his...
162) Dorothy
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Dorothy Sanders absolutely adores her life in Nowhere, Texas with her sisters and their devoted, eccentric adoptive parents. When she is hired by a young lawyer to do his bookkeeping, she is immediately drawn to his sharp intellect and good looks.
Carter Reeves simply wanted a girl to help out with his filing for the summer. He wasn't looking for love, and he certainly wasn't expecting it in such a wholesome young woman like Dorothy. He intends to...
163) Matched in Minnesota
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When Marissa discovers that her fiancé has not only died, but he died with the woman he was cheating on her with, she decided she needs to completely change her life. She contacts Matchrimony to find a man to marry, sight unseen and no questions asked. When she sees her future husband as she walks down the aisle, she is mesmerized by him, desperately hoping he won't be a player.
Dr. Aaron Christiansen is a professor of history at a small college...
164) Mail Order Mischief
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When Elizabeth Miller agreed to manage a mail order bride agency years before, she had no idea that it would leave her lonely and isolated. She's loved one man for years and is about to give up on marrying for love entirely. When she receives a letter from a man in Texas looking for a bride, she considers marrying him to be close to her sister. She doesn't want to be alone for the rest of her life. Bernard agrees to work for Elizabeth after his life...
165) Anxious in Atlanta
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Jean Winters is a hard-working twenty-first century stock broker, spending all her time building wealth for others. She's worked sixty hour weeks since graduating from college, and she's realizing that life is passing her by. After attending her college roommate's wedding in Wyoming, she decides that she wants to employ the services of Matchrimony, the same service her roommate used, to find herself a husband. Skipping the whole dating mess and meeting...
166) Katie's Keepsake
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When Katie Gabriel lost her husband, and had to bury him on the Oregon Trail, she thought her life was over, but she knew she had to keep going, if only for her children. After her daughter fell into the North Platte River as they were crossing, and the most unlikely man in the entire company jumped in after her, she knew she had to keep the man alive. It was only natural for her to take care of him while he was ill and start feeding him and his children...
167) Henrietta's Home
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Finally, the caravan is finishing up their almost nine month journey and going home to Clover Creek. As they get close, Henrietta is filled with excitement. She knows she's going where she needs to be. Her pa and brothers are her responsibility, but she doesn't mind. It makes her feel good to do for others. The one thing in her life that bothers her was that the young man she's had her eye on since Independence, has yet to show any interest in her.After...
168) Teasing in Texas
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Jenni Thompson felt like life was passing her by. She was happy with her job as an RN, but she wanted more. Having lived her life under her mother's exacting thumb, she is afraid to date someone, knowing he'll never live up to her parents' expectations. So she contacts a matchmaking service who agrees to introduce her to a man who is right for her at the altar.Tony Jarrett sees everything in black and white. When his friend tells him about Matchrimony,...
169) Christmas Catch-Up I
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Have you missed the couples from River's End Ranch? Want to know what they've been up to since they got their happily ever after? Here are six little episodes to show you what they're doing this holiday season and how their lives have changed since falling in love. This short includes Kelsi and Shane, Kaya and Glen, Bridget and Kevin, Miranda and Bob, Debbie and Frank, and Bobbie and Wilber. These are not complete stories, and are only meant to "catch...
170) Mail Order Menace
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Tired of being remembered only for her misdeeds as part of the demon horde, Ernestine Miller agrees to go out West to marry a banker in need of a wife. When she arrives in Montana, she discovers her groom has met with a fatal accident, and she has two choices. She can either find a way to support herself or go back home in shame. So she uses her former fiancé's home to start a boarding house, happy to have a use for her superior cooking skills.
When...
171) Nursing in Northlake
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Nurse Heidi Hart feels life is passing her by. All her close friends from school have married and have children, and she wants what they have. Her job keeps her from dating because she works so many hours, and she's not interested in the bar scene anyway. When her cousin emails her, excited about how wonderful her marriage is, she asks about the company that matched them. Heidi makes the decision to contact the matchmaker to find the right man for...
172) Heather
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Heather McClain has a secret. As she goes about her daily life of teaching dance to the young ladies of Bagley, Texas, she worries about what will happen if people find out. When she goes to grab some tacos for lunch, she runs into a man who she immediately knows is meant to be the man she spends her life with. While Michael Muir is visiting Texas to buy a bull for his ranch, he stops for lunch and his entire world changes. When he spots Heather in...
173) Mail Order Matron
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At thirty-four, Julia had given up on love. She had spent sixteen years nursing her sick mother, and now that her mother had passed on, she had no idea what to do with herself. She answered an advertisement to be a mail order bride, knowing she needed a new beginning.
Edward, a Kansas farmer, had been alone for six years since the death of his wife. He was sick of eating his own cooking, tired of living in filth, and more than anything, he was lonely....
174) Mail Order Mama
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When Emily's mother decides to marry, her fiancé says that twenty year old Emily needs to find a new place to live before the wedding. Emily has always been exceedingly shy and has no idea what to do. She runs across an advertisement for mail order brides and responds, hoping to find a good situation. Benjamin lost the love of his life just months before. He and his girls need a new mama in their house. Will Emily be the mama they need?
175) The Royal Princess
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Princess Eloise of Theron loves her brothers, and she's happy they've both found their life partners. Incredibly glad she won't have to worry about ever being queen, she dreams of a day when she will find the man who makes her heart beat faster.Prince Bernard of Allenia has loved Princess Eloise for as long as he's known her. When there is unrest between their two countries, he goes to his uncle, the king of Allenia, and suggests a political marriage...
176) Mail Order Mistake
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Malinda thinks her life is over after the death of her father and her subsequent eviction from the only home she's ever known. She, along with her sister, answers an advertisement for mail order brides and their lives change. She agrees to marry a banker in a small town in Colorado, because she refuses to be afraid of where her next meal will come from ever again. When she arrives in Colorado, she immediately falls for the handsome gentleman who picks...
177) Mail Order Maid
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Josephine Gray leaves the only life she's ever known to escape her lecherous employer, going west to marry a stranger. She knows next to nothing about the man she will meet other than his name when she arrives in Montana. A former maid, she worries that she won't be the kind of wife the handsome stranger needs.
Gustav Schmidt sends for a mail-order bride as soon as his ranch is capable of supporting a wife. He's not terribly worried about much about...
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When Abigail Lund lost her mother on the Oregon Trail, she thought her life was over. A month later, her father was down to two oxen with a distance still to travel, so instead of buying more, he trades her for six oxen to a man who will marry her and spend the rest of his life with her. Sebastian Appleby has always been considered odd. He worked with his father and brothers ranching just outside of Clover Creek. Unable to find a woman, he had long...
179) Mail Order Myth
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Dissatisfied with her life in Beckham, Massachusetts, Tabitha Murphy decides to head west as a mail-order bride, though she is certain it's a bad idea. She expects to arrive in Wyoming only to find out whoever had written to her had meant it as a joke, or that the man she was set to marry had died. She's not at all surprised when she reaches her destination to find no one waiting for her.After waiting for a good, long while, she stops the next stranger...
180) Doris's Deceit
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She traveled the Oregon Trail pretending to be a widow. He lost his wife to the difficult circumstances they found themselves in after the Trail. With the help of Andrew's daughter, Doris and Andrew marry under false pretenses, leaving Doris thankful to be off the Oregon Trail.Andrew is thankful to have someone to cook and clean for him and eventually be his real wife, not a wife in name only. When Doris tells the truth about her lie, Andrew is naturally...