From an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, the third book in a new series of heartwarming historical romances about life on the Santa Fe trail. Mary Mae Clark has learned the hard way not to trust what a man says. Broken promises have made her wary, and now she only wants to return to Santa Fe to help her friend Sophia keep her wee son. Warren Russell has been freighting on the Trail for four years. He likes it that way. No...

From an award-winning author with more than one million books sold, a new series of four heartwarming historical romances about unexpected brides. Temporary Bride: Lena Stevens has lived through more than her share of troubles. After losing her mother and father when she was young, Lena learned that every kindness came with obligation. Now a widow with a small child, Lena has lost the one thing she had left: her house. She has no desire to be a burden...

Past pain. Future hope. Matt Shannon lost his fiancé to a tragic accident. He does not want anything more to do with love and marriage. But he is now guardian to four-year-old Lindy. Desperate for a woman to mother the little girl, he arranges for a mail-order bride. The agreement is for convenience only, but Gwen's kindness and good nature threaten his barred heart. Gwen Humber is willing to do anything to guarantee herself a permanent home…even...

Can modern romance hope for a happily-ever-after ending? In these three stories, Montana men question love's power due to circumstances from the past. Ace feels that if family abandoned him, there is no chance for marital happiness. Blake has never met his stepsister, but he believes her to be self-centered and wants her to have nothing to do with his little sister's life. Steele has represented one too many divorce through the courts to believe in...

Josie Kinsley was adopted when she was twelve. There are things in her past she doesn't want anyone to know, things that drive her to seek security. She only wants to be a self-sufficient, independent young woman. She refuses the interest of the many cowboys who enter the home. Walker Jones's family was broken up when he was a kid. He has no use for secrets. He ends up at the Kinsley home when he is robbed and pistol whipped. He overhears Josie telling...

After surviving a horrible train accident, Victoria Kinsley can never be sure of her age-- or her identity. She was adopted by the Kinsleys and has never recalled her life prior to the accident. How can she embrace her future without knowing her own past? She is guarded around strangers and keeps men at arm's length. Until Reese Cartwright shows up. Reese recognizes Victoria the moment he sees her. He's been hurt in the past by a woman who was less...