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The Twelve Mail Order Brides Of Christmas Books

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Cover for A Surprise Christmas Bride For The Heartbroken Widower

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! When Sarah agrees to be a Mail Order Bride, she never expects to her arrival to be a surprise. She had hopes for a chance to find love and a new life, but instead her husband-to-be doesn’t want her, and is ready to send her back home. After losing his wife and young child, John is sure he would never love again. So when his brother’s wife sends for a bride without his consent, his mind is made up. She has to go, as soon as he can save up enough money for her fare back East. Sarah and John agree that she will leave in the spring, after the winter season. And as they spend time together, their love begins to grow despite their intentions. But as the holidays bring back memories of his lost family, John withdraws. Can Sarah find a way into his broken heart, or will he send her home, and go back to his lonely life?

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Cover for A Headstrong Christmas Bride for the Lonely Father

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Feeling herself a burden on her family, Ella Burns decides to head West in the hopes of finding a purpose—if not love. And Benjamin Person, new father to an orphaned child, seems like a man who needs her help. If only he could accept it. Benjamin Pearson, now in charge of his orphaned niece, knows he needs a woman’s help to raise the child. But his life is so hard, and he does not want his new wife to have to struggle as he did. He resolves to shield her from the hardships of the ranch, and let her tend to the home and child. If only she would listen to him. But the mountain weather is very harsh, and Ella and Ben soon find themselves battling a burning barn and a mountain storm. When Ella defies Ben’s words to save his life, he realizes he has to decide—will he let this strong woman into his life, or will he hold onto his pride?

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Cover for A Desperate Christmas Bride for the Cold Hearted Rancher

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! When Cora’s high school sweetheart up and marries someone else, she knows she has only one choice left: Head West as a Mail Order Bride, or be doomed to a life of spinterhood. She’s ready to make the best of her new life, but when faced with a gruff, uncaring husband and a lonely ranch in need of repair, she’s not sure she’s up to the task. Abraham knows life on his ranch is hard. In fact, it’s even scared off several brides already. While every man needs a wife to help with the home and children, he’s not sure what woman would want him to share it with. But when Cora's life is in danger, Abe is forced to admit what he knew all along, and find a way to open his heart to this kind and lovely woman.

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Cover for A Spoiled Christmas Bride for the Struggling Cowboy

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! To Mary Turner, the West is a chance to escape the trappings of her privileged life and find adventure and love. So when she agrees to become the Mail Order Bride to William Redding, she’s ready for the world she’s read about in her favorite dime novels. What she’s not ready for is a rundown ranch, a debt-ridden husband, and scorpions in her bedroom. William Redding has hoped for a wife to help him with the duties of the ranch. Mary had seemed charming in her letters, and she is lovely in person, but she can’t even butcher a chicken properly. How can he expect her to be happy on his ranch? They cannot resist their growing love, however, and Mary finds herself feeling more at home on the ranch each day. But as Christmas nears, the ranch that she calls home is in danger of being taken away from William—and her—forever.

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Cover for A Clever Christmas Bride for the Burdened Shop Owner

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! When Callie Browning agrees to travel West as a mail order bride, she never intends to stay. In fact, she plans to cancel the contract as soon as she arrives. With dreams of becoming a writer, Callie does not want to be tied to a home and responsibilities, and her ticket West is meant to be a way for her to escape all that. But Callie never expected kind and handsome Will Stanton. Without even enough money to decorate their Christmas tree, she knows his family is struggling, and desperately needs her help. She has grown to care for him and his small children, but can she really pursue her dreams of writing in a life like this? So when Callie finds out Will is in danger of losing his store, she knows she has to do something to help them. Even if she’s not planning to stay. Or is she?

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Cover for A Curious Christmas Bride for the Cautious Sheriff

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! When nineteen-year-old Jessica Downs arrives in Pinoche as a mail order bride, she’s devastated to learn that her intended has been killed. With nowhere to turn and alone at Christmas, she’s grateful for the chance for a job in the local hotel, until she finds herself stuck in the middle of a brazen theft. The town’s sheriff doesn’t seem to want her help, but Jessica has never been one to take ‘no’ for an answer. Not even from handsome young William Stanton. Sheriff William Stanton is finding himself in turns increasingly frustrated and intrigued with this meddlesome young girl. And when she entangles herself in his investigation, he finds himself fearing for her, as well. Jessica Downs has crept into his heart, and her curiosity could lead her to harm—something he vows to prevent. But when Jessica sees her chance to expose the criminal, she takes it, despite William’s warnings. And that chance puts her in more danger than either ever expected.

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Cover for A Pregnant Christmas Bride for the Bad Mannered Brick Layer

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Pregnant and shunned by her dead husband’s family, Alice Monroe heads West as a Mail Order Bride to a man she’s only met in letters. She is relieved to find a man willing to take on a pregnant wife, and resolves to make the union work. Even is the man is a bit loud, spends too much time at the pub, and speaks to her as if she had no mind of her own. Robert Killiam works as a bricklayer in the city, and living a solitary life has not does much for his manners. He’s used to folks who speak their mind, and mild-mannered Alice seems happy to go along with whatever he suggests. She’s lovely and kind, but—he thinks—also a bit dull. But the Christmas holiday bring back sad memories for Alice, and she finally puts her foot down. Robert sees something new in this timid woman, and he’s more determined than ever to make her happy. And when the baby suddenly arrives early, he realizes how much this budding family has already changed his life.

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Cover for A Reluctant Christmas Family for the Gentle Horseman

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Bridget O’Conner never dreamed she’d be heading West as a mail order bride, but she also never dreamed her parents would die within a year and leave her alone with her young brother, Ben. To Bridget, Sam Jones was her last chance to for her and Ben to have a home and security. But to young Ben, Sam is an unwelcome change that takes him far away from his old life. Sam Jones is a kind man, and he can see the pain in Ben—a pain like a scared young horse. He wants to welcome both Ben and his lovely sister into his home, even though Ben is determined to see otherwise. And the more Sam and Bridget grow to care for each other, the more Ben rebels, especially as Christmas draws near. But while Bridget believes Ben just needs more time, Sam has other plans—plans that Bridget is not sure she agrees with. Should she trust him, or is he not the man she expected him to be?

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Cover for A Sudden Christmas Family for the Hesitant Rancher

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Widowed and with a young child, Claire Jeffries leaves her old life behind and heads west as a Mail Order Bride. She knows that her last chance to build a home for her daughter Angelica rests with Elijah Monroe, whose ad she answered in a catalog. He sounds like a kind man in his letters, but Claire worries how kind he will feel when he meets Angelica, who Claire has failed to mention in any of her own letters. Can he possibly love them both, and forgive her deception? Elijah Monroe has no particular wish to marry, but that doesn’t stop his father from placing an ad for him for a Mail Order Bride. And when Claire responds to his unintentional ad, he is drawn to her sweet words and desperate situation. But when she arrives with an unexpected child, neither is quite sure their arrangement is meant to be. With Christmas approaching and the snows soon to fall, Claire and Elijah made a pact to decide if their arrangement is meant to be. But can a relationship built on a lie ever succeed?

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Cover for A Lonely Christmas Bride for the Solitary Miner

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Left alone with her young sister after their parents’ death, Kathleen O’Conner finds herself desperate for a way to care for them both. So when Tristan Jones answers her ad in the Matrimonial News with the promise to help support her family, she knows he’s her last hope. With no other choice, she leaves her sister in the care of her aunt, and heads West to marry a strange man known only by letters. Tristan Jones is kind man, and Kathleen feels her love beginning to grow. But he works long hours in the mine, and Kathleen’s days at the isolated ranch are long and lonely. She misses her family, and the Christmas holidays only remind her how far away they are. And when she learns that Tristan’s own mother hates her at first meeting, she is even less sure she made the right choice coming West—even it if was her father’s dream.

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Cover for A Pair of Christmas Sisters for the Lumberjack Brothers

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! When Susie and her sister Maggie both lose their young husbands in the war, Susie decides it’s time to take control of their own destinies. With her sister lost in heartbreak, Susie answers an ad from a pair of brothers in Montana who are looking for wives, hoping to find them both a warm and safe place to live. But life in the logging camps of Montana is much harder than Susie ever dreamed, and it doesn’t help that her sister, Maggie, seems to be settling in much better than her. Tom and Hank Winston are hardworking loggers, like the rest of the camp, and they expect the same from their wives. But Susie wants more for herself as well as the community, and she takes it upon herself to bring a love of reading and culture to the children of the town—a dream her husband Hank is dead-set against. As the Christmas holidays draw closer, Susie finds herself drawing closer to Hank, despite his unfamiliar ways. But can she ever untangle his secrets enough to feel a part of this family in this strange, cold country?

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Cover for An Unexpected Christmas Baby for the Brokenhearted Blacksmith

Celebrate the miracle of love and the joy of the holiday season on the Western frontier with the Twelve Mail Order Brides of Christmas, a new series from popular author Emma Morgan! Devastated when her childhood love marries her sister instead, Nora Robertson leaves her old world behind for a chance as a mail order bride. She heads west alone, ready to begin her new life, but when she arrives in the small, dusty town, she is not alone anymore. An unfortunate event has left her to care for an orphaned infant—a child Joshua Ellsworth is not expecting at all. Joshua Ellsworth is a good man, however, and he readily accepts both Nora and the infant into his home. And also neither one is ready to love again, love has a mind of its own. But just as they begin to settle into their life together, a reminder from Joshua’s past comes knocking on his door—and she wants him back. And could it be that he wants her, too? Will Joshua, Nora, and baby Addie celebrate their first Christmas together, or will an old flame blow out their new-found love?

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