Cullen McCray is a man haunted by loss, his heart burdened by the ghost of his first wife. Isolated in the rugged mountains, he seeks solace in the wilderness, shunning the world. But fate has other plans, and when tragedy strikes and his estranged brother, Clint, dies, Cullen is left to pick up the pieces and care for Clint’s young daughter. As he struggles to deal with his newfound responsibilities, a mysterious woman appears, claiming to be Clint’s fiancée and the future Mrs. McCray.

Maggie Colton is a city girl with dreams of a life filled with love and adventure, but she soon realizes the reality of her situation is far from what she expected. Upon her arrival in Lone Hollow, she discovers that her fiancé is dead, and her new home is a crumbling ranch house, a dilapidated guest house, and a barn in dire need of repair.

As Maggie tries to navigate the lies she was told, she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic Cullen. Will he be able to lay the demons of his past to rest and open his heart to a new beginning? Or will he send Maggie back before her bags are unpacked? Only time will tell in this clean, historical, western tale of love, loss, and the power of the human spirit to rise from the ashes.

Running from the law . . . into the arms of a sheriff.

All Annie Stone wants is a new life, far away from the drudgery of working as a maid in St. Louis, and far away from the sour memories of her previous marriage. She’s overjoyed when a sheriff in Colorado chooses her as a mail-order bride. But as she’s making plans to leave, the unthinkable happens.

She needs to leave town–fast.

Sheriff Caius Hunt has more work than he can handle, an uncooperative town marshal, and a family waiting for him to give up and return home. To prove to the town–and himself–that he’s settled and dedicated to his work, he sends for a mail-order bride.

Never mind he has no interest in ever falling in love again.

And never mind that Miss Stone shows up a month early.

But as Cai’s feelings for Annie grow, he discovers a secret that could ruin both of them. Torn between duty and love, Cai has to make a decision. In order to save Annie, he has to trust her.

But how can Annie trust him when it seems he’s left her to meet an undeserved fate?

Will her lies be her demise?

Grace Sinclair is in trouble. When her adopted sister, Faith, is forced to defend her honor against an over-ardent saloon patron, she shoots him in self-defense. But who is going to believe four orphaned females living and working in a saloon are innocent of anything. Grace is convinced that the only chance of saving them all is to leave town in hopes the law will think her guilty and hold the other three girls harmless. A friend suggests a ruse of leaving town as a mail-order bride and that plan worked like a charm. Unfortunately for everyone concerned, the plan worked a little too well.

John Malone didn’t send for a mail-order bride, but somehow he found himself wed to one. Grace is a feisty city woman who showed up out of nowhere with a written marriage proposal signed by him. He tries to explain he didn’t send for a bride and that wasn’t his signature, but no one believes him. Now, one of Creede’s prominent attorneys is forcing him to keep a promise he didn’t make, and when his new bride is arrested for murder, he’s in jeopardy of losing his reputation and his ability to make an honest living. He has a decision to make, but will his heart let him?

Before this is over, it will take all of Grace’s courage and all of John’s faith to overcome the secrets, lies, and betrayals standing between them and their chance at happiness, but will it be enough?

Alone and on the run, Fran must protect her younger sister at all cost—but she never expected the price would be marriage to a stranger. Her new husband may be a respected rancher in the community, but Fran can’t trust him with her secrets.
Trail boss Edgar White never planned for a marriage of convenience. He never planned to marry at all. His past taught him that women can’t be trusted, and the secrets she’s keeping prove his new wife is no exception.
But as a cattle drive forces them into close proximity, Edgar soon discovers the depths of Fran’s devotion to her sister—and that it isn’t so easy to keep his heart guarded.

One family will brave the wilderness of Wyoming to fight for their livelihoods… and for love.

On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Elsie is given no gift—only orders.

Raised within the cold walls of a New York orphanage, Elsie has learned that obedience is survival and hope is dangerous. When the headmistress informs her she is being sent west to marry a man she has never met, Elsie’s greatest fear isn’t the stranger waiting in Colorado—it’s the sister she’s forced to leave behind without goodbye.

With nothing but a small bag and a heart full of unanswered questions, Elsie boards a train bound for the Colorado frontier, carrying grief, fear, and a faith worn thin by years of neglect. The God her sister trusts so easily feels painfully silent as the miles stretch on and her future feels less like a promise and more like exile.

Dr. Clark has devoted his life to medicine, not marriage. Surrounded by miners, illness, and long hours, he requested help for his practice—not a wife. When Elsie arrives on his doorstep, wary and guarded, he’s forced to confront a responsibility he never sought… and a young woman who has never been allowed to choose for herself.

As two reluctant hearts are drawn together by necessity and quiet moments of kindness, Elsie must decide whether love can grow where trust has never been planted—and whether God’s plans can be good when they arrive wrapped in pain.