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Recently widowed, Charlotte Pennyworth is relishing her independence and it rankles to have to rely on a man to help her with a sinister stalker. Former Yardman, Elliot Baker, is reluctant to take on Charlotte''s case but despite himself and his history with another woman, he is drawn to the bright, attractive widow. Sparks smolder between the PI and his client but neither is looking to form an attachment. Elliot thinks Charlotte is hiding something. Charlotte has no desire to marry again, especially to a private investigator, no matter how handsome, brave and kind he is.

Her entire family was wiped out by influenza, leaving her alone in the world. Then, she was unfairly fired from the job that was her sole support, which led to her being kidnapped and sold to a brothel. Now that she's free, she is ready to move on with her life, but the anger still festers that no one paid the price for kidnapping her.

Miss Addie Mallory is finished with the husband hunt. After six London Seasons as a wallflower, she convinces her parents that she should be allowed to use her dowry to buy a bookstore in Bath where she can live her life the way she wants.

Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1912. Priscilla Cochran intends to prove to the world she is a grown-up woman, able to take care of herself. She accepts a job as a teacher in Dogtown, Colorado, where the man who hired her thinks she is a woman of "mature years". Mitch Beaumont is tired of young women who come to Dogtown and leave in tears because it is not a built-up city with entertainment a young woman would want. He has finally secured a teacher for the town who has assured him she is a middle-aged spinster and will be able to last through the hard winters.

A vow made years ago. Gregory Mackenzie intends to fulfill it, but first he has to rescue his intended wife. Megan Sinclair did not have a horrible marriage to Laird Robin Sinclair, but it was not as satisfying as she had hoped it would be on their wedding day. Now that she is a widow, she is...

Two lasses, one laird. Laird Daniel Mackenzie receives a royal edict to choose a bride. But how can he comply if neither wants a husband? Laird Daniel Mackenzie, Clan Chief of the Mackenzie clan, has ignored his advisors to seek a wife, so they take it into their own hands and invite two lasses...

History teacher Ellie Henderson, has been a thorn in High School Principal Max Colbert’s side ever since he took over three months ago. When she’s not flying by his office, late for her class, with books and papers jumbled in her arms, she’s attending Suffragettes meetings against his orders. Because of her family connections, Max can’t fire her, but he can certainly find someone to marry her, and keep her busy in the kitchen–and far away from his school.

In 1912, spirited Priscilla Cochran is determined to prove she’s a capable, independent woman. Leaving her comfortable life in Oklahoma, she travels to rugged Dogtown, Colorado, to become the town’s new schoolteacher—after assuring the hiring committee she’s a “woman of mature years.”

Dodge City, Kansas, 1877. Adelaide Markham is one of four female prisoners sitting in Dodge City Jail. The marshal offers them a choice. Either sit in jail until the circuit judge sobers up enough to hear their cases, or get on the wagon train traveling to Santa Fe as mail order brides...Miles Ryan has been threatened by the wagon train master that he and his two recalcitrant daughters will be left behind at Fort Dodge if he doesn't find a wife to control the girls. Miles takes one look at Adelaide and decides she's for him.

Dr. Rayne Stevens has spent her entire life working toward following in her father’s footsteps and standing by his side in his medical clinic. Now that he has retired, she is the sole practitioner and is proud of what she’s accomplished, especially with the disdain she’s had to deal with due to being a woman in her chosen profession. After a tragedy puts Lord Sterling into an emotional spin that results in years of dissipation, he believes he has reached his lowest point when he turns up unconscious on Dr. Steven’s doorsteps after being dumped there by his friends.