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Jethro Knerr should be happy. He has achieved his goal of seeing all seven of his sons happily married, and he has several grandchildren on the way. But everything around him feels suddenly empty, and far too quiet. His enormous house is too big for just himself. Jethro's friends try to convince him that what he needs is a companion with which to share his life and the wonderful times ahead with his grandchildren, but Jethro cannot even entertain the thought of loving another woman. His heart still belongs to his beloved Miriam, although she has been gone for more than 10 years.

Without home or income, pregnant and tragically widowed after just one year of blissful marriage, Cecelia is grief-stricken and despairing. When Mrs. Molly White suggests a radical solution to her heartbreaking situation Cecelia is unsure. How can she love any man other than her late-husband, especially a stranger living hundreds of miles away? But Molly knows that Cecilia is just the right person to melt Wayne Knerr’s hard heart. He, however, is determined to ignore the woman his father has arranged for him to marry.

The story of long-suffering father Jethro and his seven sons is one that will have you laughing and crying all at the same time. Each of Jethro’s boys has their own character and stubborn ways, but they are no match for Jethro’s quest to get each of them married off to a good and godly young lady. Jethro enlists the help of one of the marvelous Mrs. Molly White, the proprietor of the Cozy Bridal Agency. To Jethro’s delight, Molly helps him find suitable mail-order brides for each of his sons, but she also has a big surprise up her sleeve that will change Jethro’s world too!

Mrs. Molly White, owner of the Cozy Bridal Agency, finds a young lady shivering and alone in the park. Flora Moore despairs for her future. Molly, however, has a plan for the virtuous girl—a plan that will take her west to meet the son of Jethro Knerr, Robin. A glimmer of hope flashes in Flora’s heart, but is swiftly cut off when her train to Walla Walla is derailed and swarmed by vile bandits. When Robin and his brothers arrive at the crash site, there is no sign of Flora. Will Robin find her in time to rescue her, or will he lose her before they’ve even met?

Anthony, the youngest of Jethro Knerr's sons, is tired of his family treating him like he's still a child. He understands it—after all, he was lost to them for years, and they have not long had him back home—but he is frustrated by it, nonetheless. Anxious to see the world and prove that he is a man who can look after himself, he determines to prove his independence, with frightening results. Brutally beaten, robbed, and left for dead, it is only the compassionate care of Hope and Barbara that saves Anthony’s life. But is this strange young man from out of town to be trusted?

Amethyst Mayfield is an adventurer just like her late archeologist father. She aims to continue his legacy, following the lead suggested by a fragment of map left among his papers and artifacts. Becoming a mail order bride is her ticket to the Montana hills - but those same hills almost spell disaster for her, her new husband, and the precious treasure she is carrying. Mount your steed and head west with us as we follow Amy's pioneering footsteps to lasting love!

The Young Love Historical Romance series includes 10 wonderful titles following the romantic adventures of young brides who braved the wilds of the historical West to discover love with strong, honorable men - not without a few challenges and twists and turns along the way!

Philomena Black has decided the next step of her life includes being a bride. When she finds out that she’s been placed as a mail-order bride much more quickly than she expected, she’s off to Nebraska and her new life. Unfortunately, upon arrival, she finds that her new life isn’t going to be what she expected. But Lewis Meyers has no desire to marry.

Adam Harding has gotten a new start on life. He’s moving past the reality of his criminal past and getting settled in West Oak with dreams of his own ranch and a wife, too. Tiffany Sikes is done living under her cruel father’s roof. Pushed by her mother’s death, she goes to a bridal agency and becomes a mail-order bride.

Sheila Evans sets off to the West in search of a teaching position. Her plans are halted when Jude Fist captures her en route in an attempt to gain a wife for his older brother. By the time she reaches the house, Sheila is already planning her escape, but an unexpected elderly resident in the boy’s household somehow changes her mind. Cade, Jude’s brother, is shocked that his brother kidnapped Sheila, and even more shocked when she agrees to stay. Cade also hides a heartbreak that has held him captive for many years.

Anna Hayden is devastated when the man she expected to marry is conveniently betrothed to another bride. Thinking she may be condemned to a lifetime of drudgery and boredom as a ladies maid, she willfully responds to an advert for a mail order bride. Determined to prove her independence, she fails to inform her sister Josie of her plans. A shock awaits Anna at the train station in Wichita.

When Harland McKinley sees the joy that mail-order bride Josie brings to his twin brother's heart, he begins desperately looking for a way to earn the hand of his own long time beau, Beth Drescher. But will his intended forgive him for stepping out with her rival, the fashionable daughter of the local banker? News of thieveries in Cowtown - ones that the stern new sheriff believes may be connected to the McKinleys in some way - further threatens to keep the young couple apart.

Violet Wakefield needs money to save her mother’s life. And she needs it now! Martin Allen thinks his wandering heart will settle if he cures his loneliness. He agrees to send the needed money if Violet agrees to become his Mail Order Bride. When Violet arrives in Rainbow Mountain, however, her fiancé is nowhere to be found. She learns that, just as he has done many times before, he has disappeared up into the mountains, searching for gold.

Life has been hard for Eli Drake. Betrayed by his best friend, ridiculed by the woman he had hoped to marry, and sought after by the law, he is running for his life. But that was a long time ago. Twenty years, to be precise. And now a stranger arrives in town, just the day after a terrible murder, when Eli Drake is forgotten by most....

Things are about to change for the town, and the first thing Deelan has to do is bring the killer of former Mayor Henry Simpson to justice. But that is easier said than done, especially when it looks like the girl he had once hoped to marry knows more than her pretty face would suggest, and thus, things can get pretty complicated. But there is hope, even in Hope's End, although getting to the real truth, and to those issues in life that really matter turns out to be a pretty rough ride.

Forced to sell and clear her family home, Jade Fern discovers papers left by her ancestors - including one portion of a mysterious map. Always ready for adventure, Jade decides to use what little money is left from the sale of the house to travel to Rainbow Mountain and lay claim to Seth and Constance MacLeod's abandoned land. Julius Neil, a free-spirited wanderer, also has reason to believe that the land belongs to him, but meets his match in the feisty Jade, who refuses to give up the land. Can the two find common ground and work things out, or will their battle end in tears?

Jilted at the altar by a philandering good-for-nothing, Coral Ellis wished she has heeded her friends’ warnings. The poor girl is left ashamed to face people’s looks and comments. When the chance to move west and marry Thomas Winters as a mail order bride presents itself, it looks like the perfect escape route, but will Thomas turn out to be what he claims? Will he be as weak a man as Richard was, or will he be the strong, dependable husband that Coral longs for?

In the clutches of a ruthless employer who threatens to force her into a life of sin and degradation, she decides to flee west as a mail order bride. But Clarissa's trek to Grant, Nevada, not only carries her to an unknown future, it also brings her face-to-face with the deep wounds of her past. Abandoned orphan siblings, a soul-destroying "sanctuary" of sin, a mysterious mining secret, and a cold-blooded murder, paint a dark backdrop for the light of love, faith, and forgiveness to shine their healing light in this story of redemption and romance.

Falsely tarred as a blundering baby killer by an unscrupulous doctor, Nurse Catherine is left with no other avenue of escape but to run from the city. When she arrives at Fort Peck to meet William Davis, a gentle but manly hunter-come-homesteader, her aching self-doubt threatens to dash her chances of true love. It is only through the midnight pleas of a terrified stranger that Catherine’s true courageous colors blaze through. Catherine not only experiences her own deliverance but becomes a deliverer of new life on the wild frontiers of Fort Peck!

Amber is highly amused at the sight of the pompous Lord Richard Clarington The Third, Earl of Suffolk. Until she realizes that her father and stepmother intend to marry her off to him. A grand scheme ensues, cooked up by Amber and her maid. Amber will become a Mail Order Bride. Her flight west to meet Rufus Bradley is interrupted by an unusual meeting on the train. One that will affect their lives for decades to come.