Susannah Calloway

Mary Rose Martin is desperate. With seven younger sisters all happily married, her wealthy Virginia family is starting to give up on her, and she faces the dismal fate of being an old maid. Her only choice is to marry Thorton Ellis, 30 years her senior - and completely odious....

Sally Johnson is sick of her life - sick of the upper class, sick of the social gatherings, sick of the dirty, bustling city, and truly sick of never feeling as though she is good enough....

Raising his three rambunctious children on a small farm in Shallow Gorge, Colorado, Billy Spence is at his wits’ end. It’s hard enough to eke out a living in such a rough area; it’s even harder caring for three little ones on his own....

Belle Herman is destined for better things. At least, that is what her mother always tells her. When the local matrimonial agency matches her with a wealthy rancher in Colorado, she sets her sights on the future and says a fond goodbye to her past....

Fearful and frightened, Lacey Harper must learn to save herself. When her father plans to marry her off to enrich himself, she answers an advert for a Mail Order Bride. She boards a train to Colorado Territory to marry a man named Neil Thompson....

Governess Dottie Wilson adores Sam and Beth, her charges. When her services are replaced by a tutor, she is devastated. Not knowing what to do, she turns to her friend for help. Bertie steers her toward becoming a mail order bride. Dottie agrees, and is matched with a wealthy rancher in Texas....

Laura Bailey doesn’t know where to turn. With her trust in her family crushed by betrayal, she throws herself on the mercy of a matrimonial agency. Before she knows it, she’s on her way to Mine’s Place, Colorado, seeking only a marriage of convenience–and a new start....

Ruth McCann has a plan for her future. She’ll marry, settle down in her hometown of Stowe, Vermont, and raise a family with the man her father picked out for her....

The last thing Bonnie Ross wants is to leave her little home in Staunton, Virginia. But when her three stubborn brothers get the idea of moving into their heads, there’s no talking them out of it....

As a servant in a wealthy household, Emelia Brandon is subject to hard work, little food, and great hardship. She has no choice but to become a mail order bride, flee west to Arizona, and marry a man she’s never seen....

What is Valerie Mayfield to do? Her stepfather sold her into marriage with a shady saloon owner in a small town in Texas. But her husband-to-be has no intention of marrying her. He wants her as a saloon wench. Risking her life, Valerie flees during a blizzard....

Grace Montgomery is the oldest of five sisters…and the only one who isn’t married. At 24, she’s tired of pitying looks and being called a spinster. Desperate, she accepts the proposal of a much older man....

While all her childhood friends are getting married and having children, Thelma Taylor can’t seem to find a beau in all of Hartford, Vermont. When she loses her employment and is swamped with frustration, her mother agrees: it’s time she started over, somewhere new....

Nancy Grant’s stepfather bets her hand in marriage during a poker game–and loses. Now she is supposed to marry the repugnant Carl Kingsford. Nancy has no choice but to flee....

Edie Kendall lives a busy life in Boston, Massachusetts, doing her best to care for her widowed father. But when he tells her he’s marrying her off to a wealthy but unethical businessman twice her age, she is forced to flee....

When Courtney Atwood’s husband dies in an accident, she does her best to mourn him as she ought. But they never really loved each other, and their marriage was simply one of convenience....

Born into wealth, Elizabeth Hudson never dares resist her harsh parents’ demands. One day, her father Gerald orders her into marriage. Forced into a carriage with her fiancé, she is involved in a terrible accident that leaves her crippled for life....

Angie Rosewood is summoned to the housekeeper’s office for kissing her employer's son, Marcus Donahue, and her employment is terminated. Suddenly, Angie is homeless and scared. When she reads an advert for mail-order brides, it seems the only answer to her prayers....

Her husband is dead. She's pregnant. And her odious brother-in-law is forcing her hand in marriage. Betty Rochester can't abide the thought of Garrett having anything to do with her child. Or her. She has to escape and fast. Her only hope is to get as far away as she can....

Desperate for a new start in life, Angie responds to a letter in the Matrimonial Times. A marriage of convenience is all she expects from the union. But things get complicated when she falls for the man—and even more complicated when her past tracks her down....