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To say Maeva Stewart is not a patient young woman is an understatement. Full of ideas, she meets life head on—usually with her best friend and neighbor, Ruby Risler. Aside from Ruby’s good qualities as a friend, she also has a brother, Leo. After giving cookies to the men leaving the train station for Camp Douglas, Maeva begins writing letters to those she doesn’t know. Then, drawing upon an untapped well of courage, she writes to tell Leo how she feels about him. A telegram changes everything when Leo is injured in France, and Maeva wants to go to him.

Claire just lost her husband to a blizzard, and she’ll need a man before spring. With two children to raise, she wants out of the farming community and picks a man who she hopes will take her and her family to civilization. Ethan has lived in the city all his life and works as a librarian, but his dream is to be a pioneer farmer. His chance comes when he answers an ad looking for men to come to Nebraska. Though he’d wanted to marry for love, he figures he’ll settle for a mail-order wife if it gets him out of the city.

Teresa Beldon is forced to leave her home by a half-brother who is always in trouble. With no choice, she finds herself on the stagecoach to Denver and headed to the gold camps. After getting directions in Denver, they drive up the mountain when a blizzard forces the wagon off the road. She is thrown free of the wagon only to lay hurt and alone.

Constance has always done everything by the book. Follow the rules, be good, and hide. Can this letter to a man she doesn't know break her out of the shadows? Drake has dreamed of going to sea, but Father's ultimatum has him sending for a mail-order bride. He'll take care of her, but she needs to know, he'll leave for the sea after they're married.

Ulyssa Long has been a Pinkerton agent for seven years. She likes working alone. and is ruthless in solving the cases she’s been given. She is surprised when she is called into the Denver office to take on Sam Paxton as her partner in training. She refuses but is told that she can look for another job if she doesn’t want to do as she’s told.

An almost fiancé is in trouble. A Pinkerton agent determined to save her. An eager tycoon’s daughter joins the Pinkertons. All are thrown together in the crime of the century or maybe the romance of the year.

Charity’s escapades have only been between the pages of books. Seth is a man with a temper. Together, they just might discover the love they’ve been looking for.

Jenna is tied to the earth, to nurture her farm, and see things grow. Alex has a wandering skip in his step and longs to see what is over the next hill. Is love strong enough to uproot Jenna?

Grace stopped to catch her breath and look over her shoulder. Her misfortune began when she’d seen her boss shoot his partner and had run to St. Louis as a mail-order bride. If that wasn’t bad enough, her groom-to-be was a monster. She grimaced and pulled a briar from her hand. A quick look down the street proved they were still coming after her. She rounded the corner of the depot and prayed the train was ready to depart. She looked for a friendly face in the crowd.

Leah Braden chose to remain on the family farm. Her mother, Claire, and stepfather Ethan take their younger children, Amelia and Jess, to Chicago to seek medical treatment for little Jess’s hearing loss. Surprised that she is the one left to carry on the farm for her father, Leah is determined to outlast the drought and make a go of it. The town of Last Chance has a new well that has brought life to the dying town. Now, if only she could find a life of her own.

Arabella needs a job to pay for her sister's medical care at the sanatorium in Denver. After hiring Pinkerton agents to help her rescue her sister, she goes to the Pinkerton Headquarters for a job and is hired easily enough. Then, she sees that she is paired with Gerard Fletcher. Worse, the agency marries her to the man and sends her on a case with him.

Mark Johnson didn't want a wife, but his Pinkerton boss demanded he take one. Then Mark saw Evangeline, and she stole his heart. Impossible as it may seem, he loved her. Evangeline stared at Mark, but there was no love coming from her eyes. To go along with Archie's deal, she'd marry Mark. Besides, she had plans. She needed to be a Pinkerton agent, and like it or not, she needed Mark to free her brother.

Sabrina is running from her past. Sabrina Jones never expected to be set free from her life as a saloon girl. Thanks to a gift from Rand Ketcham, a notorious bounty hunter, she was able to leave her old life in the saloons. Colorado was where she wanted to go. What to do was still a mystery, until she reached Denver and saw an ad in the paper for women to apply as Pinkerton agents. She figured she'd be good. All those years in the saloon had taught her how to read people. That ought to come in handy as a detective.