検索キーワード： 著者 "Susannah Calloway" すべてのカテゴリー

When Bell Wade’s father passes away suddenly, she is left nearly destitute and becomes dependent on his colleague’s goodwill. But her gratitude doesn’t extend to being married off to a vile man. In Bell’s drive to make decisions for herself, she finds a matrimonial agency that will match her with a man in the Western territories. With no options left, she makes the choice to leave her life in Boston and travel to Idaho. To her surprise, her husband-to-be in Shadow Gulch, Doctor Elliot Sanders, has no idea of her existence.

When Rebecca Vanderhall discovers her fate has been sealed, she has two choices: Embrace it or fight against it…and run. The only way out of the arranged marriage to a cruel man who is far too much like her father is to find her match as a mail-order bride. With courage, Becky sets out on a long journey to Shadow Gulch, Idaho, where she’ll meet the man she’s to marry. But she can’t leave her poor, defenseless mother to face her father’s wrath alone, and so tricks her mother into accompanying her.

When Margaret Jameston’s father passes away, her whole life changes. In one swift blow, she goes from the coddled, spoiled daughter of a doting father to a penniless pauper, entirely dependent on the charity of others. As she seeks to take control of her life again, employment proves impossible to find - and that’s what leads her to the matrimonial agency, and ultimately to Shadow Gulch, Idaho.

Rachel Newsome is desperate to leave home, where she’s treated worse than a servant. If only she can have her own home, somewhere far away from her demanding, heartless mother. She finds her chance when she learns about becoming a Mail Order Bride. Eager for a new beginning, Rachel travels west to marry Carson Gordon. Carson Gordon has good reason to worry. When his new bride arrives, she’ll discover what he neglected to tell her.

After the war, Jewel Eberhardt has few choices for a beau, so she writes to a mail-order bride agency. From Pike’s Bluff, Colorado, Dirk Walker writes her back. Nervous and self-conscious, he sends Jewel the train fare, praying it will be a good match. When they meet, he fears she’s far above him - a fine woman too good for the likes of him. Yet, he marries her and takes her home to his ranch.

Jennifer Mason loves medicine. She lives on the family farm with her beloved younger brother, feeds her thirst for medical knowledge through any books she can find, and spends her time learning from the doctor in town and the nearby Shawnee medicine man. Then tragedy strikes, and Jennifer’s life is changed forever. Unable to save her brother’s life after a horrifying accident, Jennifer wonders whether her search for knowledge was a waste. Unsure of herself and driven by loneliness and despair, she takes the first option she finds for a new start.

Shiloh Wheaton has spent four years recovering from the greatest tragedy of her young life - the accident that claimed her parents and left her with a ghastly scar across her face. Now 22, it’s time to leave Boston and start over fresh somewhere else. But where? Widowed father - and the preacher of Shadow Gulch, Idaho - David Thompkins is seeking a mother for his five-year-old daughter. He writes to a matrimonial agency back east for a suitable bride.

Caleb Reynolds has seen his brothers marry, one by one - dropping like flies. Now, he is the lone bachelor on Reynolds Ranch, and he’s not about to change his status. He rethinks his determination when the Reynolds take in the Simmons siblings. Ruth Simmons comes to Crooked Creek as a Mail Order Bride, bringing her two younger siblings along with her. From day one, however, it’s evident something dastardly is at play, and she flees to the welcoming arms of the Reynolds clan, hiding from the unknown stranger who hunts her.

Clark Reynolds harbors a love for poetry and writing that his family will never understand. When he writes to a matrimonial agency for a mail-order bride, the last thing he expects is to find someone who shares this love - but Julie Hazelton exceeds all his expectations. When she arrives at Crooked Creek to begin their courtship, he’s stunned by her beauty, intelligence, and her understanding of Clark himself.

Christian Reynolds is never one to shirk his duty - from helping Sheriff Archer in the middle of a saloon brawl to keeping a promise to a friend. The last thing Christian expects is to find himself promising to take care of someone else’s Mail Order Bride. When his friend Matt Brown lies dying, Christian promises to watch over Matt’s newly arriving bride. But when Christian meets Faye Dunell from Boston, he fears what his promise might mean.

Leah Peterson’s life in New York City is not easy. The man she was going to marry has just run off, taking her savings with him. Plus, she’s been laid off from the factory where she works, and her rent is due. When all options fail, Leah has one thing left - a leap of faith. For Leah, her leap of faith means applying to a matrimonial agency. Within days, she’s matched with a rancher in Crooked Creek, Colorado. A rancher named Clifford Reynolds - a rancher with no idea someone has arranged a Mail Order Bride for him...

Gina Elwood has left her former life to move to Pepper Gulch, Utah. It’s a quiet, simple life, full of friends and good cheer, and she’s determined to be grateful for what she’s got…until she notices the handsome young sheriff. Suddenly, everything she’s grateful for doesn’t seem like quite enough. But there are other problems at hand. Sheriff Johnson is a good, honorable man, and he’s a good friend to Gina. But something is holding him back from taking the next step....

Briana Matthews despairs of finding a husband in her native Boston, so she writes a Mail Order Bride agency. A rancher named Kevin Bannon in Miles Gulch, Wyoming, responds, agreeing to marry her. Yet, Kevin has a secret. He doesn’t want to marry at all. What he does want is to secure a loan from a bank manager who believes married men are a better risk. Briana marries Kevin, and finds him standoffish, aloof, and unloving. What has she stepped into? Briana learns of the loan. She’s devastated - and furious.

Hayley Roxbury must escape her abusive and alcoholic husband, Roger. Born to wealth and privilege in Pennsylvania, she plans to go live with her grandmother in the remote and wild Wyoming territory. With the help of good friends, she flees her home and husband. Matt Westman, a rancher in Miles Gulch, Wyoming, is tasked with picking up Mrs. Parkland’s granddaughter at the train station. To his delight, she is poised, graceful, and impossibly beautiful.

When Halley Englewood’s godfather sells her hand in marriage to a despicable man, Halley secretly writes to a a mail-order bride agency. She receives an offer of marriage from Rawley Harrison, a rancher from Fielder’s Union, Arkansas - a man who is struggling to overcome his last fiancée’s betrayal. Sensing Rawley’s hesitation, Halley boards at the local guest house in Fielder’s Union.

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. Mary Rose can’t face the prospect of spending her life with him. Instead, she flees, and gets on the first train West.

For the past year, Natalie York has watched her loved ones discover their happy endings. Her friends, Crystal and Ernest, are happily married with a small child. Her brother, Colin, has finally married Mandy, and they’re expecting their first baby. Yet Natalie, an unwed mother in a small community, has long since given up on finding a romance of her own. Until Emory Spencer comes into her life.

When Mandy Chambers loses her job at the factory, she has no option but to become a mail-order bride. Forced to leave their home in West Virginia, she and her younger sister, Crystal, head across the country to a rancher named Ernest Flinn in Pepper Gulch, Utah. But things are a more complicated than the girls originally thought.

Mandy Chambers is moving to Pepper Gulch, Utah, to become a mail-order bride to rancher Ernest Flinn. But when she arrives, everything changes. Now, her younger sister and Ernest are happily married and expecting their first child. The more Mandy sees the happiness of her sister, the more she wants that same happiness for herself. But Pepper Gulch isn’t a big town, and Mandy despairs of finding someone special.

When the notorious Linch Gang strikes in Rough Creek, Missouri, deputy sheriff Jordan Tredwell finds himself with a big responsibility on his hands - find the Linch Gang and bring them to justice, all while stepping into the shoes of the former sheriff. Jordan pours himself into the task, putting everything else on hold - which worries his mother to no end. Afraid that Jordan will make himself sick - or put himself in great danger, she follows the lead of another local family and writes for a Mail Order Bride...on her son’s behalf.