Bradford Brides
1879-1882 Texas
They prepared graduates of Bradford College in Massachusetts for everything except the adventures
they take to find love in the American West.
Rescuing the Sheriff’s Heart
A valedictorian with something to prove. A sheriff with a murder to solve. A job that doesn’t exist
Orphaned young and raised on her aunt’s grudging charity, Emily Wilson has earned every honor Bradford College could give. Now she’s crossing the country to a teaching position in Hiramsville, Texas, where her perfect grades will finally buy her independence. No more made-over dresses. No more depending on anyone. And no scruffy lawman is going to stand in her way.
Sheriff TJ Morgan has one job: keep Hiramsville safe. When a dying woman from the town’s most notorious saloon warns him that a teacher from Boston is headed into the same trap that killed her, TJ will do whatever it takes to stop it—even if that means slapping handcuffs on the prim new arrival right there on the train platform.
Emily is furious. TJ is unrepentant. And the coded journal the dead woman left behind holds secrets someone powerful will kill to keep. As Emily cracks the cipher, she uncovers corruption that reaches the highest places in town, and the one man she was determined not to need may be the only one who can save her.
A clean, heartwarming western romance of courage, belonging, and a love worth the risk.
Bending the Blacksmith’s Heart
A bride who’s counted the days. A blacksmith ordered to keep quiet. A groom who’s already in his grave.
Amanda Ashford has defied her wealthy Boston father, crossed half a continent, and saved a dime for each of the 519 days since she last saw her fiancé, Reverend Ebenezer Coolidge. In the German settlement of Grünlauf, Texas, she’ll finally be useful as a minister’s wife. But when she walks into the church, the violinist strikes up the wedding march, and Ebenezer is nowhere to be found. He was buried that morning. And the congregation has already chosen her a new groom.
Gunter Braunig was hired to fetch the reverend’s bride from the train. Then the deputy ordered him to say nothing about the reverend’s death—or watch his mother’s boardinghouse burn. Gunter has already lost his wife and son to one fire he doesn’t believe was an accident, and his little daughter, Greta, can’t lose anyone else. So he holds his tongue for fifteen dusty miles and regrets it long before they reach town.
Amanda’s father has seen to it that her dowry goes only to her husband, and only after thirty-two days of marriage. Stranded without the fare home, she fends off one fortune-hunting proposal after another while the evidence mounts that Ebenezer’s death was no accident. Her only hope is the one man in town who hasn’t proposed. Gunter refuses to live a lie—until an attack proves someone in Grünlauf will do anything for Amanda’s money. A month as husband and wife should be simple. Keeping her alive, and letting her go when it’s over, won’t be.
A clean, heartwarming historical western romance of second chances, courage, and a love worth more than any fortune.
Rescuing the Sheriff’s Heart
Biggest mistake ever: Mixing up twins when proposing marriage.
As a newly ordained minister, Lewis is ready to take on his first assignment in Texas… Except he must have a wife. To appease church leadership, Lewis proposes to the girl next door, not realizing the one twin is impersonating the other. Assuming the mistake is destiny, he remains engaged to Catherine.
Devastated at the thought of her twin marrying her long-time crush, Clara agrees to swap places to save Catherine from the marriage she never wanted. Once in Texas, Clara can no longer lie about her identity and must make two wrongs into the right future for her.
Taking a teaching job is Clara’s first step, rejecting Lewis’s misguided proposal is the second. Somehow, she must convert the preacher to her way of thinking. The only reason to marry is for love.
Healing the Doctor’s Heart
He married her to save her life.
Knowing her saved his.
Running from her mistakes, Catherine arrives in Hiramsville destitute, desperate, and in the family way. Hopes that her twin sister can solve her problems are quickly dashed when learning her parents are coming to Texas. To compound her problems, the doctor insists she stay in bed after she faints on the boardwalk.
The burden of being the only doctor in town weighs heavily on Dr. Aiden Palmer. Fueled by coffee and his convictions, Aiden does his best to serve the growing town. His newest patient touches his guarded heart in a way he hasn’t experienced in years. Common sense says she is too young for him. Undertaking a marriage of convenience to protect Catherine is beyond a doctor’s calling. However, Aiden enters into the marriage with the hope that their marriage will become real.
When Catherine’s past catches up with her, neither of them is prepared for the life-threatening complications it brings. Determined to save her new family, Catherine runs again. Only this time, running may be the right choice.
