Linda Sealy Knowles Ordine dei libri

Jocelyn Norwood wasn't a runaway bride because she never intended to be a bride. On Jocelyn Norwood's father's deathbed, she promised him she would marry the banker's son so he could die with a clean conscience, knowing his daughter would never need anything. Unfortunately, her father didn't know the true nature of the man he had chosen for her to wed. When the day arrives for the wedding, the maid only finds a wedding dress in the middle of the bathroom floor, and an opened window. To escape Perryville, Texas, Jocelyn takes a stagecoach to Midland Texas and joins a bridal wagon train; destination, Amarillo, Texas. She pleads with the wagon master to let her travel with him, but not as a bride. She never intends to marry any man, much less a stranger. Matt Colburn, a handsome rich rancher was in desperate need of a cook, so he paid passage for a woman to travel on the bridal wagon train and he doesn't care what she looks like-he only wants a good cook for his men, not a bride. After arriving home, he discovers his new cook was already in residence. But once he saw the young beauty, who has such a sweet nature, he changes his mind. Marriage sounds like a good idea. Not only does his new cook not plan to marry, but she also has a detective company hot on her trail. Turns out Jocelyn Norwood is a runaway bride, and her prominent husband-to-be has posted a large reward for her return. Be careful what you wish for.

Hannah Hopkins is on the journey of a lifetime. As part of a small wagon train heading to California in 1897, she and her father know that their new life will be filled with adventure, new horizons, and hardship. When Hannah is the victim of unwanted advances, she is callously shunned by their traveling companions. Worse, her beloved father, a respected physician, dies along the trail after a brief illness. Heartbroken and afraid, the grieving daughter is forced off the wagon train and abandoned to a nightmare. She finds herself the prisoner of an old couple who rob and abuse her. But one day when her captors tie her to the back of the wagon and leave her unattended in town while running errands, a guardian angel in the form of a five-year-old boy comes to her rescue. In this small town, Hannah meets Dr. Tim O'Riley, who treats her injuries- only to be forced into a marriage of convenience by uncontrollable circumstances. A defiant Hannah vows that she will never allow any man to dominate her again. Her new husband, a good man, only wants to love her and care for her. Tim respects her hesitations and keeps his distance until his new bride is ready.To the eyes of the world, theirs is a marriage made in heaven, but to Hannah it still seems that she has lost her freedom. Can she lower her guard to ever trust again, or will the scars of her past keep her alone and never allow her to have her way?

"Mail-order Brides Wanted in Sunflower, Texas" read the notice on the telegram office wall in Leesville, Texas.Because of the fire in Leesville, Eleanor Eddy finds her substitute teaching job over, her rooming house burned to the ground, and her money stolen. Under no circumstances will Miss Eddy consider traveling to Sunflower, Texas as a mail-order bride. Instead the wagon-train owners hire her to assist with the brides-to-be.Tate Maynard, the son of the owner, soon learns that his new employee is a city gal who can't do anything right. Everything she touches results in accidents that always seem to involve him. Will he be able to convince this reluctant gal to be a Sunflower bride, although she swore she would never marry? Maybe she'll even marry him, if she doesn't accidentally kill him first.