His Bride and the Child
(2024)(A book in the Love in the West series)
A collection of stories by Marisa Masterson
An anthology filled with sweet little ones, swoony romance, and a dash of suspense:
Frankie
Frances "Frankie" Elder is brutally frank. It's what led to her firing by the school board. The advertisement for a bride/teacher seems heaven sent. The fact that her groom demands a proxy marriage doesn't faze her. She heads west sure that she had entered into a business arrangement rather than a real marriage.
Boswick "Boss" Carter is the first mayor of Scrub Brush, Wyoming. When the town demands a teacher, he agrees to send for a mail-order bride who's a trained teacher. Winter nights are lonely and he's a terrible cook. This will solve both his problem and the town's. But problems truly start when his bride arrives with a child. He didn't expect that! Worse yet, danger dogs her heals.
What should be a business arrangement quickly becomes a matter of the heart. The three would be a happy family, if only the kidnappers stopped coming at night. Who's sending them and how can they keep their adopted child safe?
Wynona
Wynona Thorne lives a hard-scrabble existence with her father. At least their life was peaceful. That all changed when her father died. Her brother's behavior turns violent once Wynona's father isn't there to stop him. Desperate, she takes her future into her own hands by accepting a proposal to become a mail-order bride.
Neither the groom nor the bride are completely transparent in their letters. He travels with a circus. She's undeniably tall and stout! When they meet, Cornelius Branard refuses to marry Wynona.
Stranded at the circus, what will Wynona do? Can she trust the strong giant who is built so much like her terrible brother?
Wynona will need to decide quickly as danger follows her from her hometown. How will she keep her new stepdaughter safe?
Lilah
Lilah Levitt made a terrible mistake when she answered a job advertisement for a hotel in Idyll Wood, Wisconsin. Kidnapped and carted off to a brothel in the North Woods, she barely escaped being abused. If not for Sheriff Fred Sittig, her situation would have been tragic.
No matter how often he tried to reason with Lilah, Sheriff Sittig could not get her to realize that she didn't love him. She was only grateful. After all, what would a beautiful and talented young woman want with a backwoods sheriff who could hardly read or write.
Unwilling to leave Idyll Wood, desperate to win the sheriff's love, Lilah Levitt writes a letter to the Lovelorn column for advice. The answer might shock them both and shake up the town of Idyll Wood in the process. And what happens when a baby is left at her back door?
Please note--This is a new cover and title for the anthology His Bride and the Child. The collection includes previoiusly released stories without any added scenes.
Genre: Inspirational
Frankie
Frances "Frankie" Elder is brutally frank. It's what led to her firing by the school board. The advertisement for a bride/teacher seems heaven sent. The fact that her groom demands a proxy marriage doesn't faze her. She heads west sure that she had entered into a business arrangement rather than a real marriage.
Boswick "Boss" Carter is the first mayor of Scrub Brush, Wyoming. When the town demands a teacher, he agrees to send for a mail-order bride who's a trained teacher. Winter nights are lonely and he's a terrible cook. This will solve both his problem and the town's. But problems truly start when his bride arrives with a child. He didn't expect that! Worse yet, danger dogs her heals.
What should be a business arrangement quickly becomes a matter of the heart. The three would be a happy family, if only the kidnappers stopped coming at night. Who's sending them and how can they keep their adopted child safe?
Wynona
Wynona Thorne lives a hard-scrabble existence with her father. At least their life was peaceful. That all changed when her father died. Her brother's behavior turns violent once Wynona's father isn't there to stop him. Desperate, she takes her future into her own hands by accepting a proposal to become a mail-order bride.
Neither the groom nor the bride are completely transparent in their letters. He travels with a circus. She's undeniably tall and stout! When they meet, Cornelius Branard refuses to marry Wynona.
Stranded at the circus, what will Wynona do? Can she trust the strong giant who is built so much like her terrible brother?
Wynona will need to decide quickly as danger follows her from her hometown. How will she keep her new stepdaughter safe?
Lilah
Lilah Levitt made a terrible mistake when she answered a job advertisement for a hotel in Idyll Wood, Wisconsin. Kidnapped and carted off to a brothel in the North Woods, she barely escaped being abused. If not for Sheriff Fred Sittig, her situation would have been tragic.
No matter how often he tried to reason with Lilah, Sheriff Sittig could not get her to realize that she didn't love him. She was only grateful. After all, what would a beautiful and talented young woman want with a backwoods sheriff who could hardly read or write.
Unwilling to leave Idyll Wood, desperate to win the sheriff's love, Lilah Levitt writes a letter to the Lovelorn column for advice. The answer might shock them both and shake up the town of Idyll Wood in the process. And what happens when a baby is left at her back door?
Please note--This is a new cover and title for the anthology His Bride and the Child. The collection includes previoiusly released stories without any added scenes.
Genre: Inspirational
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