Bøger af Cat Cahill

The town's blacksmith is in need of a bride--but he didn't expect to also become a father. Merrick Benton wants a family of his own, but he can't seem to string two words together around the eligible ladies in town. A mail-order bride is the perfect solution to his problem. Eleanor Stevens and her sister were both widowed when their husbands died in a mine explosion. Desperate for a new beginning, they each answer advertisements from men in Crest Stone, Colorado. Eleanor is certain that a new husband in a faraway place will be exactly what her sister Rebecca and her children need to heal. But once the sisters are on their way, Eleanor discovers she's expecting a child that Merrick knows nothing about.Accepting a surprise baby isn't difficult at all for Merrick. Relieved, Eleanor settles into Crest Stone, befriending another lady new to town along with Clara and Deirdre who live nearby. But as Eleanor and Merrick grow closer, something keeps Eleanor from fully trusting her new husband. With a baby on the way, will she figure out why before she loses him? Or will their marriage forever be one in name only?An Expectant Bride is the sixth book in the popular Crest Stone Mail-Order Brides series. You can read it as a standalone, or enjoy it as part of the series.

Running from the law . . . into the arms of a sheriff. All Annie Stone wants is a new life, far away from the drudgery of working as a maid in St. Louis, and far away from the sour memories of her previous marriage. She's overjoyed when a sheriff in Colorado chooses her as a mail-order bride. But as she's making plans to leave, the unthinkable happens. She needs to leave town--fast. Sheriff Caius Hunt has more work than he can handle, an uncooperative town marshal, and a family waiting for him to give up and return home. To prove to the town--and himself--that he's settled and dedicated to his work, he sends for a mail-order bride. Never mind he has no interest in ever falling in love again. And never mind that Miss Stone shows up a month early. But as Cai's feelings for Annie grow, he discovers a secret that could ruin both of them. Torn between duty and love, Cai has to make a decision. In order to save Annie, he has to trust her. But how can Annie trust him when it seems he's left her to meet an undeserved fate? A Sheriff's Bride is fourth book in the sweet and clean Crest Stone Mail-Order Brides series. It can be read as a standalone book or enjoyed as part of the series.

When trouble meets the law . . . Sheriff Ransom Callahan needs a wife, one who is upstanding and will serve beside him as an example to his raucous mining town and as a mother to his twelve-year-old daughter. Happy-go-lucky Joy Kendrick wants adventure--and has a tendency to find herself in situations she ought to have avoided. They never should have been matched together. But thanks to the matchmaker's mischievous cat, Ransom finds himself with more trouble on his hands than he ever could have imagined while Joy determines to make the straight-laced Ransom step outside his carefully placed lines for once. Can this mismatched pair see past their differences to make their marriage work? Or will the growing love they have for each other fall apart when Joy's escapades place her in danger?

He didn't need a wife . . . until he met her. With nothing left for her at home, Hazel Hart takes a chance on becoming a mail-order bride to a rancher in the Colorado Territory. But her dreams of love and family are dashed when she meets her stoic, work-driven husband-to-be. Wade Pierce has neither the time nor the inclination for romance. Love made a shell of a man out of his father, and so Wade's only reason for sending for a wife is to have someone to cook and keep up with the house. But instead of getting the woman he imagined, he finds himself wedded to Hazel--who seems bent on making him into a real husband. Just as Wade finds himself softening toward Hazel, the small incidents that have been plaguing his ranch for months escalate into something much more dangerous. While Hazel is determined to discover who is behind the growing acts of sabotage, Wade fears his business will collapse before they can put a stop to it. If they don't meet the end of their lives first.

When her best friend's brother becomes something more . . . Norah Parker would do anything to prove her brother Jeremy's innocence. Sentenced to years in prison for robbery and murder, all hope seems lost for Jeremy. But even though Norah's parents have given up on him, she won't. And she knows one other person who won't either--her dearest friend's brother, Stuart Joliet. Stuart has spent the last two years blaming himself for his friend's turn onto the wrong path. But although Jeremy made some poor choices, Stuart has a hard time believing what the judge said about him. When Norah approaches Stuart for help in proving Jeremy was wrongly accused, he can't say no. Working together brings Norah and Stuart closer together, but their newfound love--and their lives--are in danger when the wrong people find out what they're doing. Norah is the fourth book in the Brides of Fremont County series. It can be read as a standalone, or enjoyed as part of the series. Like all of Cat's books, this sweet and clean historical romance will warm your heart and fill you with hope.

She didn't mean to fall in love with the man hired to protect her.Running away to a remote Colorado town seemed the best way for Charlotte Montgomery to avoid an arranged marriage. After all, once her father agreed to let her choose her own husband, Charlotte could return home to Baltimore. But she didn't expect to fall in love with the man her father hired to protect her.Mark Becker took the job from Charlotte's father for one reason: money. But Charlotte turns out to be more than the spoiled debutante he'd expected. Instead, she's smart, sensible, and determined to find a friend who came to Cañon City a few months before.Mark agrees to help Charlotte locate her friend. But when the search turns dangerous, will he be able to protect her? Or will he lose the woman he's come to love? ***Previously published as part of the Secrets, Scandals, & Seduction boxset.*** Charlotte is the fifth book in the Brides of Fremont County series. It can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the series. Like all of Cat's books, this sweet and clean historical romance will warm your heart and fill you with hope.

Can this sheriff's deputy convince a schoolteacher that love is enough? When the town of Last Chance agrees to let Marian Scott open a school, she can't wait to begin. Marian has always wanted to be a schoolteacher, and with her family just barely surviving, the small income she'll receive will help. Lured by the promise of the slowly revitalizing town, Cole Robertson is looking for a new start. What he didn't expect was to rescue the town's pretty new schoolteacher from a drifter with bad intentions. Nor did he imagine he'd find himself serving as a sheriff's deputy. Marian can't let herself fall for Cole--not if she wants to continue to teach school. And Cole has been responsible for more than one broken heart. It's hard to trust himself enough not to add Marian to that list. But with danger threatening the new school, Marian and Cole find themselves spending more time together. Even if Cole can let down his guard long enough to allow Marian into his heart, will she have him if it means giving up her dream? A Chance for Marian is a sweet and clean Western historical romance. It's part of the multi-author Last Chance Brides series and can be enjoyed as part of the series or as a standalone.

Can love withstand a deadly instance of mistaken identity? Quiet and artistic, Belle Cummings is content with her paints, her family, and her life on the Cummings-Thomas Ranch. While she hopes for marriage and children, she's hardly one to stir up trouble, unlike her sister Lara. But trouble finds her anyway--in the form of a handsome, injured cowboy. Titus Moore came to Last Chance for the opportunities rumored to exist for hard workers in the slowly revitalizing town. He expected to find out if the rumors were true--but he didn't expect to be shot on his way into town. And he certainly never imagined a sweet, blonde angel finding him and nursing him back from the edge of death. Belle is skeptical of Titus at first, and he isn't certain she can be trusted. But as they spend more time together, they slowly begin to discover there is more to one another than they first thought. When Belle learns that someone in town thinks Titus is someone he isn't, they agree it's best if he remains hidden, at least until he's recovered. But it isn't long before someone discovers Belle's secret. And Titus will need to make a decision about what's more important--his own life, or hers. A Chance for Belle is a sweet and clean historical Western romance. It can be read as a standalone, or enjoyed as part of the multi-author Last Chance Brides series.