Bøger af Kirsten Osbourne

Megan Barrows has always loved her job and her home in Culpepper, Wyoming, but lately she's been unsettled. She feels like her life is stagnating and it's time to move onto something more. Her daily battles with Bob Bickel, the proprietor of Bob's Burger Barn, are all that keep her going sometimes. The man is testy and difficult…and handsome and sweet.Bob Bickel has finally achieved his dream of owning a restaurant with all of his own recipes on the menu. He's having a difficult time perfecting a taco burger, so he enlists the help of Megan, the most faithful customer he has. Together they work to perfect the burger several of the pregnant women in the area crave, while learning more about each other. Will Bob's worries of the future keep him from taking a chance with Megan? Or will the two of them work through their issues to find out what a true partnership could mean?

The daughter of a peasant, Matilda goes to work at the Lain castle, away from her parents for the first time in her life, her mother's admonishments to stay away from the men of the castle still ringing in her ears. With barely enough time to put her things away, she meets the son of the family, who makes it clear he is very interested in her. Afraid to trust him, she follows his commands and finds herself engaged to him within the week.Robert Lain has always known that he would someday meet the woman who was just right for him and together they would raise seven sons. When he sees Matilda dusting his home he knows that she is the woman he's waited his entire life for. Will he be able to convince her that his feelings for her are more than lust? Or will they have their sons without ever feeling the closeness both of their parents enjoy?Warning: There is a short mild sex scene in this book.

When Katie Gabriel lost her husband, and had to bury him on the Oregon Trail, she thought her life was over, but she knew she had to keep going, if only for her children. After her daughter fell into the North Platte River as they were crossing, and the most unlikely man in the entire company jumped in after her, she knew she had to keep the man alive. It was only natural for her to take care of him while he was ill and start feeding him and his children after he was well because he'd lost his wife on the trail as well.George Bedwell was no longer respected by the people of his wagon train because of his propensity for yelling and losing his temper but spending time with Katie Gabriel made him feel like he should be a better person. It didn't take him long to fall in love with her, and he decided to become a good man because it would please her. When he proposed marriage, she told him he had to prove that he could refrain from yelling at people.Will George manage to learn to control his temper and marry the woman of his dreams? Or will he revert to his old ways as soon as she says, "I do?"

Gabriella Tanner has her life planned out. She's going to get her CPA and she's going to work in an office playing with numbers for the rest of her life. Instead, through a series of circumstances, she ends up at River's End Ranch, auditioning for the lead role in a television series. She's immediately captured by the place, even though she's afraid of mountains.Noah Andrews has worked at River's End Ranch since he finished high school, and the ranch has always been a part of his life. When he's bribed to take a beautiful actress around the ranch, he doesn't expect feelings for her to grow. She doesn't have long on the ranch, so he's determined to make the most of the time they have.Will he be able to help her overcome her fears? Or will they end their fledgling relationship as soon as she heads home?

Jane Davies-a new pregnant widow on the Oregon Trail-spends too much of her time thinking about what could have been. To help herself as well as others, she offers to help a family with three young children whose mother has passed by cooking their meals for them. Her only intention is to help the other family. Soon she finds herself falling in love with the three children in the family she helps.Matthew Henderson cannot believe his bad luck. His wife was the first of their company to die on the trek to Oregon, and now he's gotten a bad ankle sprain going down Big Hill. He can barely keep his family alive without being injured, and now he must do it when he can't walk.When Jane Davies offers to cook for his small family, Matthew jumps at the chance, and quickly asks her to be his wife-in name only.Will the two strangers be able to come together and form a real relationship? Or will they spend the rest of their lives together with no love between them?

In this novella Best friends, Kyla and Erik, have sat together on the bus every day for their four years of high school. A week before graduation, Erik talks Kyla into making a deal with him to agree that if they are both virgins at the time of college graduation, they will take care of their "problem" with each other. Will they actually go through with it? Will they even like each other in four years?

This novella tells the story of Katie and Ryan.After the death of Katie's brother and sister in law, she must join forces with the only man she has ever had a crush on. The two need to find a way to come together to give their niece a stable life. Will Katie be able to get over her shyness and deal with Ryan? Or will they need to find a way to share custody?

Karlan Culpepper has worked his entire adult life, and most of his youth, to build up the ranch he knew he would someday inherit. When his grandfather dies, and the terms of his inheritance include he and his three brothers marrying within six months, and at least one of them having a baby on the way within the year, things get trickier. Contacting Dr. Lachele Simpson, a professional matchmaker, seemed the only way to go! Hope, the oldest of the Quinlan Quadruplets needs nothing more than to get out from under her parents' roof, and take her sisters with her. She feels stifled, and she wants more than anything to marry. After a long weekend of testing, the four sisters embark on a road trip that would change their lives. Hope quickly agrees to marry Karlan, one of the four brothers waiting for her and her sisters in Wyoming. Will they be able to make their marriage work? Or should they have waited to get to know one another a little better like all their siblings had?

Rose didn't expect to even see anyone else in her apartment complex's laundry room on a Friday night. She was usually there all alone. Imagine her surprise when a good looking man walks in and starts doing his laundry.Alex wasn't looking for a commitment. He just needed to do the month's worth of laundry that he'd let pile up. How was he supposed to know that his dream girl would be there?

Jennifer Olson is a recently reformed mean girl. She moved to River's End Ranch for a new job that would include a new start. No one there knows of her history. She decides to contact a matchmaker who will introduce her at the altar after concluding she is incapable of being kind for long enough to truly get to know a man and marry him. It seems to be the only way she has even a chance at love and a family. Maynard Butts has spent his entire life trying to live above the name he has been given. When he lands a job as the lead actor for a television show, he decides to contact someone who will introduce him to his future bride at the altar. He doesn't want someone to reject him for his name or marry him for his fame and fortune. When he sees Jennifer walking down the aisle toward him, he's sure that everything will work out. But will she ever tell him what she's hiding from him? Or will they always have a distance between them?

Penelope Brainerd left the antebellum south for a new adventure on the Oregon Trail against the advice of everyone who knew her. After her best friend-a slave-was sold to another family to keep the girls from being so close, she knew that she could never abide living with slavery. Determined to make it on her own, she is one of two unmarried women in her wagon train from Independence, Missouri to Oregon Territory.From their first day on the trail, Herbert Jensen has his eye on the beautiful Miss Brainerd. He watches her as she manages to weather the hardships of life on the trail after being a privileged debutante from the South. Helping where he can, he hopes she'll eventually see him as more than just a fellow traveler.When he changes her broken wagon wheel, he sees an opportunity to speak to her and get to know her. Will he be able to convince her that she is meant to be his wife? Or will they both continue their journey alone?

Finally, the caravan is finishing up their almost nine month journey and going home to Clover Creek. As they get close, Henrietta is filled with excitement. She knows she's going where she needs to be. Her pa and brothers are her responsibility, but she doesn't mind. It makes her feel good to do for others. The one thing in her life that bothers her was that the young man she's had her eye on since Independence, has yet to show any interest in her.After a few words from Henrietta's brother, Roy finally gets the courage up to ask Henrietta's father, the former captain of their company, if he may court his daughter. He's had his eye on Henri since they were still in Missouri. They begin to court quickly, and they marry as soon as he has a shelter built for them to last through the winter.Roy is genuinely surprised at how good a cook he's married, but he sees it causing problems for his mother and sisters, who can manage not to kill people with their meals, but that's about it.Will he be able to reconcile his love for Henri and still be close to his family? Or will they have to live together with no love for the rest of their lives?

Betty Meeks likes nothing more than to hide from the world with her nose in a good book, but on the Trail that's a little harder than usual. No longer wanting to be a burden on her sister and her family, Betty begins taking her meals with a friend who cooks for the bachelors in camp. When one of the men asks her to walk after supper, she decides to do so, no matter how difficult her shyness makes it for her.Dr. Malcolm Bentley is attracted to Betty as soon as he realizes she is part of the company going west with him. When she tells him how difficult having her along makes things for her sister, he immediately asks her to marry him.When their wedding night is interrupted by a medical emergency, they take in a little girl who has been conditioned to believe she needs to earn her keep.Will their marriage be the idyllic romance the two of them have in mind? Or will they just keep encountering hardships on the Trail?

Joy Quinlan has spent her entire life trying to be the personification of her name. When she moves to Wyoming with her three sisters, she is determined to keep looking happy, as she always has. She worries that none of the four exciting Culpepper men will be interested in her, but sexy Kolby makes a beeline for her as soon as they meet. Kolby Culpepper has known for years that his heart must remain removed from any relationship. When he spots Joy sitting on his mother's sofa, he knows she's the Quinlan Quad for him, but he becomes more determined than ever to keep from loving again. Will this unlikely pair be able to see past their hang-ups? Or are they destined to spend the rest of their lives without love?

Sadie Beckham missed her best friend, Grace, terribly. Her friend had gone to a town in the west called Clover Creek as a mail-order bride, and though Sadie knew Grace was looking for a husband for her, it seemed it would never happen.Stanley Gabriel had lost the love of his life, leaving him with three small children. His mother helped as much as she could, but it was difficult to be a full-time farmer and a part-time father. He needed someone who would marry him in name only. Someone he would never love.When Sadie received a telegram from her friend Grace inviting her to come to Clover Creek as Stanley's mail-order bride, Sadie jumped at the chance. Upon meeting him, she was unsure she was doing the right thing.Together, Sadie and Stanley must find a way to create a family full of love. Sadie was certain Stanley could ever love again.Would she be able to convince him that he both loved and needed her? Or would Sadie spend the rest of her life in a loveless marriage?

Lauren feels lost at sea. Her parents recently died, so she and her four sisters move to Idaho to turn their family's lake home into a Bed and Breakfast. But all of her sisters have dreams. All but her.She's been out of college for months, and she still isn't sure what she wants to be when she grows up. For now, she's working at the B&B, but she can't do that forever. Well, she could, but would she feel fulfilled doing it?Lauren is happy-go-lucky most of the time, riding on her sisters' coat tails as they work toward their own dreams, but she needs to find her own. She just isn't sure how to find a dream. Is it even possible for someone like her?

Fiona Jefferson knew all she needed in life was to be married, and she'd be happy. She imagined dancing with her husband under the moonlight. She wanted twelve children, six boys and six girls. But first she needed a husband. Unfortunately, she knew every man in town from their two-thousand-mile journey along the Oregon Trail, and none of them appealed to her. When she talked to her friends, Emma and Henri, about her situation, they both responded with the same man, one she'd already considered and decided wasn't for her. Sam Appleby knew he was in love the first time he saw Fiona in Independence, Missouri. Unfortunately, he was too quiet to do anything about it. His younger brother did all the talking for both of them, and half the other men on the trail. When Fiona and Sam were set up by Emma and Henri, they immediately felt a connection. Within a week they were married. Everything was great for Fiona except she didn't believe he loved her. She hoped one day he would say those three words, but within a few months, she'd almost given up hope.Would Sam ever say he loved Fiona? Or was she destined for a life of heartbreak?

Trudie Brown has a horrible secret, something that keeps her from being able to make friends along the Oregon Trail. When she starts cooking for a little girl and her widowed father, she has no intentions other than feeding them and helping them get to Oregon. The child, a gregarious social butterfly, believes right away her father should marry the woman cooking for them, but Trudie is certain it will never work, because she can tell no one about her past.Joseph Simmons has to do what he can to move on down the trail after losing his beloved wife. When his daughter, Emily, begs him night after night to marry Miss Brown, he decides to strike a deal with Miss Brown. He will marry her, but neither of them will need to reveal their past, and the marriage will be in name only. Emily will get a mother, and Joseph will have someone to cook his meals and do his laundry for the duration of his time on the trail, and longer if the arrangement works out well.It isn't until they are married that Trudie realizes she's attracted to Joseph. Will the two of them be able to get through their differences to be happily married? Or will they end up alone, even while they are together?

Dr. Michelle Peters was feeling a bit lost in her life as a chiropractor for a destination ranch in Northern Idaho. She had always dreamed of doing work that helped a lot of people, and there just weren't enough patients there, but she loved the place, so it was hard to make a decision to leave. When an injured man was brought to her, she was happy to help him, but she had no idea who he was or why he was there.Steven Pickman was on a secret mission at River's End Ranch, known only to him, his business partners, and the Weston family. While overlooking the ranch from one of the nearby mountains, he slipped and fell. He had to be rescued by the local search and rescue and ended up in a chiropractor's office, and he didn't even think chiropractors could help people. It didn't take him long to fall for his beautiful doctor. But would she be annoyed when she realized his real purpose on the ranch? Or would he be able to convince her she belonged in his life?

Alyssa Romriell's life is spiraling out of control. Her real estate career is going well, but her love life is a nightmare. Something needs to change-but what? After the death of her parents, she and her sisters decide to convert the lake house-a place filled with so many cherished childhood memories-into a bed and breakfast. Her new home is torn up, and she needs to get re-licensed in her new state, but as she becomes reacquainted with the town and all the people there, her dreams shift. With her sisters at her side, she forges her way into a new enterprise, rediscovering the woman she'd lost all those years ago-and finds love in the most unexpected place. Come and visit the Romriell sisters at Bear Lake and see how their beautiful B&B becomes the heart of their family.

Lily was only six when she met the man she knew she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. When he asked her father for her hand in marriage, he believed the lies her father told him, and immediately left to fight in the war against Napoleon. Once he is finally home again, will he be able to trust Lily again? Or will her father win?

After losing her husband on her first wedding anniversary, Sarah "Spooky" Walters is left pregnant with no job, still trying to get her PhD. When her mother suggests she contact Matchrimony to find herself a new husband so she can have some semblance of a good life, she agrees to meet with Dr. Lachele Simpson, the matchmaker involved. Chase Appleby lost the only woman he'd ever loved to a man with a gun just before they'd finished college. Now, years later, he was ready for a wife, but the idea of dating someone else made him feel as if he was cheating on his former love. So he decides to meet a bride at the altar. After marrying Spooky, he realizes his beautiful wife is almost seven months pregnant. So instead of simply becoming a husband, he is also now becoming a father. Will differences in how they think the baby should be raised cause too much friction between them? Or will they be able to work things out?

Alyssa has been alone since roommates traveled back in time to meet the men of their dreams. She has the option of contacting the same purple-haired matchmaker to go back in time as well, but she can't seem to find the courage.When she finally bites the bullet and calls Dr. Lachele, her life will be changed forever, hopefully for the better.Kendrick McClain hasn't yet found the perfect woman to marry. When an old friend of his mother's comes back in time, he knows this is the chance for him to find true happiness.Will someone used to doing whatever she wants be able to adjust to life with a medieval man? Or will she beg to go back to where she started from?

Having lost her husband on the way to Oregon City, Melody was unsure how she should continue. She had no idea how she would make it on her own when they reached the land the government had promised. When she was offered the opportunity to marry a stranger in Clover Creek, a town her wagon train was traveling through, she jumped at the chance.Jacob Appleby lost his wife on the Oregon Trail almost a year ago. Settled in Clover Creek, three of his four children are married and living their own lives. When his daughter-in-law Fiona suggests he marry one of the women in the company coming through town, he speaks with the woman and agrees.It doesn't take long for her to feel as if she's part of his family, and she's thrilled as she was unable to have a child of her own.Her days are filled with work made easier by spending the time with her new daughter and daughters-in-law. When something unexpected happens, she is unsure whether her marriage will last.Can the two of them work through their dilemma? Or will they grow to resent one another?

Kayla Romriell is happy with her life. She's been working for herself for years, buying, fixing up, and selling old houses. When her parents die unexpectedly, her world comes crashing down around her, and she wants nothing more than to spend time with her four sisters, so they can get through the tragedy together.She is the last sister to join the others in Bear Lake, where the five of them are working on turning their family's lake house into a bed and breakfast.As soon as she arrives, her oldest sister marries, leaving her feeling a bit lost, having wanted badly for all five of them to live together for a while. With her share of the work mostly done by a contractor, she is immediately in search of a new house to flip.Bear Lake has been a good move for her sisters, and she hopes it will be for her as well, as she moves into a home filled with memories of love, laughter, and happiness.

When Brynna, the daughter of an English earl, is kidnapped and found tied to a tree in Scotland, she believes her life is over. Her father refused the ransom her abductors asked for because he felt he had too many daughters anyway. Now, Brynna has no home to return to, and knows no one in the Highlands where she was found. Colin, the heir to the Clan McClain, finds a girl while on his walks. He quickly discovers she has been kidnapped and has nowhere to go. He immediately takes her home to his family, knowing she will need much healing after her ordeal, but he also knows he has the power to heal her. Brynna is asked if she wants to be returned to her father or stay with the McClains to find a husband. Knowing her parents have no intention of finding her a match, she decides to remain with Clan McClain and suggests she would be willing to marry Colin, the man who found her and brought her home with him. Married a few days later, Brynna realizes she's in love with her husband, which she had hoped wouldn't happen for a good long while. Will Brynna be able to get Colin to fall in love with her, or will Brynna live the rest of her life, longing for the love of her husband?

When Sarah Wendt lost both parents on the Oregon Trail and was left with three young siblings to raise, she was angry with God. Only two days from Oregon City, her father had died before getting to the city he'd been talking about for well over a year. When Elmer King realized that Sarah had lost her father, he did what he'd been trying to find the courage to do since before they'd left Independence; he asked her to marry him. Together, they would raise her siblings and file their claims on land near Clover Creek. Sarah had no way of knowing the type of man Elmer really was until after they married, when she discovered he was everything he seemed to be. Sarah's anger toward God made her see the whole world differently, and she couldn't seem to get past it. Will Sarah's feelings toward God and her father change? If they don't, can she and Elmer make it work?

After years of working in a textile mill in Massachusetts, Grace decides to follow the lead of her friends and go west as a mail-order bride. After posting an ad, she waits for an answer, hoping it will be the man of her dreams.When David "Jack" Smith sees the ad, he immediately writes to the woman who posted it, explaining that he is a farmer and would love to be her husband.Immediately Grace embarks on the journey of her lifetime to meet the man who has asked for her.When they meet, everything seems as if it will go smoothly until Grace realizes she's married to a very stubborn man. Will the two of them be able to work things out between them, or will Grace go back to working at the mill for the rest of her life?

Amanda Romriell is finally starting to feel like herself again after a major heartbreak when she gets the news of her parents' death. Once again, she is reeling and wondering what else can go wrong.After she and her sisters move into their family's lake house, she is ready to start fresh, but she knows to guard her heart and never let anyone else in. She watches as her eldest sister marries and the next one starts dating…but she expects to grow old alone.Her career as an interior designer keeps her going and hoping and wishing and dreaming. Until finally her life starts to level out again, and she can feel at peace.Come and visit the Romriell sisters at Bear Lake and see how their beautiful B&B becomes the heart of their family.

Finally in her new home after what felt like years walking the Oregon Trail, Emma Williams is excited to be courted by Jared, a man she's loved from afar since they set out on their journey. They are compatible in every way but one, and she fears that one way will make him break off their courtship. Jared Appleby is a hard-working man, intent on starting the largest ranch in the west with the help of his father and two brothers. He'd lost his mother along the trail, and his sister-who is a newlywed-has been cooking for his family and her new husband. He knows that him marrying will not only take some of the pressure off his sister, but it will make his life better. Emma and Jared have had feelings for one another since before their journey began. Now that the journey is over, will he be able to see past her shortcomings to the wonderful woman she is? Or will their marriage be doomed from the start?