Bøger af Susannah Calloway

With a broken heart, James Clyde's swears he's done with love. His marriage will be one of convenience, only to ensure an heir to the family ranch. But when Alisha Smith shows up in Culver's Creek, it's clear all bets are off. Alisha is smart, stubborn, compassionate, good with horses - and the most beautiful girl he's ever seen. On top of that, she's the kind of girl who believes in love at first sight. And her first sight of James might be enough to prove her theory true. But Alisha's got her own sad story, the kind of past all too familiar to James. Can James overcome his fear of being hurt long enough to open his heart again? Will Alisha's past catch up to her before she and James can be married? Will true love win out after all?

Ruth McCann has a plan for her future. She'll marry, settle down in her hometown of Stowe, Vermont, and raise a family with the man her father picked out for her. Though she doesn't love Peter Stillarch, she's resigned to the life laid out in front of her. Some people, she knows, never find true love. Everything changes when her husband-to-be dies in an accident. Suddenly, Ruth finds herself without any prospects and with no future at all. At her father's urging, she signs up to be a Mail Order Bride and is matched with Noah Walker in Mine's Place, Colorado. But not everything at Walker Ranch is as it seems. The family welcomes her with open arms, but Noah is taciturn and silent. Is he keeping a secret from her? If only Noah were as open and affectionate as his younger brother Liam... With her wedding approaching, Ruth finds herself faced with a choice: pour her heart into the marriage of convenience she's agreed to...or hold out for a love that may never be.

Grace Montgomery is the oldest of five sisters...and the only one who isn't married. At twenty-four, she's tired of pitying looks and being called a spinster. Desperate, she accepts the proposal of a much older man. As the date for the wedding draws near, she realizes she's made a terrible mistake. She cannot marry this man. It would be like marrying her father. She flees and boards a train with no destination in mind. By the time she gets to Mine's Place, Colorado, she's come to her senses. She's in the middle of nowhere, doesn't know a soul, and has no job prospects. When a handsome man named Jack Sinclair mistakes her for his Mail Order Bride, Grace gives in to her fear and takes the place of the missing bride without telling him who she really is. Grace falls in love with her new home and her new husband and plans a warm, happy Christmas. But what will happen if his real Mail Order Bride shows up, and he finds out the truth?

When Lily Jones is left by her betrothed, she fears her heart will never fully recover. With no family, Lily decides to follow through on a match made by a matrimonial agency - a match with a wealthy rancher in Mountain Pass, Oregon. Daniel Brown is in his early thirties, a life-long bachelor, and the only inheritor of the beautiful, sprawling acreage of Delia Ranch. But there's a secret or two that didn't quite make it into his letter of application for a Mail Order Bride: Daniel has a past that left him broken. When Lily arrives in Mountain Pass, she's met with a conundrum: insist on the dissolution of the engagement due to Daniel's apparent deceit or look past it and try to help him heal. She's never met a man so wounded and saving him from himself will test all her strength - and all her awakening love.

Society belle Sybil Webb is certain she is destined for something better than the social scene of Boston. Desperate to find a way out from under the thumb of her upwardly mobile father, she answers a newspaper advert for a Mail Order Bride - and a month later takes the long, exhausting journey to Fielder's Union, Arkansas. But escaping Boston was the easy part of Sybil's adventure. Her intended groom, Dr. Henry Miller, is not what he appeared to be. Alone in a strange town, Sybil takes shelter with the friendly Frost family, where she finds herself challenged by - and undeniably drawn to - the Frost's cousin, Brian Smith, a handsome, forthright man embittered by lost love. Can Sybil solve the mystery of her missing husband-to-be? Is she destined to be a society belle again, the wife of a small-town doctor, or the wife of the captivating cousin on the Frost ranch?

As a servant in a wealthy household, Emelia Brandon is subject to hard work, little food, and great hardship. She has no choice but to become a Mail Order Bride, flee west to Arizona, and marry a man she's never seen. Christmas is coming, and she prays she'll celebrate it with someone she loves. On the train, Harley Willard meets a pair of young, beautiful ladies. One, he's astonished to find out, is promised to marry his own ranch manager. The other, Emelia, fascinates him, but he's vowed to never marry again. When the train is stranded in Spring Valley, Texas, Emelia seeks refuge at Harley's ranch. She likes him, but she must leave soon for Arizona. She fears her true happiness and true love are not in Arizona, but in Texas. What happens next is a tale of bad guys, adventure, love unexpected, and hope renewed.

Laura Willard has a problem. Her father is marrying her off to the highest bidder for his personal gain, and she detests the man he has selected. Edgar Cochran is pompous, cold-hearted, and a snob. She cannot let her father sentence her for life with such a man even if it means getting cast out penniless. Then she hears of a possible solution - a Mail Order Bride agency matching men from the wild west with women from the east. Can this be how she escapes her father's dictatorship? Ryan Bastion has a problem. He owns a large ranch requiring his attention, and he is a young widower with a six-month-old son. He still loves his late wife and doesn't want a relationship with any other woman. How could he care for a baby and keep his ranch running at the same time? Impossible. Then he hears about a Mail Order Bride agency. Maybe this is his answer. She is a pampered socialite from Boston who doesn't even know how to make coffee. He is a grieving widower who doesn't see any other solution to his problem. Can this possibly be a good solution for either one of them?

Laura Bailey doesn't know where to turn. With her trust in her family crushed by betrayal, she throws herself on the mercy of a matrimonial agency. Before she knows it, she's on her way to Mine's Place, Colorado, seeking only a marriage of convenience - and a new start. But her husband to be, an odd man named Francis Rogers, is full of surprises from the beginning. For one thing, Laura finds she will soon be a stepmother to five rowdy children. For another, Francis' past is shrouded in mystery. Laura finds herself plagued with curiosity over what happened to the mother of his children. Did she pass away? Did she simply disappear? And how does Laura know that what happened to Julia Rogers might not happen to Laura herself? When a handsome deputy sheriff comes into the mix, Laura takes the opportunity to investigate the strange goings-on in the Rogers household. After all, it isn't just her prospective marriage at stake - it is her life.

Lonely, heartbroken, and determined to leave tragedy behind, Clarabelle Demont packs up her belongings and travels west to Montana. There, she stays with her brother, Stuart, her only living relative, who works as foreman on Circle Moss Ranch in Fort Riggins, Montana. All Clara wants is to feel loved, accepted, and like she belongs to a family again. The attraction she feels to Stuart's boss, Adrian Moss, is completely unexpected, and it appears to be mutual. She begins to hope her dreams will come true. But then Linda Emmerson shows up - Adrian's Mail Order Bride. Suddenly, Clara's attachment to Adrian seems not only hopeless, but morally wrong. Was she mistaken about Adrian's interest? Can she fight against her feelings for him? Or are her dreams once more impossible?