Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow Series by Maggie McCloud
Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow #1
Kathleen's Dream (Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow 1)
Maggie McCloud
The only home Kathleen has ever known is an orphanage. But her eighteenth birthday is rapidly approaching, the age when she can no longer stay on there. Without a way to support herself or a place to live, her situation is disturbing to say the least. Out of desperation, she answers an ad to become a mail order bride.Daniel is a widower with two young children. A tragic event has scarred the children emotionally. Melissa has nightmares and Michael stutters. He knows that his children need a mother so he puts an ad in the Matrimonial Times. Kathleen answers that ad.Kathleen has always dreamed of being part of a real family, but once she arrives, she is dismayed to realize that Daniel and his children don’t seem to want anything to do with her. Daniel is aloof and the children seem afraid of her. She feels shut out by all of them, but when she tries to talk to Daniel, he doesn’t understand why she won’t just leave well enough alone.
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Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow #2
Betsy's Hope (Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow 2)
Maggie McCloud
Against her father’s objections, Betsy has stubbornly left home for what she thought was going to be a prestigious job as a hostess at a posh restaurant. But she ends up with the decidedly unglamorous job of washing dishes instead. Knowing her father won’t allow her to come back home, she makes the bold decision to answer an ad and become a mail order bride.John Masterson has come home penniless after working his claim in the California gold fields. But at least he still has the family farm to fall back on. Or does he? John has a secret that he is ashamed to admit to anyone, not even his very supportive sister Emily. He’d almost forgotten about the ad he placed for a mail order bride, back when he was still in California. But Betsy sounds like the right woman for him, so he sends for her.But John has more than one secret. For instance, he neglected to tell Betsy that the farmhouse they were going to live in has burnt to the ground. Betsy hides her disappointment, and teasingly extracts a promise that he won’t keep any more secrets from her. But how can he keep that promise when he knows that the big secret he's keeping could change their lives forever?
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Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow #3
Annie's Chance (Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow 3)
Maggie McCloud
Ever since Annie Sampson’s mama died, her daddy has been out of control, losing his job, and drinking and gambling everything away. Now he has arranged for Annie to marry the man he owes money to, in order to pay off his gambling debts.But Annie has had enough. She has secretly been writing to a man who has asked her to become his bride. When her daddy discovers that Annie is planning to become a mail order bride he is furious. She narrowly escapes and makes her way to the train station.Jed Nickels had arranged for Annie Sampson to move to Prairie Meadow to be his wife. But a tragedy has occurred which has left Jed devastated and caused him to change his mind about getting married. He is stunned when he finds out that Annie did not receive the letter telling her he changed his mind and has arrived on the train.Annie is devastated when she finds out that Jed no longer wants to marry her, but since she has nowhere else to go, she decides to stay on in Prairie Meadow anyway. Jed is not happy with her decision and offers to buy her a train ticket to anywhere else, upsetting Annie all the more.Despite their best efforts to avoid each other, circumstances conspire to throw the two together, whether they like it or not.
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Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow #4
Claire's Escape (Mail-Order Brides Of Prairie Meadow 4)
Maggie McCloud
Claire thought the job she applied for to help out her family was in a café. Too late, she discovers that she has been tricked into working in a saloon. Randall Gorman is mean and isn’t afraid to let Claire and the other girls feel his wrath. Claire is sure that Gorman is cheating his employees.When she confronts him, things turn nasty and Claire just manages to escape. She flees, getting on the first stagecoach out of town. But before she reaches her destination, a tragic accident occurs, leaving Claire alive but with no memory of her past life.Thomas is awaiting the arrival of the stagecoach with Suzanne his mail order bride on it. When bad weather delays the arrival of the stage, he goes looking for it. He finds a battered unconscious woman inside the stagecoach and brings her back to Prairie Meadow.In the ensuing weeks, he learns that his bride has perished in the accident, but finds himself falling in love with Claire. But she struggles with nightmares and is haunted by flashbacks of memories from her past. Those bruises on her neck and that wad of money she had tucked in her dress when she was found are questions that she can’t answer. She wonders whether Thomas has offered to marry her because he feels sorry for her.The unexpected appearance of a stranger in Thomas’ store jolts Claire and may have serious consequences.
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