Last Chance Brides

Return to Last Chance, Nebraska, from the creator that brought you the Blizzard Brides. She wants to save her home; he has the means to save it. Will their fierce tempers spark a blazing love or burn a drought-ravished town to the ground? Cecily James is determined to save Last Chance, Nebraska, from another tragedy. As the drought consumes everything around her, she wonders if her prospects are drying up with it. Left alone in a destitute town, she learns of a device that can drill for water previously unreachable. She expects this could be the answer the town prayed for. What she doesn't expect is a handsome drill operator who makes her flame up like a match to a tumbleweed. Hart Chapman is glad his family entrusts him to take the drilling machine to a small town in desperate need of water. What he doesn't expect is a stubborn, willful woman with stunning blue eyes and a temper hotter than a Texas wildfire. Cecily tests Hart's patience at every turn. Why can't she see he is just trying to help? Can Hart drill his way into Cecily's heart? Will their kisses set fire to the drought-riddled plains? What happens when Cecily's beau returns? Who should rightfully claim to be Cecily's last chance for love? Welcome to Last Chance, Nebraska. If you liked the Blizzard Brides, you are going to love Last Chance Brides. After the drought of 1893 and the crop failure of 1894, Last Chance finds itself on the brink of death once more. Most of the townspeople have departed, businesses have closed, and the town is nearly bankrupt. Can a group of young women convince men to take a chance on a town called Last Chance and help rebuild the town they love? Will these marriages succeed under such harsh conditions, or will love dry up and scatter like the prairie tumbleweeds?

The last thing Orchid Canning expected when she traveled west with her father was to lose him to smallpox. Alone and desperate to fulfill his dream of photographing people's plights along the Oregon Trail, she finds herself in Last Chance, Nebraska, seeking a husband who will help her accomplish this goal. Will her life's savings of ten thousand dollars be enough to convince a man to marry her? Aidan MacVeigh is going under. The drought has ruined everything he has worked for all these years. With his wife gone, the crops ruined, livestock starved, he has no choice but to pack up, tuck tail, and go back to New York. Can one young woman with a camera and an ambitious dream save him? Would it be so wrong to marry for convenience rather than love? Can his pride allow him to accept her crazy offer?

Some secrets can't be kept.... Lara Cummings came to Last Chance with her sister for a new life, far away from the farm where her inquisitive nature always seemed to land her in trouble. Living on her cousins' ranch sounded ideal...until the drought came. Now, Lara's opportunities to have a family of her own are shriveling as quickly as the chances the ranch has for survival. Mitchell King wants as far away from Colorado as he can get. But opportunities to work are slim, and when he arrives in Last Chance, he's more than willing to take a job on a ranch in exchange for room and board. Of course, the pretty, mischievous redhead who lives there makes it all the easier to decide to stay. What he didn't count on was a group of people who quickly begin to feel like family. Falling for Lara wasn't in Mitchell's plans, but she seems just as interested in him. She's impulsive and fascinating, and Mitchell has never met anyone like her. Just as he starts to think he might have found home-and love-Lara's curiosity digs up the part of Mitchell's past he'd rather keep buried. But when it comes time to reckon with it, he has to make a decision: stay for love, or leave to save Lara's life. A Chance for Lara is sweet historical Western romance with a happily ever after that will warm your heart and fill you with hope. It can be listened to as a stand-alone or as part of the multi-author Last Chance Brides series. If you've heard A Groom for Josie in the Blizzard Brides series, you'll enjoy visiting Josie, Arlen, and George again, as their cousins Lara and Belle have come to join them on the ranch.

Leah Braden chose to remain on the family farm. Her mother, Claire, and stepfather Ethan take their younger children, Amelia and Jess, to Chicago to seek medical treatment for little Jess's hearing loss. Surprised that she is the one left to carry on the farm for her father, Leah is determined to outlast the drought and make a go of it. The town of Last Chance has a new well that has brought life to the dying town. Now, if only she could find a life of her own. Devon Clarke is visiting his distant relative who works for Leah. He came all the way from New York, but then, he had to. He falls for Leah. Or is she just another easy mark for his con man ways? He's not even sure. Hard times and the drought have made it difficult to find work. Leah just might be his last chance. *** Leah Braden is Claire's daughter from Book 2 of The Blizzard Brides. ♥♥♥♥♥ Welcome to Last Chance, Nebraska. If you liked The Blizzard Brides, you are going to love Last Chance Brides. After the drought of 1893 and the crop failure of 1894, Last Chance finds itself on the brink of death once more. Most of the townspeople have departed, businesses have closed, and the town is nearly bankrupt. Can a group of young women, convince men to take a chance on a town called Last Chance and help rebuild the town they love? Will these marriages succeed under such harsh conditions, or will love dry up and scatter like the prairie tumbleweeds? This is an interconnected multi-author project, but each book is a complete story with a HEA ending, no cliffhangers. They can be read alone but should be read in order for the most enjoyment.