Montana Prairie Brides

When Katie Corning's husband dies, she does not know how she'll keep the ranch going without him. So she listens eagerly when her neighbor and friend, Hannah Dempsey, shows her a newspaper advertisement for the mail-order matrimony service. Hannah convinces Katie and their other young neighbor, Josie Campbell, to place a mail-order advertisement. Will they find a husband and love?

After Jim takes after Katie Matthis with a gun, everyone at Campbell's Corner fears their new neighbor must be a murderous villain. Even Josie can hardly bear to live in the same house with him. She can only relive the nightmare of her first husband's death. Everywhere she turns, she sees guns in every corner of her house. What if Jim shoots himself the way John Campbell did, or worse yet, someone else? In spite of her fear, Josie can't help falling for handsome Jim. His magnetic personality and burning sincerity win Josie's heart, even as she struggles to understand his hostility toward their neighbors. Josie finds her heart and her loyalty torn between her new husband and her closest friends. Meanwhile, something unusual is going on at the Dempsey Ranch between Hannah and her new husband, Peter Cummings. He's not like any cowboy they've seen before, and no one can understand how they're going to manage their ranch. Will Josie find a way to reconcile her old loyalties to her new life? If Jim really is as dangerous as Katie and the others think he is, how can Josie get out of a marriage to this dangerous criminal? When the situation reaches its ultimate climax, Josie must use all her strength to bring her friends and her husband together in harmony at last.

In Book 3 of the Montana Prairie Brides series, the romance deepens between Hannah and her new husband, Peter Cummings. Hannah isn't happy with her mail-order husband. She just buried her first husband after a battle with influenza, and she got a new husband to help her keep her ranch going. But her new husband, Peter, isn't cut out for the job at all. He's weak, and he's sick. Can he ever be more than a millstone around Hannah's neck? It's bad enough that she can't enjoy the intimacy of her good friends, Katie Matthis, and Josie Eaton, the way she used to. Why does Hannah feel so guilty about her situation that she won't even confide in her dearest friends? They would help her if they only knew what's bothering her. But Hannah can't bring herself to share her burden with anyone. Peter's illness puts a strain on her she can hardly bear. Keeping her feelings and worries bottled up only makes them more unbearable by the day. Hannah would love to end this ill-fated marriage. She even plans how to do it. Peter misrepresented himself when they corresponded by mail about getting married, so Hannah may have grounds to send him packing. The only problem is she's starting to love him. Before she makes the biggest mistake of her life, Peter will show her he's not ready to roll over and die without winning her love for good.

Is it possible to find love after loss? These three widows are determined to find out. The brides from Campbell's Corner found friendship by the water pump, and when each finds herself widowed, Katie, Hannah, and Josie are each other's lifeline. The ladies agree to write off for husbands, but marrying these men challenges everything they thought they knew about themselves, and their friendships are put to the test. Will their love for each other take them down the same path, or have their marriages destined them for different futures? Josie Campbell is still reeling from the suicide of her first husband, so when her new mail-order husband arrives with his guns and volatile temper, she can barely stand to be in the house with him. But her fear is only part of the story: Josie can't help falling for the handsome Jim and his magnetic personality. Soon she is torn between her loyalty to her husband and to her fellow brides. Is Jim really as dangerous as her friends think he is? Josie will need every ounce of courage if she's to bring her friends and her husband into harmony. Hannah Dempsey isn't happy with her new mail-order husband--he's educated, but he's older, sickly, and weak. Her dearest friends would help her if they knew, but Hannah feels too much guilt to tell them. She can hardly bear the strain of Peter's illness, and she starts to plan her way out of this unfortunate marriage. But there's a problem: she's starting to fall in love with him. Is Hannah about to make the biggest mistake of her life, or will Peter win her love for good? In Montana Prairie Brides Trilogy Box Set , you'll find yourself captivated by the three strong widows as they once again find love. Can these three unlikely men bring them the happiness they deserve and help them save their ranches?