Author: barbaragoss
Follow Greta and Adam from a Texas mansion to the high seas on a clipper ship. After Seth’s death Greta finds out she is with child. Seth’s parents pressure their other son, Adam, into a proxy marriage in order to keep the child in the family.Adam loves the sea and fails to arrive in Texas to meet his proxy bride. His father is forced to send the maritime police after him. Will Adam and Greta … father is forced to send the maritime police after him. Will Adam and Greta stick with the marriage? Will they fall in love? Or…
A family Christmas that unites a couple, and gives an orphan an experience of his life. Jilted by the beautiful Lucy moves Wyatt to find a woman based on her heart rather than her appearance. After a lengthy correspondence, he decides Vera’s the one. Yet, he didn’t want her looks to influence his decision, so he arranged a proxy marriage. Vera, an upright, no-nonsense, lady, is the perfect wife, … no-nonsense, lady, is the perfect wife, but could they fall in love?Christmas with Vera’s family in Missouri is a turning point in Vera and Wyatt’s relationship. No one suspected they’d…
The couple finds themselves in an age-old dilemma. A love that can’t ever blossom. Glenna McKay thinks Spence Blackwood is a handsome, gentleman drifter, and she falls in love with him knowing he won’t be staying in town long. Spence is on a secret mission for the U.S. Marshals and needs to keep his distance from the lovely Glenna. He’s afraid the criminal case he’s trying to solve might involve … he’s trying to solve might involve her and her father. Glenna gets herself in danger by finding evidence that the villain would kill to have. Can Spence keep her…
When it comes to gambling and love you must decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. Logan Sinclair, a gambler, has an ultimatum from his father to clean up his life and marry, or lose his inheritance. He complies with all but the marriage. His father dies before he can change his will leaving Logan just weeks to find a bride. Left stranded … a bride. Left stranded in a strange town, and forced by necessity to take a job as a saloon woman, Emma Jamison finds herself fired…
The utmost delight in life is the realization that we are loved.. As a mail-order bride, Hope finds herself married to an outlaw who leaves her stranded on the Oregon Trail at about the same time as Daniel’s wife dies of cholera. The wagon train master strongly urges them to join forces and marry. They plan to have the marriage of convenience annulled in Oregon, but a life and death situation … life and death situation reunites them before that happens. Will Hope settle for less than Daniel’s whole heart? Can he let go of his grief and take a…
Secrets are told, so that with time, they may be discovered. Are Betsy Wheeler’s father and brother criminals? The sheriff, Noah Sommers, intends to find out. Betsy finds her mother’s diary, the entries confused her because they made little sense at first. When she finds the key to the entries, she discovers more than she’d ever imagined. Things were far from what appeared on the surface. At … appeared on the surface. At first meeting, sparks flew between Noah and Betsy. They didn’t like each other. Would the shootings, and murders bring them closer or further apart? Book 13 in…
Lydia Hathaway’s greatest wish is to become a mother, but not necessarily a wife. Molly, a little orphan, tugs at her heart and Lydia knows this is the child she wants to adopt. Lydia is broken hearted when the orphanage mandates that all prospective parents be married.Travis Bentley had been conned by two mail order brides, so he decides to stay single and concentrate on his ranch, so when … single and concentrate on his ranch, so when his sister asks him to marry a woman in Denver by proxy so she can adopt a child, he readily agrees. What…
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.Mail Order Betrothal gone wrong!Joanna’s mail order husband turns out to be the town’s drunk. While trying to escape one trap, she falls into another, but this one might have rewards. When Jared finds a woman injured in one of his traps he feels guilty and tries to make amends, but due to a secret in his past, he can’t commit to more than … secret in his past, he can’t commit to more than friendship with her. The town’s drunk, Bradley McKenna, refuses to let go of his bride and even…
Can a marriage by proxy work when the couple has never met? Nathan, a widower, critically injured in a Civil War battle, lies on his deathbed. His best friend, Ben, promises to care for his daughter. Doomed to become a spinster, Ben’s sister, Allison, jumps at the chance to become a widow when Ben suggests she marry Nathan. She must act quickly because the doctor said he wouldn’t last out the … he wouldn’t last out the week. A problem arises after the marriage—Nathan doesn’t die, and the couple realizes they need to end the marriage or try to live…
Gunfighters, Saloon Women, and one determined Bounty Hunter!Bounty Hunter, Logan McGuire, is aggressively hunting down a desperado who killed someone dear to him. A saloon woman, Paulina Flanders, finagles herself into accompanying him since she’s holding back valuable information about the criminal. Word gets back to the outlaw that Paulina is a witness to his crime, and Logan McGuire is on his … Logan McGuire is on his trail for the bounty money. Both Paulina and Logan’s lives are in danger, especially when a woman assists the killer in trying to murder Paulina. Will Logan’s friend Woody come to the…