Author: catcahill
Previously published as Dejected in Denver in the Yours Truly: The Lovelorn series.Sometimes love requires a leap of faith . . .Molly Hill refuses to become a spinster. At twenty-four, her prospects are limited. Fearing she’ll be stuck working in her brother’s store in Cañon City, Colorado–where every man sees her as a little sister–for the rest of her life, she decides a change of location is … sister–for the rest of her life, she decides a change of location is in order. Before she knows it, her mother has arranged for Molly to spend a few months with relatives…
Sometimes love can be found in the most unlikely places . . . Grace Daniels arrives in Cañon City, Colorado as a mail-order bride, only to find her intended has chosen another. Alone and lonely, she writes a desperate letter to The Lovelorn, who advises her to look for love in everyday places. But how can a girl who’s working all hours as a seamstress just to afford to pay for a room meet a … room meet a decent man? And even if she did, how could she trust him?When Jasper Hill offers a kind girl a position as…
An unwanted family legacy. A town in danger. A love to conquer the past.Edie Dutton left Kansas with nothing but a few pieces of clothing, a handful of stolen bills, and a forged letter of reference. Since then, she’s found a home as a Gilbert Girl at the Crest Stone Hotel. Even despite her transgression at the hotel last fall, she has a second chance to live the life she wants. She could live … She could live happily in this valley forever, as long as she has a garden and some good books to read. But Edie Dutton is…
She’s not the woman he advertised for. He’s not the man she expected. Can their marriage survive a danger that won’t stay in the past?When Maggie Richmond loses her only means of survival, she agrees to the unthinkable—marriage by proxy to a man she’s never met. Her new husband, a young and handsome rancher, sounds ideal, and she’s always yearned for adventure. She’s not quite what he’s … what he’s advertised for, but she’s determined to be a good wife. Even when a gang of outlaws holds up her train, Maggie is optimistic that her new life in the Colorado…
A lonely cowboy. A young widow. A Christmas to remember.Elizabeth Hartley Campbell arrives at the Crest Stone Hotel, widowed and searching for the brother she hasn’t seen in seven years. Distraught to learn he’s left, she takes a job as a Gilbert Girl at the hotel’s restaurant. She quickly befriends the other girls and finds comfort in helping the hotel prepare for Christmas–until a wayward … Christmas–until a wayward cowboy wanders in from the snow and sits at her lunch counter.Landon Cooper didn’t mean to stop at the hotel, and he certainly didn’t intend to stay longer than one night.…
A necessary lie. A thief in plain sight. A love that breaks the rules.Dora Reynolds is just another Gilbert Girl at the Crest Stone Hotel, and she needs it to remain that way. If anyone found out who she truly is, she’d lose her friends and her position. But when money begins to disappear from the hotel’s safe and a handsome new desk clerk arrives, she finds her security—and her heart—under … heart—under threat.Jacob Gilbert has finally found the opportunity he needs to prove to his father that he’s more than the spoiled, carousing youngest son. Someone is stealing from…
A missing girl. A damaged heart. A love that risks it all.Penny May would do anything to forget her past, even traveling all the way to the Colorado Territory to become a Gilbert Girl. Learning to be a good waitress wasn’t easy, but Penny is happy with her new life and friends at the Crest Stone Hotel. At least until the handsome and infuriating county sheriff arrives in search of his kidnapped … of his kidnapped sister.Sheriff Ben Young never thought his work could endanger those he loved until a disgruntled outlaw proves him wrong. The last thing he needs…
The Gilbert Company needs waitresses for its railside hotel restaurants — but when Emma Daniels heads to the Colorado frontier to become a Gilbert Girl, love puts her new job in jeopardy! Emma falls for widowed builder Monroe Hartley in this sweet western romance.
A wanted man. A heart in hiding. A love to free them both.The Crest Stone Hotel is the perfect place for a man like Thomas Drexel to hide. Wanted for crimes he didn’t commit, Thomas hopes he can blend in as a handyman at the newly-opened hotel. But his past threatens his future when one of the hotel restaurant’s waitresses discovers his identity.Caroline Beauchamp ran from Boston to escape an … from Boston to escape an arranged marriage to a despicable man. She’s safe in the hotel, hidden from those who want her to return home. Yet she finds herself…
A haunting guilt. A family to save. A love that can’t be.When Emma Daniels’ well-to-do family finds itself destitute, she answers an ad for the Gilbert Company seeking young women to be waitresses at hotel restaurants along remote railroad lines out west. The rules for a Gilbert Girl are strict: work hard, act respectably at all times, and no courting allowed. None of them present a problem for … present a problem for Emma, at least until she meets the hotel’s builder, Monroe Hartley. His smile and teasing manner were the last things Emma expected to find on the Colorado…