Author: lindakhubalek
Will Nadine trade one proposal for another?Nadine Paulson, whose family owns Clear Creek’s hotel, wants more responsibility than keeping the hotel spotless, but her father hires a man to take over the job she wanted.Wesley Preston moved to Clear Creek with his five friends because of a plan concocted by the older church women in town (informally known as the Peashooter Society). Each man is … Peashooter Society). Each man is promised a job, housing, and a wife.Wesley won the hotel job with a flip of a coin and enjoys working and living in the hotel.He’s in love with Nadine…
She agrees to marry him in a 30-second marriage to adopt five-year-old twins.Tobin Billings came to Clear Creek, Kansas with his five friends because they were promised three things from the Peashooter Society, a group of older church women who (kind of) ran the town.One. Business opportunities, one of which turned out to be the livery he bought.Two. A home, which also came with the livery, but … bought.Two. A home, which also came with the livery, but the elderly owner still lived with him.Three. A wife, even though the six young women had no clue what the Peashooters had…
A chance meeting shifts Maggie’s future with Peter.It’s 1892, almost twenty years after the first mail-order brides found love in Clear Creek, Kansas in the Brides with Grit Series.The older members of the Clear Creek church women’s group, informally known as the Peashooter Society, decide to help the unattached women in town obtain husbands because there are more women in town than men.Maggie … obtain husbands because there are more women in town than men.Maggie Brenner, the oldest daughter in the Brides with Grit series book, Sarah Snares a Soldier, grew up on the vast Cross C Ranch north of…
A sweet western romance set in 1888.When rancher Seth Reagan left Kansas for a livestock show in Chicago, he never dreamed he’d be returning a week later with seven horses, extra carpet bags, and a wife.Lily Lind answered a mail-order-bride advertisement, expecting to be a Chicago businessman’s wife. Instead, she finds herself singing randy songs to a bunch of drunk men in a saloon.After escaping … saloon.After escaping the saloon and finding Seth, Lily accepts his offer of a marriage of convenience to protect her from the saloon owner’s thugs. They travel back to Seth’s hometown to decide their future.Now…
A sweet historical romance set in 1887.Although postmaster Cullen Reagan is a strict “go by the rules” man, he secretly wrote letters to a mail-order bride for an area rancher, because the man couldn’t read or write.Rose Leander, one of the Flying Leanders, a famous circus tightrope act, is injured in a circus train accident. Wanting to start over in a quiet frontier town, Rose answers a … a mail-order bride advertisement.Cullen is caught between a rock and hard spot when the rancher abandons his handicapped mail-order bride, and Cullen’s father, a pastor, insists Cullen help the woman he deceived—because…
An American historical romance set in 1887.Mack Reagan’s been building things since he was old enough to hold a hammer. Designing and building a block of new storefronts for Clear Creek’s council’s Main Street project makes him a happy carpenter.But carpentry is forgotten when the new doctor arrives in Clear Creek, Kansas…because the doctor is a big and tall woman, matching his gigantic stature. gigantic stature.Pansy Walline is right out of medical school and anxious to start her first job as a doctor for a Kansas frontier town. Of course, the town council who hired Doctor P.F. Walline doesn’t realize…
When Fergus Reagan travels to Nebraska, he arrives just in time to save a woman’s life. Can Fergus help Iris Kerns escape her abusive fiancé and find true love? A moving historical romance set in 1880s America.
A sweet historical romance set in 1887.Gabriel Shepard has secretly loved Iva Mae Paulson for years, but has been too shy to court her. But when Iva Mae announces at a New Year’s Eve party that her 1887 resolution is find a groom, Gabe must decide if he’s ready to lose her to another man, or step out of his saddle shop to pursue her.Iva Mae Paulson loves teaching children but after six years, she … after six years, she wants a family instead. Since her choice of husband won’t take the first step, she’ll set her own destiny by…
In 1886, childhood friends Angus and Daisy end up on the same train to their Kansas hometown. But their journey together takes an unexpected turn… A heartwarming treat for fans of historical romance!
After her marriage plans fall through disastrously, mail-order bride Helen starts working at the Paulson Hotel to provide for her four little girls. And as the family creates a new home for themselves, she finds herself falling in love with hotelier Ethan…