Mail Order Bride: The Brides Of Paradise: Standalone Stories 1-6
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Romance, Inspired Romance, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
| Author: | GRACE HEARTSONG | ISBN: | 9781540198624 |
| Publisher: | BlissRockHub OU | Publication: | March 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | GRACE HEARTSONG |
| ISBN: | 9781540198624 |
| Publisher: | BlissRockHub OU |
| Publication: | March 12, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
MAIL ORDER BRIDE: The Brides Of Paradise Collection
Book #1: Hattie - The Peace Of Paradise
Philadelphia, 1875. Eighteen-year-old Hattie Watson is a maid in a wealthy household, but wishes to escape after her employer makes unwanted advances toward her. Taking the advice of a friend, Hattie responds to a mail-order bride ad from a farmer in Paradise, Iowa named Bucky Clayton. Hattie's only escape from one man is to place her trust in another and a stranger at that.
Book #2: Mabel - The Unexpected Bride
- Bachelor Hector Dawes owns the stagecoach business in Paradise, Iowa; but it's also next door to his overbearing mother's, Lizzy Dawes, dress and garment shop. Hector's bachelor routine is thrown into disarray when Lizzy puts out an ad for a mail-order bride on Hector's behalf, without his knowledge. Stubbornness and sparks run amok when young Mabel Lynn arrives in Paradise, thinking her future is secure...
Book #3: Esther - Paradise Mistaken
- Young idealist Wade Helter is a mere waiter at the Claremont in Paradise, Iowa--but dreams of more. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country in Boston, Esther Witten wishes to escape the stuffy confines of her factory job for a peaceful life in the country with a wealthy husband to take care of her. When the two meet through a mail order bride ad - under false pretenses, however, they soon find that expectations are not met and they must make do with each other.
Book #4: Cora - Paradise Lost And Found
1875, New York City. Irish immigrant and widow Cora McGuinness struggles to make ends meet working as a maid and living in a tenement building with her ten-year-old daughter, Shannon. Cora thought all her dreams of a new life had died along with her husband, but her perspective quickly changes when Shannon becomes ill and Cora must take drastic actions to ensure her care. In desperation, Cora turns to the "bride wanted" ads to escape harsh, merciless New York City.
Book #5: Arabella - Emotions Entwined
- Arabella Claremont graduates from boarding school in Chicago. The girls of her dorm will soon return home, marry their fiancés, travel, or take their chances on bride wanted ads in the Chicago papers. But when Arabella sees an ad placed by an old friend from Paradise, she must resist her feelings and help her best friend Mary win his heart instead...
Book #6: Opal - A Diamond In The Rough
- Opal Cushing is a swindler and a drifter--she's been on her own making ends meet for her two younger siblings since she was twelve. At eighteen, Opal began answering bride-wanted ads of the wealthiest men she could find, with the intent of absconding with a considerable portion of their wealth just before the wedding ceremony. But when Opal answers the bride-wanted ad of the wealthiest man in Paradise, Iowa, her usual plan gets interrupted when genuine emotion gets in the way.
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Tags: Mail Order Bride Romance, Historical Sweet Religious Christian Frontier Western Romance, Historical Short Stories & Series
MAIL ORDER BRIDE: The Brides Of Paradise Collection
Book #1: Hattie - The Peace Of Paradise
Philadelphia, 1875. Eighteen-year-old Hattie Watson is a maid in a wealthy household, but wishes to escape after her employer makes unwanted advances toward her. Taking the advice of a friend, Hattie responds to a mail-order bride ad from a farmer in Paradise, Iowa named Bucky Clayton. Hattie's only escape from one man is to place her trust in another and a stranger at that.
Book #2: Mabel - The Unexpected Bride
- Bachelor Hector Dawes owns the stagecoach business in Paradise, Iowa; but it's also next door to his overbearing mother's, Lizzy Dawes, dress and garment shop. Hector's bachelor routine is thrown into disarray when Lizzy puts out an ad for a mail-order bride on Hector's behalf, without his knowledge. Stubbornness and sparks run amok when young Mabel Lynn arrives in Paradise, thinking her future is secure...
Book #3: Esther - Paradise Mistaken
- Young idealist Wade Helter is a mere waiter at the Claremont in Paradise, Iowa--but dreams of more. Meanwhile, on the other side of the country in Boston, Esther Witten wishes to escape the stuffy confines of her factory job for a peaceful life in the country with a wealthy husband to take care of her. When the two meet through a mail order bride ad - under false pretenses, however, they soon find that expectations are not met and they must make do with each other.
Book #4: Cora - Paradise Lost And Found
1875, New York City. Irish immigrant and widow Cora McGuinness struggles to make ends meet working as a maid and living in a tenement building with her ten-year-old daughter, Shannon. Cora thought all her dreams of a new life had died along with her husband, but her perspective quickly changes when Shannon becomes ill and Cora must take drastic actions to ensure her care. In desperation, Cora turns to the "bride wanted" ads to escape harsh, merciless New York City.
Book #5: Arabella - Emotions Entwined
- Arabella Claremont graduates from boarding school in Chicago. The girls of her dorm will soon return home, marry their fiancés, travel, or take their chances on bride wanted ads in the Chicago papers. But when Arabella sees an ad placed by an old friend from Paradise, she must resist her feelings and help her best friend Mary win his heart instead...
Book #6: Opal - A Diamond In The Rough
- Opal Cushing is a swindler and a drifter--she's been on her own making ends meet for her two younger siblings since she was twelve. At eighteen, Opal began answering bride-wanted ads of the wealthiest men she could find, with the intent of absconding with a considerable portion of their wealth just before the wedding ceremony. But when Opal answers the bride-wanted ad of the wealthiest man in Paradise, Iowa, her usual plan gets interrupted when genuine emotion gets in the way.
Download Your Copy Right Now
Tags: Mail Order Bride Romance, Historical Sweet Religious Christian Frontier Western Romance, Historical Short Stories & Series
