Showing results by publisher "----RM Alexander" in Westerns

Shiloh Wheaton has spent four years recovering from the greatest tragedy of her young life - the accident that claimed her parents and left her with a ghastly scar across her face. Now 22, it’s time to leave Boston and start over fresh somewhere else. But where? Widowed father - and the preacher of Shadow Gulch, Idaho - David Thompkins is seeking a mother for his five-year-old daughter. He writes to a matrimonial agency back east for a suitable bride.

Five desperate young women...Katie, Joanna, Eve, Evangeline, and Adelaide meet on a stagecoach on their way to Cheyenne, Wyoming as mail order brides. As they talk to each other, Katie and Adelaide become suspicious. Are they correct to be suspicious or are they overreacting? One man with an evil plan...Ross has been planning this for months and the stagecoach is finally on its way. After this, he’ll have succeeded in his most devious plot yet and be on the top of his game. Maybe he’ll even be able to come out of the shadows, despite his brother being a detective.

Caleb Reynolds has seen his brothers marry, one by one - dropping like flies. Now, he is the lone bachelor on Reynolds Ranch, and he’s not about to change his status. He rethinks his determination when the Reynolds take in the Simmons siblings. Ruth Simmons comes to Crooked Creek as a Mail Order Bride, bringing her two younger siblings along with her. From day one, however, it’s evident something dastardly is at play, and she flees to the welcoming arms of the Reynolds clan, hiding from the unknown stranger who hunts her.

As she travels to Arizona, Bella hopes for a better life. The rancher she is to marry needs someone to care for his three children. Bella knows this will only be a marriage of convenience and is grateful for a new start. Shane's ranch is what has kept him going since his wife passed four years ago. He tends to his children as best he can, vowing never to marry again. When Bella arrives, Shane's life unravels and is turned upside down. Not wanting her there, Shane plans to send her back home. But Bella has no home to go back to.

Since the recent death of her husband, Maisie’s world has been bleak and grey. Now a widow, her two young daughters are the only things that still bring joy to her life. But with winter approaching, Maisie knows she must make a change to her situation if her family is to have a chance of surviving the harsh months ahead.

Clark Reynolds harbors a love for poetry and writing that his family will never understand. When he writes to a matrimonial agency for a mail-order bride, the last thing he expects is to find someone who shares this love - but Julie Hazelton exceeds all his expectations. When she arrives at Crooked Creek to begin their courtship, he’s stunned by her beauty, intelligence, and her understanding of Clark himself.

Murder at Mountain Creek is a three-book series about nonidentical twin brothers who set out during the Great Depression of the 1930s to get away from home. Frank Connell is a fast talker who would rather agree than fight or just plain run. Carl Connell is the taller and leaner of the two, the physical one. He is also good with a gun.

Christian Reynolds is never one to shirk his duty - from helping Sheriff Archer in the middle of a saloon brawl to keeping a promise to a friend. The last thing Christian expects is to find himself promising to take care of someone else’s Mail Order Bride. When his friend Matt Brown lies dying, Christian promises to watch over Matt’s newly arriving bride. But when Christian meets Faye Dunell from Boston, he fears what his promise might mean.

Wes Wasson - an old Indian fighter and known troublemaker - comes to Branson to visit his Sister and brother in law. While out with his nephew Bruce, Wes hears that a local Indian named Chusi Yellowbear was a survivor of the Bear River Massacre in 1863, and Wes decides he needs to meet him. While harassing Chusi, Wes discovers the man who killed Chusi's family was Bruce's father, Frank Ellison. Chusi has wanted revenge for 21 years and now he knows where to find it. After being arrested by Matt bannister for drunken antics, Chusi comes out a changed man with his fighting spirit back.

Clara is used to the stares and cruel remarks from those who pity her and don't believe she can be a hard worker. Believing she is a hindrance to her family, Clara heads west to meet the farmer who has proposed to her. But he's shocked to see her limp. As Clara fears he will send her back home, she begs the mercantile store owner, Jed, for a job, who turns her down upon noticing her limp.

It is Ruth Brookings’ first year teaching school. She wants to instill a love of learning into them, but between the unruly children and persistence of an unwanted suitor, she is overwhelmed. To make matters worse, when Ruth prays for guidance, she’s answered with a challenge instead: to encourage her friend, Sheriff Micah Carson, to find a wife - whether he wants one or not. When she does, he starts to avoid her, and the shy teacher wonders if she just lost one of her only friends.

Leah Peterson’s life in New York City is not easy. The man she was going to marry has just run off, taking her savings with him. Plus, she’s been laid off from the factory where she works, and her rent is due. When all options fail, Leah has one thing left - a leap of faith. For Leah, her leap of faith means applying to a matrimonial agency. Within days, she’s matched with a rancher in Crooked Creek, Colorado. A rancher named Clifford Reynolds - a rancher with no idea someone has arranged a Mail Order Bride for him...

Gina Elwood has left her former life to move to Pepper Gulch, Utah. It’s a quiet, simple life, full of friends and good cheer, and she’s determined to be grateful for what she’s got…until she notices the handsome young sheriff. Suddenly, everything she’s grateful for doesn’t seem like quite enough. But there are other problems at hand. Sheriff Johnson is a good, honorable man, and he’s a good friend to Gina. But something is holding him back from taking the next step....

What happens when minor characters ask for their own stories? A collection of three novellas as the author gives in to their demands. Cole Baxter was introduced in the novel Amazing Grace, but insisted he get his own story. After his sister and her husband die and leave him with her four children, he needs a wife - and fast. Timothy and Abigail both have the daunting task of caring for their younger sister. Can they help each other raise their sisters or does God have more in mind for them? Alexander Granger is tired of his father’s lectures and sermons.

Briana Matthews despairs of finding a husband in her native Boston, so she writes a Mail Order Bride agency. A rancher named Kevin Bannon in Miles Gulch, Wyoming, responds, agreeing to marry her. Yet, Kevin has a secret. He doesn’t want to marry at all. What he does want is to secure a loan from a bank manager who believes married men are a better risk. Briana marries Kevin, and finds him standoffish, aloof, and unloving. What has she stepped into? Briana learns of the loan. She’s devastated - and furious.

Tinsmith Jonah has always longed for a wife and family, but his hopes died in war. He knows no woman wants a crippled man. He has taken in two young orphans and is raising them on his own. Anne has lived a hard life since her parents died, being taken in by her aunt and uncle who treat her like an unpaid servant. When she sees the ad from Jonah, she sees light in her life again and is happy to accept his proposal. But the children want nothing to do with Anne.

A young man, a girlfriend, a mysterious stranger, and one single gold bullet. How far would you go to get revenge on those who brought pain into your life? Sheriff Adonai, the Encounter at Rock Pointe is the story of a young man, Misief, and his journey to stay one step ahead of a sheriff, a stranger, and a broken past that is constantly pursuing him. Set in the Old West as the Oregon Trail is opening for passage, Misief struggles to survive in the unforgiving western wilderness after losing it all as a young boy.

Eileen is a pastor's wife who has just found out that her husband has been slept with another woman. She thought she had the perfect marriage to the perfect man...she thought it would last forever, and she found the happy ever after.... Until she found out about the other woman. Now her husband is begging for forgiveness. Can she ever trust him again?

Gloria emerged from the kitchen with two bowls of vegetables and placed them next to large serving spoons. Next, she brought out a large cutting board with a glistening ribeye roast, its juices dripping into a groove around the edges of the board. She put the board and roast in front of Kenny along with two carving knives. After she brought out a bowl of thick chestnut-colored gravy, Gloria sat down next to Lance. Gloria emerged from the kitchen with bowls.

Virginia Lawson has always considered herself a strong, down to earth person. She wasn't shaken easily, and took pride in her ability to stay calm in difficult circumstances. She kept herself together when her father died at age 16. She stayed practical when she lost her inheritance in the Civil War. And when she had to travel hundreds of miles to where she was now, Virginia didn't even break a sweat.