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A shy Louisiana librarian, Mary Warner fears she'll always be alone-so she answers a personals ad from a rancher in Montana. Never before has she done anything so reckless, casting the only life she knows aside to travel to a strange place and marry a man she's never met. But something about this man calls to her-and she knows this may be her very last chance at happiness.
Tragedy made Travis Thompson the guardian of three orphaned children-and determination...
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2011
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IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
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Presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
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"When the world is brought to a standstill in the early days of a global pandemic, Etta Wilmont finds herself suddenly stranded in Kansas City. Desperate to secure a roof over her head, Etta crosses paths with Henry Logan, a lonely older man in need of a caretaker. His invitation for Etta to stay with him seems to be the solution to both their problems--and maybe the spontaneous adventure Etta's life has been missing. As Etta and Henry settle into...
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Best-selling author Alan Brennert blends history and fiction to showcase Hawaii's dynamic past in this captivating novel. Set in the 1920s and 1930s, Honolulu explores the stark contrast between the image of the glamorous Hawaiian paradise portrayed to the mainland and the harsh reality of life on the island. With characters as vivid and richly descriptive as the history of Hawaii itself, this novel is sure to enthrall listeners.
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When mail-order bride Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for Wyoming, she brings some extra baggage: two sisters, her mother's Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. As she arrives, Peter Andersen is glad to see that she is everything her letters promised. But he is a bit perturbed by her unexpected companions. How will he support them all? And what other secrets might Catharine be keeping from him?
8) Paper roses
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Texas dreams volume 1
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Leaving the past behind in Philadelphia, mail-order bride Sarah arrives in San Antonio ready to greet her groom, a man whose letters have won her heart. But Austin Canfield is dead. And Sarah cannot go back East. Austin's brother, Clay, has his own struggles. Though he dislikes working on the family farm and longs for a different life, Clay is driven to avenge his brother's death. But something is growing between Clay and Sarah that neither is ready...
9) Savage lands
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Dispatched to early 18th-century Louisiana as a mail-order bride, Elisabeth unexpectedly falls in love with her charismatic soldier husband; while cabin boy Auguste, abandoned in a remote village, is directed to learn the local language to spy on native activities.
10) A bride at last
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"On the 1880s Kansas prairie, Silas and Kate both harbor resentment over their previous failed mail-order engagements, but when a young boy loses his mother and needs their help, they must attempt to move beyond past hurts and find healing together"--
11) Duncan's bride
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"Reese Duncan lost half his ranch and all his dreams to his ex-wife, so when it came time for a family he did the logical thing: he advertised for a bride. She had to be willing to work, to bear his children and to settle for lovemaking in place of love. It sounded perfect--until Madelyn Patterson arrived. One look and he had to have her. Never mind that she was New York and nightlife to his own plain-spoken Montana ways. She was willing to herd cattle,...
12) Twice promised
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Set in 1880s Colorado, a mail order bride is full of doubts when another mail order bride arrives to marry the same man.
13) Tempest
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Regan Carmichael is an independent, adventurous frontierswoman who chooses to become a mail-order bride to a physician in the Wyoming Territory. Shooting Dr. Colton Lee in the shoulder is an honest error, but soon Regan wonders if her entire plan to marry a man she's never met is a mistake. Colton, who buried his heart along with his first wife, insists he only wants someone to care for his daughter. Yet Regan is drawn to the unmistakable desire in...
15) A bride in store
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Impatient to meet her groom and help grow his general store, mail-order bride Eliza Cantrell sets out a week early. But train robbers steal her dowry and Axel, her groom-to-be, isn't in town when she finally arrives. Axel's business partner, William Stanton, has no head for business and would rather be a doctor. He feels responsible for Eliza and lets her help around the store, where she quickly proves more adept at business than he'll ever be. And...
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Colorado cowboys (Jody Hedlund) volume 1
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"When Greta Nilsson heads west to save her ailing sister, bandits hold up her stagecoach. Upon arrival, she learns that the man who ordered her as a mail order bride has died. Wyatt McQuaid is struggling with his new ranch and agrees to marry Greta after a bargain with the mayor. Can this union born of desperation survive?"--Provided by publisher
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"When those Jensen boys agree to lead a wagon of five mail-order brides across Texas, they're just asking for trouble. Pursued by a crazy ex-husband, an outlaw boyfriend, a creepy, woman-hungry clan of backwoodsmen, and a fierce, deadly band of Comanche kidnappers, it is one hard journey that could get them all killed"--
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It's been years, but Luke Davis is back, older and wiser and still alone. Returning as Lookout's new town marshal, Luke is determined to face the past and move on. When he discovers that the woman who betrayed him is now a widow, all his plans fall apart. Could Luke and Rachel possibly find love a second time? And then the brides arrive. Three of them - ordered for Luke by his incorrigible cousins. And none of the ladies is willing to let Luke go....
19) His chosen bride
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This Texan had no intention of becoming a groom ... until he found out he had a year to find a bride or risk losing the family ranch. Any of the four mail-order brides recently arrived in Granite, Texas, would make a good wife. So why can't Levi Westland stop thinking about the one who refuses to have him? The marriage of convenience Levi offers isn't enough to persuade Millie Hamilton. Truth is, it's no longer enough for Levi, either. Millie had...
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Thorndike Press
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2011
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Large print ed.
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501 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
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After a mail-order bride debacle Shannon O'Neil and Leah Bennett are stranded in Texas with two options: get a job or find another man to marry. Garrett and Mark Corbett try to atone for the mess they created when they ordered their cousin three brides by hosting Saturday socials for the town's singles. Will Shannon be wooed out of her timidity by a gallant rancher? When the livery owner comes to Leah's rescue will she find a diamond in the rough?...
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