Author : JoAnn A. Grote
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 46,88 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1683226453
Treasure this beautiful collection packed with all the angst of romance founded upon practical arrangements. Four sisters travel in answer to an ad before even corresponding with potential husbands. Two women bend to the will of their parents in taking husbands. A widow commits to a stranger in name only. And two women on the Oregon Trail hitch their lives to men they’ve just met. Will love blossom for convenience sake?
Author : Cathy Marie Hake
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Arranged marriage
ISBN : 9781620291559
Features nine stories about arranged marriages on the American frontier, including "The Wedding Wagon," "From Halter to Altar," and "From Carriage to Marriage."
Author : Mary Jo Putney
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 39,30 MB
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345494210
After building a fortune in the exotic East, American adventurer and merchant prince Gavin Elliott sets his sails for London to begin a new life. Then fate intervenes on an infamous island in the East Indies where a European woman faces degradation and peril. Though saving her may cost Gavin his life, he cannot refuse to help the fierce beauty who touches his heart and soul with her indomitable spirit. Alexandra Warren is returning home from Australia as a widow and mother when a pirate attack condemns her to a life of servitude. A miracle arrives in the form of a steely-eyed Yankee captain, whose reckless courage wins them freedom and a safe passage home to London. Intimate strangers joined by too many secrets, they slowly begin to heal the past with attraction and tenderness—until an old enemy reaches out to threaten the passionate love Gavin has found with his irresistible bartered bride. From the Paperback edition.
Author : Anne Avery
Publisher : Fanfare
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780553579338
Lady Alyce Fitzmartin is forced to marry the arrogant Robert Wardell, the answer to her father's debts, and a man Alyce is certain she will never love. Yet an even more grave situation lies in wait. For Robert may not survive the impending overthrow of the King, unless he uses his new wife as a pawn. But one glance into each other's eyes sparks an unexpected yearning. And while England burns with the fire of revolt, Robert and Alyce discover a passion for which both must gamble their lives
Author : Erica Vetsch
Publisher : Barbour Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,43 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628361070
Can true love result from a business deal? Jonathan Kennebrae is furious when his grandfather informs him that his future has been decided. He will marry Melissa Brooke or lose his inheritance. Melissa, too, is devastated when her parents make their announcement. As little more than a bargaining chip in her father’s business maneuvers, she feels her secure world slipping away. Can Jonathan and Melissa find a way out of this loveless marriage, or must they find a way forward together?
Author : Lynn A. Coleman
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 42,24 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 160742844X
Relive history on the American Great Plains as penned by nine different multi-published authors. Follow pioneers, immigrants, and orphans through their adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. You are sure to find more than one favorite among nine stories in this unique collection to warm your heart and inspire your faith.
Author : Amanda Cabot
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1634092627
Nine romantic adventures take readers along for a ride on the Oregon Trail where daily challenges force travelers to evaluate the things that are most precious to them—including love. Enjoy the trip through a fascinating part of history through the eyes of remarkably strong characters who stop at famous landmarks along the way. Watch as their faith is strengthened and as love is born despite unique circumstances. Discover where the journey ends for each of nine couples.
Author : Caitlin Crews
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 26,35 MB
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1426847947
When a French mogul marries a demure princess, he’s determined to discover his bride’s wild side in the USA Today–bestselling author’s sexy romance. Luc Garnier always gets what he wants. And now he wants a perfect bride. She must be a woman of nobility and elegance, one with an impeccable reputation—and no dirty secrets in her past. Princess Gabrielle is invaluable—a pearl beyond price. Yet Luc has defied the odds, and a contract for marriage is drawn up. This will be a union on paper first, and in the bedroom later. Yet Gabrielle is just as well behaved in private as she is in public. The more Luc admires this proper princess, the more he is determined to find the wanton woman within . . .
Author : Virginia Heath
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,20 MB
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1488065772
Marriage... To the highest bidder Lady Lydia Barton cannot seem to avoid Owen Wolfe since he’s returned after being wrongly transported for stealing her family’s jewels! But Lydia has more pressing problems, like her impending arranged marriage. Until Owen makes her father a counteroffer for her hand. Is Owen purely after her society connections, or dare Lydia hope that the charming stable boy she once loved is still within her ruthless, wealthy new husband? “Virginia Heath’s writing is as warm, witty, and insightful as ever...one of the best authors of historical romance around.” —All About Romance on The Determined Lord Hadleigh “I loved every minute of this story along with the wonderful witty moments that I have come to love from Virginia Heath’s writing.” —Rae Reads on The Determined Lord Hadleigh From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
Author : Amanda Barratt
Publisher : Barbour Pub Incorporated
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781634090971
Enjoy the adventurous journey to love along with nine historical couples who think they must marry for convenience in order to secure their futures.
