Will Miller doesn't know what to think when the lovely young woman faints in his jewelry and watch repair shop--except he wants to help her any way he can. Widow Pearl Ward, struggling to survive, needs to sell the watch-locket given to her on her eighteenth birthday. When he learns she's expecting, he proposes. Will Pearl's feelings for her late husband stand between them? Can they build a life together with his mother dead set against them?
Colt Sawyer caught the baseball bat Esme Tobella swung at his head just in time. What was with the beautiful young woman? Clay didn’t know her, but he’d like to. Esme couldn’t believe she’d nearly beaned the stranger. Sure, he’d broken into the building, or had he? She’d moved to Mystery Canyon to make a new start. With her past, she wasn’t taking any chances. With a medical discharge from the Navy, former SEAL Colt was new in town, having accepted a job from a friend. A message on a Java Cupid cup encourages their relationship, but both Esme and Colt have things in their pasts that effect their daily lives. Fears and memories they want to keep hidden. When someone from Esme’s past makes his presence know those secrets must be revealed. What is Colt hiding from Esme? How can Esme trust Colt to protect her? Will this couple get their Happily Ever After promised by the Java Cupid? *****Esme Tobella has been the victim of intense spousal abuse. She suffers from the traumatic memories and scars inflected on her by Hugo Braga, her ex-husband. Hugo’s efforts to get Esme back are focused on in the novel. Please use caution when reading this story if you think the topic might distress you.
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Silverpines, Oregon 1899 Millie Messer is exhausted and overwhelmed with raising her children and running the mercantile after the death of her husband in the earthquakes that devastated Silverpines. She does what many of the young widows and daughters are doing: Advertise for a Mail Order Husband. She thinks she's found the perfect man to become her helpmate and new father for her four children.Clay Cutler as a secret, two actually. One will be revealed when he steps off the train in Silverpines. He only hopes Millie doesn't renege on marrying him when she finds out. The other he'll keep to himself until it's necessary to reveal it. Millie is shocked when not only Clay steps off the train but five children with him. All she wanted was a shopkeeper. Now there are nine children in the family. All she knows is that there are lots of meals to cook and laundry to do. That and the outlaws, conmen, and swindlers who've come to town. Plus, she knows he's keeping something from her. Will a new husband and nine children be too much for Millie? Will Clay's secret keep her from trusting him? Will it help protect the town from those who want to cause harm? What mischief can nine children get into? Is Clay the Wanted: Shopkeeper who will heal Millie's broken heart?