Dead Set Delphinia (Sweethearts of Jubilee Springs Book 12)

by Zina Abbott

  “I’m quite convinced I already do. Please don’t just stand there, Ben. I’m getting colder by the second and believe I will be warmer in bed. Help me unbutton the top of my dress so I can start unhooking my corset.”

  Bennett Nighy needed no further encouragement.

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  Sweethearts of Jubilee springs books by

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  1.Perfectly Mismatched by Linda Carroll-Bradd

  Shame over her father’s arrest sends socialite Aurelia Northcliffe running for a new home and a new name. After she makes sure her younger sister is secure, she travels west to become a mail-order bride in Jubilee Springs, CO. Not only is she shocked at the size of the tiny mining town, the men she’s matched with make her second guess her decision. One potential groom is much too unsophisticated and the other much too discerning--even if he’s the one who makes her feel safe.

  Mine Manager Declan MacNeill prides himself on following rules to the letter. Initially resistant to the upcoming bride event, he remembers his short marriage in Ireland and realizes what he’s been missing. His first sight of his potential bride sets his protective instincts on high alert. Everything about her behavior indicates she’s keeping secrets. And Declan is determined on finding out why.

  2.Ellen’s Lesson by Patricia PacJac Carroll

  She's a blond, blue-eyed beauty. (Well, not exactly.) He's a handsome, prosperous gentleman from a good family. (Yeah, not so much.) With their letters at odds, what will Tyler and Ellen do when they meet and discover the truth? It's a mail order bride mess.

  Ellen Barker feared her life was destined for the lonely outcome of a spinster school teacher. An advertisement in the paper asking for women to go to Colorado as mail order brides caught her attention. A few letters later, she was betrothed to Tyler Fletcher. A handsome upstanding citizen of Jubilee Springs.

  Tyler Fletcher needed to be married before he was twenty-eight. That's what his pappy had told him. That the mine owners sent off for some mail order brides for the miners was perfect timing. He got hold of one. The perfect lady for him. Pretty, blond and blue-eyed. A woman of high society.

  At least that is what his partner, Nels, told him. Once Tyler had some time, he was going to have to learn to read and write.

  From the moment Ellen met Tyler, she knew she'd disappointed him, and it wasn't as if he'd been the prize she was expecting either. He didn't want her. She would be left alone again. Maybe ...

  3. Aaron’s Annulment Bride by Zina Abbott

  Aaron Brinks, son of the Jubilee Springs mercantile owners, has been living in a small room above his parents’ store even though he is employed at the Prosperity Mine. When the mine owners announce they have contacted a mail order bride agency, and will allot company houses to the first ten miners who choose a bride and pay her way, he decides it is time for a house of his own.

  Shy Andrea Draper must escape her father’s ranch. Her father has discouraged all potential suitors because he does not want to lose his unpaid housekeeper, laundress, and the cook for him and his men. Then there is the problem of Lloyd McCreary, her father’s foreman.

  Learning her friend intends to go to Jubilee Springs as a mail order bride, going with her seems Andrea’s only option for escape. She agrees to marry Aaron even though she knows she is not worthy to be any man’s wife. While trying to convince him to be married in name only until he gains title to his house, at which time they can annul the marriage, Andrea’s father shows up to drag her home against her will.

  Learning what he is up against, Aaron must decide if it is just the house he wants, or if he wants Andrea.

  4. The Sheriff and the Miner’s Daughter by P. A. Estelle

  Jim Hawkins, sheriff of Jubilee Springs, watches as six ladies get off the train, ready to meet and hopefully marry men from the Prosperity Mine. He watches as one of the women leave the group and heads his way.

  She is there to find somebody. Sheriff Hawkins is more than happy to help her until he finds out the person is Amos Lehman. He is a crusty old miner who has worked his mine before the town was even a town. His cabin is old and hardly enough room for one, let alone a female.

  When Jim suggests she get back on the train and go back where she came from, he gets a small taste of the stubbornness in the beautiful young woman standing in front of him. Charlene Lehman had come way too far to do that and didn’t appreciate the sheriff’s interference. Blue eyes scan him from boots to hat before dismissing him and walking away.

  The Sheriff’s interest is piqued. Who is this girl? Why is she looking for some old miner? There is more to this story and Jim Hawkins intends to find the answers.

  5. Minding Benji by Sandra E Sinclair

  Prudence Fairchild went from riches to rags. The world she knew was swept from under her with the death of her parents. Destined to a life of servitude, she realizes the struggles of being poor comes with the risk of being taken advantage of.

  She uses everything in her, to ward off the advances of her employer. His threats to have her on his return from a business trip drives Prudence into action. She must get away and protect her virtue at any cost. It’s all she has left. As a last resort, she answers an advertisement to be a mail order bride.

  Austin Alwin is not happy about the condition placed on him in his uncle’s will. If he is to keep the only home he’s ever known, he must find a wife within a few weeks or lose it all. As time is of the essence, he forgoes all the usual protocols in obtaining a mail order bride and will only have a few short days to make up his mind once he meets her.

  6. Cat’s Meow by Zina Abbott

  Catherine “Cat” Everett has lost everything. She finds and adopts an abandoned, half-grown kitten. Unbeknownst to Harold Calloway, the man she has been writing to in Jubilee Springs with the intent of marriage, and enduring the disapproval of the railroads who do not allow pets to travel in the passenger areas, she decides to bring the kitten with her.

  When she arrives in Jubilee Springs, Catherine immediately falls in love with tall, lanky miner, Harold. She wants to marry him, but there is one “meowly” little problem.

  7. Bargain Bessie by Zina Abbott

  After years of caring for her parents, Bessie Carlson considers herself well past marriageable age. After she is left alone and destitute, she moves in with her aunt and uncle, the owners of Brinks Mercantile in Jubilee Springs. To some of the single men in town who are looking for wives, she is more than eligible. She quickly gains the moniker of “Bargain Bessie” because she is already in town. They won’t have to pay the bridal agency fee, travel money or railroad tickets to get her there.

  Zeb Jacobson lives on a remote ranch in nearby Monarch Bend. He takes advantage of the relatively mild weather of the region to run his cattle on government land in the mountains. After his foreman badgers him to start looking for a wife, Zeb considers the possibility of marriage. However, since he is in his late thirties, he has no desire to meet y
oung women just out of the schoolroom.

  On a trip to Jubilee Springs for supplies, Zeb meets Bessie. He’s confused by her claim she is not free to marry. When he hears about the Bargain Bessie moniker, he knows he must come up with a plan to convince Bessie she isn’t a bargain of last resort, but a priceless treasure.

  8.A Good Man Comes Around by Heather Blanton

  Oliver Martin is a shiftless, mischievous no-account. But he wasn’t always. Jilted at the altar almost a year ago, he takes nothing serious anymore. His most important daily goal is determining where to get his next drink or how to start some trouble. John Fowler, his friend and partner in a gold claim, promised Oliver’s father to watch over his boy. Having gotten the young man out of trouble one time too many, Fowler decides it’s time for someone else to give it a go. Fowler’s convinced a wife would settle Oliver and applies for a mail order bride without the man’s knowledge.

  Abigail Holt spent ten years married to a belligerent drunk. A widow now for a year, she’s tired of struggling to make ends meet and taking care of her boys on her own. She has decided to become a mail order bride—in her estimation, the perfect way to pick a husband—with pure logic and a rational mind. Marrying for love the first time turned into a train wreck. She wants only to find a good man who is qualified to raise her sons.

  She comes to Jubilee Springs ready to wed Oliver Martin—who has never heard of her. Worse, he clearly doesn’t meet her standards. It’s up to Oliver’s partner Fowler to soothe some seriously ruffled feathers and play matchmaker. But men have been the bane of Abigail’s existence for too long and this mail order fiasco ends her desire to ever be a bride again, especially to a shirker like Oliver. And that’s just fine with Oliver who has no intention of getting his heart broken again. Will these two be able to get past their own hurts to see no risk is too great if it will lead to true love?

  9.Perfectly Unscripted by Linda Carroll-Bradd

  Rilleta Northcliffe’s world has already been turned upside-down with her father’s arrest. While traveling to Colorado as a mail-order bride, she is traumatized by a gang of thieves. Only the steady green gaze of a stranger keeps her sane. Dairy farmer Wit Vanderveer wished he could have done more to prevent the blonde’s involvement with the gang. Safely in Jubilee Springs, neither can stop thinking of the other. Is the shared danger the lure between these individuals, or did Rilleta and Wit discover they have much more to offer one another?

  10.Blind Affection by Sandra E Sinclair

  Her sister is marrying her ex. She’s running away to marry a man she’s never met...

  Lily Whitefield’s once prized debutante status, went unfulfilled, marred by a cruel, fateful accident. Now her sister is marrying the man she loves. Trapped by her imperfection, Lily decides to escape the prospect of spinsterhood by being a mail-order bride. She sneaks away, leaving her safe, cushioned existence behind and boarding a train to Colorado to marry a man she’s never met.

  Uncertain if he’d ever find true love, or simply an honest woman who saw him as more than a purse, a financial wishing well, Wythe Radcliffe sought the advice and aid of a Matchmaker from a mail order bridal agency. But he already had the girl in mind. He’d been writing to her for the past two years. He just needed a little help.

  Lily has her own money and flaws, she’ll make him the perfect wife. After all he wasn’t perfect either.

  Broken and scarred by the tragic events in their pasts. Can Lily and Wythe heal and build a loving future together?

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  Grandma’s Wedding Quilts –The Prequel by Kate Cambridge

  The fate of the museum where Hannah Quinn scored her dream job will rise or fall on her next exhibit. When a trunk with two quilts is donated to the museum, Hannah's boss thinks she's wasting her time chasing down the history of the quilts, but Hannah knows there's something special and a story that demands to be told. Along with her friend Callum, her investigation leads to discoveries that threaten the foundation of all she holds most dear.

  Kizzie's Kisses by Zina Abbott

  Running from hostile Indians attacking Salina, Kansas in 1862, feisty Kizzie Atwell runs into freighter Leander Jones traveling the Smoky Hill Trail. Will the two joining forces to prevent the Fort Riley Army captain from requisitioning their beloved horses for the Civil War-era cavalry lead to a more romantic bargain sealed with a kiss?

  Jesse's Bargain by Kay P. Dawson

  Thanks to a gunfight, Cora now needs to get to Kansas, and Jesse needs a new trail cook. Left with no other choice, she joins the cattle drive headed north, with a man who isn’t happy to have her along.

  Meredith's Mistake by Amelia C. Adams

  The summer Meredith turned sixteen two young men sought her hand, and she chose the one she thought would make her the happiest. That turned out to be a mistake…one she would regret for a very long time. Will a strange twist of fate give her a chance to set things right?

  Monica's Mystery by Kate Cambridge

  Monica has to leave home, fast. Her parents are planning to marry her off. She’s seventeen, an amateur sleuth, and sees no reason why she can’t join the ranks of the local lawman, or even become a Texas Ranger.

  Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt

  His worst mistake was letting her go.

  His second-worst mistake? Bringing her home.

  Jacob orders a bride from a catalog, but doesn’t know that she Pleasance Benton—his first love—is his catalog bride.

  Zebulon's Bride by Patricia PacJac Carroll

  Zebulon Benton has vowed not to marry until he reaches Montana. Then he meets Amy Gordon, but she has other ideas.

  Ione's Dilemma by Linda Carroll-Bradd

  Relocating from Des Moines to the Texas frontier brings more challenges than socialite Ione Forrester has ever faced. All she wants is to avoid scandal but local carpenter Morgan is intent on courtship.

  Josie's Dream by Angela Raines

  Could Doctor Josephine (Josie) Forrester and Lawman William Murphy get past their beliefs about life and love and find the future they were meant to have?

  Chase's Story by P.A. Estelle

  Chase wanted no part of going to college or becoming a doctor. He wants to work with cattle and horses in Arizona Territory. His life takes a turn when he finds himself looking down the muzzle of a Colt Walker barely being held up by a woman who has been badly beaten.

  Gloria's Song by Kathryn Albright

  Gloria always does the proper thing, the expected thing, as the daughter of a shipping tycoon. To have Colin, a tavern pianist, tutor her for her audition sounds crazy. But if music can cross class lines…can it also harmonize two hearts?

  Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield

  Tad Palmer makes a promise to his dying friend to watch over the man’s wife and child. Will his heart withstand the vow when he falls in love with the widow and her son?

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