Helen Plum Library

Madelina is the youngest daughter of a Norman conqueror and a woman of power. Her own power is insignificant enough in her eyes that she trains to be a healer under the expert tutelage of her mother. When a child is brought to the castle where she lives, she knows she doesn't have the skills to heal him, and her mother's powers-and her own-will need to be revealed to a handsome knight. Alexander Lain is the seventh son of a seventh son, and as such...

Lauren feels lost at sea. Her parents recently died, so she and her four sisters move to Idaho to turn their family's lake home into a Bed and Breakfast. But all of her sisters have dreams. All but her.She's been out of college for months, and she still isn't sure what she wants to be when she grows up. For now, she's working at the B&B, but she can't do that forever. Well, she could, but would she feel fulfilled doing it?Lauren is happy-go-lucky...

Martha Sanders has always been the quietest and least understood of the orphans adopted by Edna Petunia Sanders, and she likes it that way. When she has the opportunity to move to her sister's ranch and help her out with her growing family, she jumps at it. After all, she's never planning to marry, so what difference does it make if she's stuck in the country or spending time in town?When Andrew Ford moves to the McClain ranch, he has no idea he is...

When Mary Mitchell agrees to go on the Oregon Trail with her family, she certainly has ulterior motives. Believing that married women are no more than servants to men and children, she wants to get her own homestead, and Oregon is the place she can do just that. Her father discovers her plans, and he tells her she must marry one of the single men who are on the Trail with them, and she only has a week to decide who it will be.Bob Hastings is enamored...

Katie Sanders is the youngest of Edna Petunia's adopted girls. With a voice like an angel, she sings for the family and the church her brother-in-law pastors in Nowhere. She has watched all fourteen of her sisters marry and have families, and she can't help but wonder if she'll ever have her chance. When fifteen new orphans end up in Nowhere with no homes, her eyes turn to their handsome headmaster.Aaron Cavett travels from New York to Texas with...

Eighteen year old Ruby has known for years that she would eventually marry her childhood sweetheart. When she's forced to move to Texas, it throws a kink in her plans, but she still knows that David will send for her, and they'll marry. After a year of living in Texas she receives a letter changing her whole world. Lewis moves to Nowhere, Texas, to start a new life with his sons after his wife leaves him for another man. When he's introduced to Ruby,...

Opal's life had gotten much better since she'd left New York. Her twin had just married, and she was living in a house with thirteen other girls, with a crazy old lady as their new "mother." Florence Reid, a little girl Opal met in town, was just what Opal needed to stop worrying about being left behind and move on with her life. The little girl needed help, and Opal was just the woman for the job!Nathaniel Reid was a widower, doing what he could...

The happiest day of Esther's life quickly becomes a nightmare when she finds her husband dead in their fields. Now she is pregnant with no way to provide for her unborn child and her in-laws will soon evict her from her home. Becoming a mail-order bride will meet her needs, but will it allow her to find love and happiness?Thomas is surprised to read the letter he receives from a young widow who is pregnant. He agrees to marry her, but wonders immediately...

After losing her husband on her first wedding anniversary, Sarah "Spooky" Walters is left pregnant with no job, still trying to get her PhD. When her mother suggests she contact Matchrimony to find herself a new husband so she can have some semblance of a good life, she agrees to meet with Dr. Lachele Simpson, the matchmaker involved. Chase Appleby lost the only woman he'd ever loved to a man with a gun just before they'd finished college. Now, years...

When Clara's husband dies and leaves her with two children and a farm she can't run on her own, the bank evicts her small family, and she needs to find a new home fast. She answers an advertisement to be a mail order bride, hoping that the agency will find a place where she can not only be useful, but her children can be loved. Recently widowed Montana rancher, Albert, can't raise his children alone, but won't risk loving another woman. Albert is...