16 Clean and Wholesome Mail Order Bride Romances In One Heartwarming Box Set If you love sweet historical Western romance, you'll fall in love with Hopeful Hearts, a collection of 16 inspirational tales of courage and love by bestselling authors Charity Phillips and Faith-Ann Smith, featuring: Annie: A Bride For The Farmhand Emmie's Unexpected Love Mail Order Bride: Betsy Diana's Story Tabitha's Story Montana Mail Order Bride: Emma Prudence: The Patient Bride Ruth's Special Gift Mail Order Bride Delia Mail Order Bride Virginia's Journey Mail Order Bride: Margaret's Journey Mail Order Bride: Annika's Courage Mail Order Bride: Cate's Change Of Heart Mail Order Bride: Hazel's Renewed Faith Mail Order Bride: Lyna's Forgiving Heart Letters From The Gold Rush Wagon Hopeful Hearts will sweep you off to the past, where you can witness the journeys to the happily ever afters these 16 brave brides deserve.
Boston, 1865 The last year has been incredibly painful for sisters Jane, Rebecca, Lucy, and Rose, to say the least. Their father had been killed in the Civil War, leaving the four young women devastated and orphaned. Now, the Adams sisters struggle to cope with the ravages of the War and are attempting to piece their lives back together eight months after the relentless fighting came to an end. Book 1: Mail Order Bride: Jane's Story: Jane Adams is still reeling from the deaths of both her father and her fiancee in the War. Though it has been more than a year since Adam's death and nearly two since her father's, she still cannot convince her mind to believe that it is real. Her sisters decide it's time for the four of them to leave Boston and start new lives away from the pain and difficult memories that haunt them. When they tell Jane about their idea to become mail order brides for men in the Frontier, Jane finds it hard to accept at first; her heart is still with Adam, and she cannot bear the thought of leaving the only home she has ever known--and what's left of the life that they could have had. In the newspaper, however, she finds an intriguing advertisement from a man in Oregon named John Grey. He has suffered heartbreak, too, and Jane thinks that perhaps this just might be the opportunity she needs after all. She makes plans to head out West to help him raise his daughter--which will get her out of Boston--but ultimately, his pain will keep him from wanting the type of relationship she thinks she can never have again. That is, until the letters start. Can these two overcome their own heartaches and find that sometimes it's what is behind us that keeps us going forward? Book 2: Mail Order Bride: Rebecca's Story: Rebecca spends days sifting through advertisements until, finally, she finds one from a man living in the Oregon Territory that sounds just perfect. Mr. Ezra Bolton seems sweet, romantic, and ready to start an enchanting new life with her. When she packs up her life and heads to Oregon, however, Rebecca learns a terrible secret about Mr. Bolton and her chances at the new beginning she longs for are threatened. Will Rebecca manage to find solace in this man, or will all hopes of starting anew be whisked away, leaving her in a more precarious position than she had been in before ever meeting Mr. Bolton? Book 3: Mail Order Bride: Lucy's Story: Lucy Adams dreams of a romance that she felt the Civil War stole from her. Just as she got to the age when she would be able to become a part of society like her older sisters and possibly find a beau, the fighting began, the men went to battle, and life became about far more than just courtship. In her despair, Lucy longs for a romance that will sweep her off her feet and give her a new life. When the time comes to meet her betrothed, however, she might just find that fairy tales are not always as they seem. Will she be able to see beyond what she thought she wanted to find what is truly right for her? Book 4: Mail Order Bride: Rose's Story: Rose knows that her three sisters are eager to get out of Boston; Rose, however, is not convinced by their plan. She does not like the idea of responding to the advertisements and feels that if she had the opportunity, she could make it on her own in the city. She was always more interested in the salons and businesses than courtships and marriage, anyway. When her sisters make it clear that they won't stand for her not joining them in Oregon, however, Rose has to decide how she can stay true to herself but not let down the only family she has left?
In 1870, the four Perry sisters of Binghamton, New York make a pact to find some way of financially supporting their nearly blind mother and their father, who suffers from consumption. They decide to answer ads from men out West looking for wives in the hope that their new lifestyles will enable them to help their parents back East. Book 1: Mail Order Bride Sarah - Sarah, the eldest and a widow, will be the first to respond to a personal ad in San Francisco's Matrimonial News-though as far as she's concerned, her one true love died fighting in the war five years ago. After weeks of combing through ads, Sarah is drawn to thirty-six-year-old homesteader and widower William J. Lindsay's ad for a "calm, good-natured lass from the East to help build his home and hearth." As she and William begin their correspondence, she finds herself having feelings she'd thought had died forever. Will feelings of betrayal get in the way of her blossoming love for William, or will she follow that love out West? Book 2: Mail Order Bride Lizzie - It's spring in 1871, and seventeen year old Lizzie Perry is in love with a shop boy named Henry. She must uphold her end of the pact she made with her sisters, however, so, begrudgingly, Lizzie begins corresponding with Fred, a twenty-five-year-old sheep rancher from Cheyenne, Wyoming, but maintains her relationship with Henry as well. Things change when Lizzie realizes just how impoverished her ailing parents really are. In an effort to help, she resolves to head out west and get to know Fred, though she tells him she won't marry him until she feels she knows him. Once in Wyoming, Lizzie pines for the city, her shop boy, and her general sheep-free lifestyle back in Binghamton. Is Lizzie doomed to pine forever, or will she give this dashing rancher a chance? Book 3: Mail Order Bride Margaret - In the spring of 1872, young Margaret Perry is surprised to receive a letter from John Bartly, the Dakota farmer who she had written to well over a year ago. Mr. Bartly had placed an advertisement in Matrimonial News seeking a bride and caretaker for his children following the unfortunate passing of his beloved wife. Margaret hates the thought of leaving Janie and Thomas, the children to whom she has served as a governess for seven years, but she must accept Mr. Bartly's proposal to come West as her father's struggle with consumption continues to worsen, and her mother's sight has completely deteriorated, leaving them both unable to work. Her one comfort is that Mr. Bartly has two children. When she arrives In Dakota, however, Margaret finds Mr. Bartly to be just as cold in person as he was in his letters-and his children are just as demonic as Janie and Thomas are angelic. Will Margaret find the key to tame Mr. Bartly and his children, or will she be resigned to end her month-long trial at Bartly Farm before she has the chance to have a glimpse of the future they could share? Book 4: Mail Order Bride Ann - Ann Perry has always dreamed of a more independent future. For the past two years, Ann has been studying to become a teacher, attending college by correspondence in secret. Now her professor says that she must come to New York City to practice teaching children in person in order to earn her degree. As she works out the details of how she'll break the news to her parents, Ann keeps her mother happy by responding to the ad of Samuel Burnham, a wealthy San Francisco reporter. Sam seems like a charming fellow, but Ann can't ignore her strong desire to continue on with her studies. Will she tell her parents about her plans for New York City, or will she follow her growing feelings toward Sam out west? This collection features each of the four novellette-length stories in the Sisters Of Binghamton series.
Follow The Adventures Of Four Young Women Traveling West To Find A New Lease On Life And Love After The Civil War New Haven, Connecticut - 1865 Book 1: Mail Order Bride Eleanor: Eleanor James is a young woman whose life has changed dramatically, thanks to the end of the Civil War. The North has been victorious and the men-those that have survived-are returning home in droves. Scarred by the horrors of war, they return to their broken lives to pick up the pieces-pieces that Eleanor and her closest friends have been holding on to while they have been away. Suddenly, Eleanor and her friends have found themselves without jobs and without a certain future. Eleanor's purpose is undecided; she can't say what she wants from life, but when her dear friend suggests that the four of them make a pact to find love and adventure out on the frontier as mail order brides, sudden hope blazes brightly within Eleanor. Might she find something so powerful as love? Can she take that risk? And if she does, will the dangers that await her be more than she bargained for? Book 2: Mail Order Bride Delia: For four women, the Civil War has sparked a bout of change within them that cannot be ignored. For Delia Hennessey, it has created a passion for life that will not be denied. It is the reason that she convinces three of her closest friends to join her in contacting men across the country who have placed advertisements for mail order brides, hoping to find the ones who would be a part of each young woman's next great adventure. They will not travel together, but Delia isn't afraid. She has been awaiting a great change for what seems like her whole life, and now it is within her grasp. When she answers the ad of a wealthy landowner in Wyoming, she is positive that she has met the perfect man-but when she arrives, things are not all as they seem. Can Delia survive this abrupt change of events? And if she does, will she be able to satisfy her lonely, aching heart? Book 3: Mail Order Bride Catherine: Two of Catherine Stuart's three friends have already left New Haven to find love and adventure as mail order brides out west. Young Catherine has found love, too, and she is eager to go out west to Nebraska to meet her betrothed. But have his letters truly prepared her for the man she has yet to meet? Laura, the only friend of their quartet remaining in town suggests not, but Catherine is too excited to listen to reason. An exciting life is waiting for her, and she cannot be bothered to wait. She finds that her friend had a woman's intuition not to be ignored, but is it too late? If she walks away, will she ever find love again? Catherine doesn't know for certain, but her heart craves something that only the west can give her-and she can no longer wait for it to find her. Book 4: Mail Order Bride Laura: The Civil War has just ended, and as the men return home and reclaim their jobs, Laura Masterson has found herself unemployed-and worse, forever without the man she had loved with all her heart. Laura's loneliness is compounded by the fact that the three friends she relied on the most to hold her up through these dark times have already left New Haven to find love out on the frontier. The four young women had agreed to go out west in search of love and adventure as mail order brides, but Laura has yet to leave. She is torn, because she has received letters suggesting that these men might not be all they claim to be. She also worries that she will never find a man who can replace her beloved Elias, so she begins to correspond with a rancher who seeks a marriage of convenience. When she outstays her welcome in her sister's home, she realizes that she cannot delay her journey any longer, and Laura must accept that her life is about to change drastically. She can only hope that it is for the better.
In Ministers and Masters Charity R. Carney presents a thorough account of the way in which Methodist preachers constructed their own concept of masculinity within -- and at times in defiance of -- the constraints of southern honor culture of the early nineteenth century. By focusing on this unique subgroup of southern men, the book explores often-debated concepts like southern honor and patriarchy in a new way. Carney analyzes Methodist preachers both involved with and separate from mainstream southern society, and notes whether they served as itinerants -- venturing into rural towns -- or remained in city churches to witness to an urban population. Either way, they looked, spoke, and acted like outsiders, refusing to drink, swear, dance, duel, or even dress like other white southern men. Creating a separate space in which to minister to southern men, women, and children, oftentimes converting a dancehall floor into a pulpit, they raised the ire of non- Methodists around them. Carney shows how understanding these distinct and often defiant stances provides an invaluable window into antebellum society and also the variety of masculinity standards within that culture. In Ministers and Masters, Carney uses ministers' stories to elucidate notions of secular sinfulness and heroic Methodist leadership, explores contradictory ideas of spiritual equality and racial hierarchy, and builds a complex narrative that shows how numerous ministers both rejected and adopted concepts of southern mastery. Torn between convention and conviction, Methodist preachers created one of the many "Souths" that existed in the nineteenth century and added another dimension to the well-documented culture of antebellum society.
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