Mail Order Brides of Shadow Gulch Books in Order

Carey Smith escapes her violent stepfather through a marriage arranged by her dying mother. In Idaho, she hopes to become a mother to little Aimee, but the child’s sheriff father seems devoted only to his work.

Rebecca Vanderhall escapes an arranged marriage by taking her mother west to meet a different groom. In Idaho, doubts about her intended and an attraction to a kindly innkeeper complicate the refuge she hoped to find.

Her father’s death leaves Margaret Jameston penniless and dependent on charity. A marriage agency sends her to Idaho and the seemingly respectable Benjamin Tupper, but his hidden past threatens the security she hoped their marriage would provide.

Bell Wade escapes an unwanted marriage by accepting a doctor’s proposal through a matrimonial agency. When she reaches Idaho, she discovers his niece wrote the advertisement, leaving her to decide whether an unexpected match can still work.

An accident left Shiloh Wheaton orphaned and scarred, and she hopes marriage will offer a fresh start. A widowed Idaho preacher needs a mother for his daughter, bringing two bereaved strangers toward an uncertain shared future.

Sally Johnson flees an unwanted engagement for marriage to an Idaho rancher with an infant daughter. Unprepared for household work and her husband’s reserve, she questions her choice until disaster begins to reveal a different side of him.

Sent west for an unwanted marriage, Sadie Alberts survives a disaster near Shadow Gulch but loses her memory. A doctor’s family offers refuge, leaving her to rebuild a life without knowing the past she has escaped.

Madeline Reynolds reluctantly follows her husband from Boston to Idaho, then loses him to outlaws. A rancher shelters the stranded widow, but her determination to return east clashes with the affection growing in her new home.