The Bride Who Books Books in Order

This series seems built around bold, unusual heroines whose titles begin the same way but whose lives do not. Each woman is defined by the unexpected thing she does, wants, or refuses to give up.

Marisa Masterson's The Bride Who Mines Gold shows the draw. A woman arrives in Deadwood expecting to claim a right most people would reserve for men, and the story lets that stubbornness drive both the plot and the romance. That makes the series feel lively and a little wilder than a standard mail-order line.

If you like western romances where the heroine is active, disruptive, and not inclined to stay quietly in the background, this shared world should be fun.