The Brides of San Francisco Books in Order

Widow Nellie Wallace takes her children to San Francisco to escape cruel relatives and become a mail-order bride. Saloon owner Blake Malone wants a family to advance his business plans, but attachment and outside threats complicate their practical arrangement.

Penniless widow Annie takes a cooking job in Nick Cartwright's saloon to support her baby and fund a return to New York. Nick wants a future together, but her objections to his business threaten their growing attachment.

Believing her fiancé died in the Civil War, Cora Jones travels to San Francisco to marry Harry Belcher. Asa's unexpected return leaves her with two suitors, and she allows both men to court her before choosing a husband.

Singer Amelia James leaves New York's stage to become a bride in San Francisco, hoping to be loved for herself. Prospector Phillip Dumont needs help with his sister but distrusts women, while an old partner threatens his new family.

Rejected when her fiancé chooses her sister, Sophia Hayes becomes a bride to widowed sea captain Robert Langley. She hopes for love and a family, but his reluctance and her sister's renewed interference complicate their life together.

Lionel Plantier is hired to kidnap Violet Malone for a dangerous man, but her kindness changes his intentions. Offering marriage as protection, the scarred bounty hunter must face the threat he was originally paid to serve.