Zoe Matthews Books in Order

Widowed seamstress Amanda Drake wants to adopt a girl arriving on an orphan train in Texas. Farmer Craig Parker hopes for a child too, but his repeated marriage proposals complicate Amanda's plans to raise a family independently.

Raised without affection after arriving in Texas on an orphan train, Anna seeks a new beginning as a mail-order bride in Montana. Her plans become complicated when the man welcoming her is not the brother she expected.

Serena struggles to believe she belongs with the kind family who adopted her from an orphan train. Years later, a journey to Montana brings her into Paul's life, offering another chance to confront her doubts about love.

Sent to Texas for a marriage arranged by her dying father, Lydia builds a life with Clinton. When they learn they cannot have children, an arriving orphan train offers the possibility of adopting three siblings together.

After growing up in an adoptive household that pressures her into an unwanted situation, Katrina becomes a teacher on a Montana ranch. Rancher Luke and his daughter offer companionship, but broken promises have left both adults wary of trust.

The Collingsworth siblings gather at their Colorado ranch with spouses and children to celebrate Christmas and a double wedding. Their father's attorney brings a final letter that raises new questions about the family's plans for the ranch.

Returning from Los Angeles after her father's death, Stella helps transform the family ranch while raising her late friend's daughter. Ranch worker Cade offers companionship, but his connection to her mother's death complicates their growing attraction.

Sadie raises her daughter while helping her siblings operate their Colorado dude ranch. When Hunter, the man who abandoned her during pregnancy, returns seeking a place in their child's life, she must weigh his promises against old wounds.

After losing her husband and father, Sierra returns to the family ranch with her twin daughters. The siblings must live there to claim their inheritance, while widowed horse worker Logan offers an unexpected possibility of a new family.

Sheridan learns that a former girlfriend has died, leaving a young son he never knew existed. Traveling to Texas, he meets the boy's caretaker, Megan, and considers a marriage of convenience that might protect him from further heartbreak.

Stephanie returns from Denver to help her siblings run their Colorado ranch, taking charge of housekeeping and decorating. Construction worker Bridger becomes interested in her, but her health problems complicate the possibility of pursuing a relationship with him.

After exchanging messages with Emma throughout the summer, Spencer invites her from New York to his family's Colorado ranch. She begins falling for both the place and its people, while uncertainty about his feelings complicates her hopes.

Leaving the girls' home where she grew up, Savannah travels to Iowa as a mail-order bride for farmer Austin. Their new marriage faces the demands of wheat farming and a failed harvest that forces him to seek work elsewhere.

Unable to support her younger brother after leaving an orphanage, Clara follows a friend's example and becomes a mail-order bride. Texas sheriff Walker expects a wife, but does not know she hopes to bring her brother along.

Nurse Kimberly answers an unusual mail-order bride advertisement and discovers that her match lives in 1892. Meeting lonely rancher Patrick requires traveling into the past, where unfamiliar customs and the demands of ranch life test her decision.

Lizzy leaves her crowded Kansas family farm rather than accept an unwanted marriage, becoming a Harvey Girl at the Grand Canyon. Years later, widowed Nicholas Montgomery and his two sons offer a possibility she had not anticipated.

Raised in a New York girls' home, Sophie seeks a future that lets her work with horses and remain herself. A mail-order marriage to Montana rancher Zach raises questions about whether she wants a husband or his horses.

Rachel leaves the girls' home where she grew up to marry Thornton Winters in Nebraska. She carries a secret about her young child, while his own concealed circumstances threaten the trust their new marriage needs to survive.

Nicky hopes to follow her friend Kimberly into the nineteenth century and finds a possible match in Shaun. His experience of being abandoned before a wedding complicates their correspondence and her hopes of joining him and his daughter.

Tall, unmarried nurse Allison answers a mail-order bride advertisement and travels from North Carolina to South Dakota. Widowed Mitch needs help raising two children, but his insistence on a marriage in name only challenges her hopes for love.

Raised among North Carolina's privileged families, Elizabeth falls in love with Thomas and builds a marriage with him. After the loss of their baby, she searches for renewed purpose through the possibility of caring for orphaned girls.

Bridget longs for adventure after watching her brothers marry women from the future. A visit to Justin in 2006 opens unexpected possibilities, but his career and gifted son's needs complicate the prospect of returning together to her time.

Quinn follows his grandfather's matchmaking plan and corresponds with single mother Grace through a Christian dating service. A proposed marriage could help her daughter and his business ambitions, but their practical arrangement leaves room for unexpected feelings.

With her daughter Megan grown and settled, Barbara feels the emptiness of her own life. A possible romance with Daniel in 1810 offers another beginning, but returning to the past means confronting complications involving Megan's father.

Colleen has loved Garrett since childhood, but his displacement into the past has left him isolated from the mathematics and technology he values. When he returns to his own future, she must consider whether to follow him.

Josephine once expected to marry childhood companion Matthew, but his medical training and her work as a Harvey Girl have changed their lives. As Christmas approaches, her growing friendship with Dalton complicates the future she always imagined.

Harvey Girl Sabrina hopes to become a teacher, yet worries that pursuing her ambition will cost her a chance at family life. Her friendship with cowboy Keith Montgomery opens new possibilities while unexpected danger tests their developing bond.

Recently widowed and pregnant, Emily learns that her husband's family intends to take her baby. Work as a Harvey Girl offers independence, while a new man's promise of security raises difficult questions about trusting another chance at love.

Doctor Keegan faces pressure to accept a different future in 1902. Meanwhile, Megan Conway runs an herb shop in 2015 and dreams of romance, until a connection across time raises unexpected possibilities for both of their lives.

Denver gallery owner Destiny encounters a painting that leads her from 2017 into 1879. Time Travel Guardian Graham arrives from 2045 to recover missing devices, and their growing attraction becomes entangled with dangerous interference in history.

Unromantic Robyn doubts her grandfather's efforts to arrange marriages for his grandchildren, but curiosity leads her to correspond with Bryce Dennison. Their developing friendship challenges her assumptions as his kindness offers support through difficult decisions about her future.

Harvey Girl Holly sees her own childhood reflected in six-year-old Minnie and wants to help her. Returning lawyer Andrew Montgomery hopes to adopt the girl, leading them to consider a marriage of convenience that could create a family.

Searching Yellowstone with her dog in 2018, Riona finds a strange box containing a device. Guardian Trystan arrives from 2045 to retrieve it, but their growing attraction complicates his mission and the divide between their different lives.

Head chef Alex values control and resists his grandfather's matchmaking, while Haven struggles to raise two younger half-sisters after their mother's death. A marriage of convenience could secure their family, but her broken engagement makes trust difficult.

Jeremiah and Katherine reclaim daughters from an orphanage and discover a secret linking their families. A practical marriage and journey along the Oregon Trail bring companionship, but past losses make accepting their growing feelings difficult.

Nurse Emery relies on time-travel guardian Trace to communicate with her twin sister in the future. As their connection deepens, he asks her to change a mistake in his past, raising questions about love and the dangers of altering history.

Widowed Hazel marries stranger Elijah to take her daughter from Philadelphia to Oregon, where her sister lives. Their wagon journey tests her resilience and forces her to weigh loyalty to her late husband against the possibility of new love.