Katie: The Rejected Big Beautiful Woman Loved by the Cowboy (Steadfast Brides Going West #3)

The year is 1861 and Katie, an overweight young woman, is losing her job. Orphaned at a young age and raised in a girl’s home, she has been working as a waitress in Mike’s bar since she turned eighteen. The country is at war and Mike can’t afford to pay her salary, so now what’s she going to do? An advertisement in the newspaper for mail order brides looks like her only option.

Katie doesn’t think any man will consider her worth a second glance, so maybe that’s why she didn’t disclose her weight issue when writing to the matrimonial agency. She’s surprised when Jim Baxter sends her money to move to Colorado and marry him. A rich man, the owner of a coal mine wants to marry her – who’d have believed it?

On the train headed west, a chance encounter and conversation with handsome cowboy, Travis, starts her wondering why he doesn’t like Jim.

Travis can’t get Katie off his mind. He doesn’t see her the way she sees herself. She’s sweet and kind, just the kind of woman he could see himself marrying. But, she’s heading to marry that good-for-nothing Jim.

How will Katie’s story end? Will she marry Jim or Travis? Will Katie come to embrace how special she truly is?


Libbie hopes you enjoy reading this clean mail order bride short story.

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The first two books in this series are now available:
Book 1 - Maymie: Tricked by the Rancher’s Daughter is now available.
Book 2 – Julia: Big Beautiful Bride Mends the Farmer’s Heart