Overcoming Brides Series by April Jensen

1895, Montana They both want to forget timeworn betrayal. They’re brought together through letters and a love of the land. But their pasts—separate and shared—threaten to destroy their newfound love. Son of a law-breaker, homesteader Ben Crenshaw swears he’ll forget all family ties and pursue a respectable way of life. He starts by marrying Hyacinth Payne, a girl from the east he courted by correspondence... more1895, Montana They both want to forget timeworn betrayal. They’re brought together through letters and a love of the land. But their pasts—separate and shared—threaten to destroy their newfound love. Son of a law-breaker, homesteader Ben Crenshaw swears he’ll forget all family ties and pursue a respectable way of life. He starts by marrying Hyacinth Payne, a girl from the east he courted by correspondence. On their wedding day, just as he thinks life couldn’t seem more promising, an old foe crosses his path and threatens the future he desires. With the death of her aunt, schoolteacher Hyacinth Payne is alone in the world. After a year of writing Ben, she agrees to marry him, thinking she’s finally found what she longed for—a family and the chance to return to Montana. But upon arriving in Montana, she learns things about Ben that make her wonder if she made a mistake boarding the train headed west. As Ben and Hyacinth struggle to make a face-to-face relationship work, secrets are revealed, and they realize they don’t know each other as well as they thought. Meanwhile, figures reappear and demand attention to a past they both wished forgotten. These adversaries are not easily sent away, and, if compelled to go, they just might take Ben and Hyacinth with them…to the grave. A sweet/inspirational mail-order bride western romance Stand alone. One couple finds their happily ever after. No Cliffhangers! less

Beth doesn’t want to be a burden, especially to the brother who took her in at fourteen. As she turns twenty-one, her family pressures her to marry, but a refused marriage proposal harms her reputation. Her chance of finding a husband in her hometown eliminated, she resorts to composing an advertisement to become a mail-order bride. Since his father’s murder, Pete Haseley has been single-minded in his search for the killer... moreBeth doesn’t want to be a burden, especially to the brother who took her in at fourteen. As she turns twenty-one, her family pressures her to marry, but a refused marriage proposal harms her reputation. Her chance of finding a husband in her hometown eliminated, she resorts to composing an advertisement to become a mail-order bride. Since his father’s murder, Pete Haseley has been single-minded in his search for the killer. He has little thought of marriage, let alone to a girl he’s never met. But to please his grieving mother, he agrees. For he assumes, if he can run the largest ranch around how hard can marriage be? A sweet mail-order bride romance OVERCOMING BRIDES series Saving Hyacinth (Book 1) Restoring Beth (Book 2) Rescuing Cassie (Book 3) Coming Soon less

An orphan, Cassie knows the value of family, especially the one that adopted her. On the verge of becoming a mail-order bride and starting her own family, a person from her past reappears. And all her plans are jeopardized. Worried about unresolved conflict between him and his fiance, Sam arrives at his future father-in-law’s Wyoming ranch. But instead of finding a chance to make things right with Cassie, he finds the ranch deserted except for a dead man, shot between the eyes... moreAn orphan, Cassie knows the value of family, especially the one that adopted her. On the verge of becoming a mail-order bride and starting her own family, a person from her past reappears. And all her plans are jeopardized. Worried about unresolved conflict between him and his fiance, Sam arrives at his future father-in-law’s Wyoming ranch. But instead of finding a chance to make things right with Cassie, he finds the ranch deserted except for a dead man, shot between the eyes. OVERCOMING BRIDES series Saving Hyacinth (Book 1) Available Restoring Beth (Book 2) Available Rescuing Cassie (Book 3) Available Title TBA (Book 4) Coming December 2015 less

At eighteen, Derek Stillwell fell in love with the girl next door, his best friend and confidante, Sylvia Antley. But youth, time, and circumstance separated them. Eight years later, Derek has the chance to make up for all the mistakes, all the lost chances, if he will only grab hold of the opportunity. Sylvia Antley's world crashed around her at eighteen, and she lost everything--her future, her love, her hope... moreAt eighteen, Derek Stillwell fell in love with the girl next door, his best friend and confidante, Sylvia Antley. But youth, time, and circumstance separated them. Eight years later, Derek has the chance to make up for all the mistakes, all the lost chances, if he will only grab hold of the opportunity. Sylvia Antley's world crashed around her at eighteen, and she lost everything--her future, her love, her hope. Eight years later, a far more practical and cynical Sylvia knows to temper her expectations in life. Life offers up another chance at her forgotten dreams, and she must decide to embrace the chance or accept a girl's dreams never do come true. A sweet western romance OVERCOMING BRIDES series Saving Hyacinth (Book 1) Restoring Beth (Book 2) Rescuing Cassie (Book 3) OVERCOMING BRIDES: CHRISTMAS NOVELETTES Treasuring Polly (Book 1) less