Sweet Haven California Series by Sarah Christian

Widowed at a young age, left saddled with debt and a baby on the way, Ramona Benjamin needed an escape from Santa Barbara before her dead husband's enemies closed in. Never in her life had she expected to go up north into the wild, untamed land of redwoods, but desperate times called for desperate measures and she answered an ad in the newspaper for a wife. Zeke Lincoln had plans for his inheritance... moreWidowed at a young age, left saddled with debt and a baby on the way, Ramona Benjamin needed an escape from Santa Barbara before her dead husband's enemies closed in. Never in her life had she expected to go up north into the wild, untamed land of redwoods, but desperate times called for desperate measures and she answered an ad in the newspaper for a wife. Zeke Lincoln had plans for his inheritance. His father before him had grown wealthy off the land with a sprawling and loving family, now Zeke was ready to repeat his father's feat, carving out a horse ranch from the untouched wilderness. He sent off for a bride, but never expected a defiant beauty who would expand his family much sooner than expected. What's a man to do with a pregnant mail order bride? This short novella is a prologue to the Sweet Haven California series, telling the origins the Lincoln family, introduced in Cowboy's Harmony, Sweet Town #18. The historical Pacific Northwest has never been so vibrant as it is in Sarah Christian's Sweet Haven California series. Mixing the real history of the settlement of Humboldt Bay by European pioneers with fiction, the town of Sweet Haven is hailed as the Jewel of the Ultimate West, where the redwoods touch the sky and possibilities never end. Sweet Haven romances tell the intertwining stories of the people of the Pacific Northwest who fall in love, fight for land and power, and establish dynasties that will outlast them all. Cowboys and mail order brides can be found here, but so too can lumberjacks, fishermen, and outlaws running from their pasts. Welcome to Sweet Haven. less

Armed with daring theories and her own dreams of starting a new life, Nurse Adele Hawkins travels to the untamed wilderness of northern California. Here she is thrust into tumultuous family politics, mystery, tragedy, and the arms of a rancher she shouldn't want but can't resist. As the eldest son of a burgeoning dynasty, James Lincoln has carried a heavy burden keeping the ranch running ever since his father fell ill... moreArmed with daring theories and her own dreams of starting a new life, Nurse Adele Hawkins travels to the untamed wilderness of northern California. Here she is thrust into tumultuous family politics, mystery, tragedy, and the arms of a rancher she shouldn't want but can't resist. As the eldest son of a burgeoning dynasty, James Lincoln has carried a heavy burden keeping the ranch running ever since his father fell ill. Adele might be the one who can save him, but first James must wrestle with the threat this mysterious woman holds to the life he thought he would live. With far too much weighing on their shoulders, James and Adele must fight for the dreams they've dared not chase. The historical Pacific Northwest has never been so vibrant as it is in Sarah Christian's Sweet Haven California series. Mixing the real history of the settlement of Humboldt Bay by European pioneers with fiction, the town of Sweet Haven is hailed as the Jewel of the Ultimate West, where the redwoods touch the sky and possibilities never end. Sweet Haven romances tell the intertwining stories of the people of the Pacific Northwest who fall in love, fight for land and power, and establish dynasties that will outlast them all. Cowboys and mail order brides can be found here, but so too can lumberjacks, fishermen, and outlaws running from their pasts. Welcome to Sweet Haven. less