Publisher's Synopsis
Half A Man Is Good Enough For Her - Two sisters escape an abusive home in England to seek love in Oregon with two brothers, as mail order brides to the men. What will the matches be, and will one sister be able to break through one brother's hard exterior to find any love within him? The Secret Message - A poor and lonely Victorian woman eking out her living in Brighton by making seashell jewelry finds a message in a bottle on the beach and vows to find the man who wrote it. The Rancher & the Wild Woman - When a potential mail order bride shows up on his doorstep unannounced, Norm decides, albeit reluctantly, to let her stay and then he's completely surprised by her astounding skills at riding and breaking horses, and many other things. The California Cowboy & The Pregnant & Jilted English Orphan - An English woman is jilted by her boyfriend after he promises to marry her and she becomes pregnant. She makes the long trip out to California to become the mail order bride of a farmer who appears alternately angry about her arrival, and reclusive at the same time. It takes a while for the woman to ferret out the truth but friends she meets along the way help, and eventually she sees a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.
