Heartbreak Creek

Four unlikely brides make their way westand find love where they least expect it in award-winner Kaki Warners heartwarming series one as stellar as her Blood Rose trilogy* For fans of Linda Lael Miller and Jodi Thomas.... Edwina Ladoux hoped becoming a mail-order bride would be her way out of the war-torn South but as soon as she arrives in Heartbreak Creek Colorado and meets her hulking taciturn groom she realizes shes made a terrible mistake. Declan Brodie already had one flighty wife who ran off with a gambler before being killed by Indians. Hes hoping for a practical farm woman who can corral his four rambunctious children. Instead he gets a skinny Southern princess who doesnt even know how to cook.. Luckily Edwina and Declan agreed on a three-month courtship period allowing them time to get the proxy marriage annulled. Yet as the weeks pass thoughts of annulment turn into hopes for a real marriageuntil the unspeakable happens and suddenly Declan is torn between duty and desire and Edwina has to fight for the family shes grown to love. *The Romance Dish