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About Kristin Holt
USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt writes Sweet Romances (G- and PG-rated) set in the Victorian American West. While secular in nature, her titles are "Appropriate for All Audiences" and appeal to selective readers, including fans of Christian historical romance. Try Kristin's writing with a free novella: www.KristinHolt.com/newsletter.
She writes frequent articles about the nineteenth century American West--every subject of possible interest to readers and amateur historians.
Kristin is a wife and mom (without grandchildren), a reader, a skilled seamstress, a not-so-skilled housekeeper, a self-taught bread baker and knitter, a Registered Nurse, and former Territory Manager of Weight Watchers. She spends so much time exploring the nineteenth century, she's grateful to live in the twenty-first--with climate control, antibiotics, and successful medical surgeries. After all, she's a surgical veteran, having experienced eight or nine and lived to tell about it.
She writes frequent articles about the nineteenth century American West--every subject of possible interest to readers and amateur historians.
Kristin is a wife and mom (without grandchildren), a reader, a skilled seamstress, a not-so-skilled housekeeper, a self-taught bread baker and knitter, a Registered Nurse, and former Territory Manager of Weight Watchers. She spends so much time exploring the nineteenth century, she's grateful to live in the twenty-first--with climate control, antibiotics, and successful medical surgeries. After all, she's a surgical veteran, having experienced eight or nine and lived to tell about it.
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Blog postVictorian-American newspapers illustrate the rules of etiquette governing New Year's calls. Society's expectations were made public and adherence expected. What did proper decorum require on January 1?
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Blog postBeyond prescriptions (including "Doctor's Own Patent Medicine" -- we've seen a few of those in Part 4), what could osteopathic physicians and medical doctors do to alleviate their patients' suffering from headache?
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Blog postDid Victorian-era Americans partake of tobacco products with ignorant bliss? Or were they aware of health dangers? And were those health dangers remotely accurate (compared to today)?
Join me for a look at various newspaper articles, medical journal pieces, vintage photographs, and more. I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusions.
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Blog postVictorian-American husbands and wives celebrated their wedding anniversaries in a variety of ways. The wealthy held sumptuous dinners and balls in honor of their years of wedded bliss and their guest lists and published itemized gifts showed it! A variety of late-nineteenth-century American etiquette governed much about the Victorian-American Wedding Anniversary, from invitation to gifts to entertainments.
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Blog postToday, March 4, is National Pound Cake Day ~ a perfect day to celebrate Pound Cake in Victorian America.
What is pound cake? What is it made of? Why was it a popular cake with 19th century bakers?
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Blog postAdvertisements from vintage newspapers and periodicals shed much light on the tobacco habits of our nineteenth century United States ancestors. Each ad cites sources, dates, and provides everything from brand names to prices to general categories to help us draw conclusions about tobacco use in the Victorian United States.
Why? Because accurate backdrops make for exciting fiction!
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Blog postPart 3 of an ongoing series ~
Who knew? Tobacco use in the nineteenth century might surprise you! Without today's health warnings, tobacco became a favorite vice among men and women of all ages (including children). Numerous vintage sources paint an accurate backdrop of cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, chewing tobacco, etc., dispelling the myths surrounding tobacco use throughout the American nineteenth century.
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Blog postPart 6 in a series of 11 articles, all about headaches in Victorian America.
Today's article takes a look at various "doctoring at home" remedies published in newspapers and books, all from the final decades of the 19th century, United States of America. Each newspaper or book snippet contains complete citations. Some remedies make sense, some seem like wild guesses, and others are simply ODD.
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Blog postA vintage newspaper (Chicago Tribune, January 1901) sheds light on the dangers of headache powders but also their overwhelming redemptive value. The 'doctor' shares formulary details along with 'life rules' to prevent headaches (such as remaining sober). After all, Victorian-Americans "self-poisoned", thus precipitating their headaches.
This piece is number five in a series of eleven articles: Victorian-American Headaches.
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Blog postPart 4 of an 11-part series: Victorian-American Headaches. Explore five decades' worth of advertisements for various headache remedies. Powders, capsules, tablets, beverages, and pills. Apparently remedies were gaining traction and becoming popular--though none of them contained a 19th-century chemistry breakthrough--Aspirin.
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Timeless Romance Anthology
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**USA TODAY Bestseller**
**Amazon #1 Bestselling series in Clean Romance**
Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Mail Order Bride Collection, now a USA TODAY Bestseller! Six historical romance novellas set in the Old West.
WRITTEN IN HER HEART, a charming novella by Stacy Henrie, Georgeanna is getting desperate. She can’t fund her favorite orphanage unless she marries and secures the rest of her inheritance left by her father. But her father’s financial planner, Clay, can't understand why she's not content with her current situation. Georgie determines to send out a notice as a mail order bride to attract suitors who won’t know her financial situation. Little does she know, Clay takes up the pen and sends her letters of his own under an assumed name. After years of working for Georgie’s father, Clay realizes he isn’t ready to watch her marry another, not when his heart is already claimed by her.
In Kristin Holt’s delightful novella WANTED: MIDWIFE BRIDE Dr. Naomi Thornton thinks she has it all: a beautiful house, a loving husband, and a fulfilling career. But when everything she holds dear is ripped away, Naomi has no choice but to start over. What will she find in the wild and untamed Wyoming Territory? Dr. Joe Chandler has waited years for a wife with the knowledge, skills, and tender heart he yearns for in a medical colleague and lifetime companion. When a midwife arrives with more expertise and secrets than he counted on, Joe quickly discovers there’s more to love and marriage than a simple mail order contract.
In THE SOUND OF HOME, a captivating novella by Annette Lyon, Marilyn is given the choice of either marrying the despicable Victor or being charged with a murder she didn’t commit. Refusing to believe that either is her fate, she finds a third option: she answers a mail order bride advertisement and boards a train to Wyoming to wed a man named Harry. Moments after her arrival, she learns that Harry isn’t who he seemed to be, and the advertisement turns out to be a giant mistake. Harry’s brother Thomas agrees to let her stay until she can figure out what to do next—after all, she simply cannot return to New York—but Marilyn quickly finds herself developing feelings for Thomas.
In Sarah M. Eden’s endearing novella FOR BETTER OR WORSE Gerald Smith, on the advice of his well-meaning neighbors, has decided it’s time to change his lonely existence. Mary Hill, on the advice of her empty pocketbook and non-existent roof over her head, has decided it’s time to secure herself a future. A mail-order marriage, they both realize, is no guarantee of happiness, but it is a risk they are willing to take. However, coming face to face on the train platform, the hapless couple discovers an unexpected truth: marriage to a perfect stranger is sometimes far preferable to the prospect of a lifetime with someone you used to know.
Heather B. Moore’s sweet novella THE INCONVENIENT BRIDE sees Carmela traveling from Boston to Colorado, eager to meet the man she’s been corresponding with and will soon marry. Her brother’s new marriage leaves little room for Carmela in her old life. Upon arrival in Leadville, she faces a rude awakening, and the only one who can understand her predicament is her fiance’s brother, Samuel. But Samuel can’t possibly help her out of an awkward situation, can he?
THE PRICE OF SILVER, an engaging novella by Siân Ann Bessey, Katie leaves New York for Idaho to marry Jake, a man she’s written to a couple of times. But when she steps off the train, his brother Caleb is there to greet her. Jake has gone to take a mining job he couldn’t pass up.
**Amazon #1 Bestselling series in Clean Romance**
Six Award-Winning Authors have contributed new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Mail Order Bride Collection, now a USA TODAY Bestseller! Six historical romance novellas set in the Old West.
WRITTEN IN HER HEART, a charming novella by Stacy Henrie, Georgeanna is getting desperate. She can’t fund her favorite orphanage unless she marries and secures the rest of her inheritance left by her father. But her father’s financial planner, Clay, can't understand why she's not content with her current situation. Georgie determines to send out a notice as a mail order bride to attract suitors who won’t know her financial situation. Little does she know, Clay takes up the pen and sends her letters of his own under an assumed name. After years of working for Georgie’s father, Clay realizes he isn’t ready to watch her marry another, not when his heart is already claimed by her.
In Kristin Holt’s delightful novella WANTED: MIDWIFE BRIDE Dr. Naomi Thornton thinks she has it all: a beautiful house, a loving husband, and a fulfilling career. But when everything she holds dear is ripped away, Naomi has no choice but to start over. What will she find in the wild and untamed Wyoming Territory? Dr. Joe Chandler has waited years for a wife with the knowledge, skills, and tender heart he yearns for in a medical colleague and lifetime companion. When a midwife arrives with more expertise and secrets than he counted on, Joe quickly discovers there’s more to love and marriage than a simple mail order contract.
In THE SOUND OF HOME, a captivating novella by Annette Lyon, Marilyn is given the choice of either marrying the despicable Victor or being charged with a murder she didn’t commit. Refusing to believe that either is her fate, she finds a third option: she answers a mail order bride advertisement and boards a train to Wyoming to wed a man named Harry. Moments after her arrival, she learns that Harry isn’t who he seemed to be, and the advertisement turns out to be a giant mistake. Harry’s brother Thomas agrees to let her stay until she can figure out what to do next—after all, she simply cannot return to New York—but Marilyn quickly finds herself developing feelings for Thomas.
In Sarah M. Eden’s endearing novella FOR BETTER OR WORSE Gerald Smith, on the advice of his well-meaning neighbors, has decided it’s time to change his lonely existence. Mary Hill, on the advice of her empty pocketbook and non-existent roof over her head, has decided it’s time to secure herself a future. A mail-order marriage, they both realize, is no guarantee of happiness, but it is a risk they are willing to take. However, coming face to face on the train platform, the hapless couple discovers an unexpected truth: marriage to a perfect stranger is sometimes far preferable to the prospect of a lifetime with someone you used to know.
Heather B. Moore’s sweet novella THE INCONVENIENT BRIDE sees Carmela traveling from Boston to Colorado, eager to meet the man she’s been corresponding with and will soon marry. Her brother’s new marriage leaves little room for Carmela in her old life. Upon arrival in Leadville, she faces a rude awakening, and the only one who can understand her predicament is her fiance’s brother, Samuel. But Samuel can’t possibly help her out of an awkward situation, can he?
THE PRICE OF SILVER, an engaging novella by Siân Ann Bessey, Katie leaves New York for Idaho to marry Jake, a man she’s written to a couple of times. But when she steps off the train, his brother Caleb is there to greet her. Jake has gone to take a mining job he couldn’t pass up.
Calico Ball (Timeless Western Collection Book 1)
Jul 10, 2018
$3.99
From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes CALICO BALL.
Three brand new Historical Western Romance novellas by Carla Kelly, Sarah M. Eden, and Kristin Holt.
THE KEEPER OF THE WESTERN DOOR by Carla Kelly
When Mary Blue Eye travels to Wyoming Territory with her friend to help her settle into her new married life at Fort Laramie, Mary is treated more like a servant than the friend she thought she was. Thankfully, she finds a new friend in Sergeant Blade, though Mary fears that her Seneca Indian heritage will keep a man like Blade from truly caring for her. Soon Mary is tasked with making fourteen calico dresses in two weeks, and Blade turns out to be the best ally she could ever ask for.
A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT by Sarah M. Eden
Patrick Quinn needs a wife. Hiring maids who leave within weeks to marry another fellow in a female-scarce Wyoming town hasn’t been helpful. Quinn needs a woman who will stay. When he writes to a mail-order bride service, and four-foot-eleven Mirabelle Smith shows up, they agree to each attend to their own duties and tasks. Their marriage will be a convenient arrangement for them both. But sometimes the heart has other ideas.
ISABELLA’S CALICO GROOM by Kristin Holt
Dr. Henry Merritt is desperate for dental patients, especially since Dr. Isabella Pattison arrived in the growing town of Evanston in the Wyoming Territory. It seems the female patients want a woman’s touch, and the male patients are quite fond of a pretty dentist. But if Henry doesn’t find a way to put Isabella out of business, his own practice will go under. When Isabella proposes that they team up together, and Henry gets to know her, he discovers the last thing he wants is for Isabella to leave.
Timeless Regency Collections:
AUTUMN MASQUERADE
A MIDWINTER BALL
SPRING IN HYDE PARK
SUMMER HOUSE PARTY
A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
A SEASON IN LONDON
FALLING FOR A DUKE
A NIGHT IN GROSVENOR SQUARE
ROAD TO GRETNA GREEN
Timeless Victorian Collections:
SUMMER HOLIDAY
A GRAND TOUR
THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Three brand new Historical Western Romance novellas by Carla Kelly, Sarah M. Eden, and Kristin Holt.
THE KEEPER OF THE WESTERN DOOR by Carla Kelly
When Mary Blue Eye travels to Wyoming Territory with her friend to help her settle into her new married life at Fort Laramie, Mary is treated more like a servant than the friend she thought she was. Thankfully, she finds a new friend in Sergeant Blade, though Mary fears that her Seneca Indian heritage will keep a man like Blade from truly caring for her. Soon Mary is tasked with making fourteen calico dresses in two weeks, and Blade turns out to be the best ally she could ever ask for.
A CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT by Sarah M. Eden
Patrick Quinn needs a wife. Hiring maids who leave within weeks to marry another fellow in a female-scarce Wyoming town hasn’t been helpful. Quinn needs a woman who will stay. When he writes to a mail-order bride service, and four-foot-eleven Mirabelle Smith shows up, they agree to each attend to their own duties and tasks. Their marriage will be a convenient arrangement for them both. But sometimes the heart has other ideas.
ISABELLA’S CALICO GROOM by Kristin Holt
Dr. Henry Merritt is desperate for dental patients, especially since Dr. Isabella Pattison arrived in the growing town of Evanston in the Wyoming Territory. It seems the female patients want a woman’s touch, and the male patients are quite fond of a pretty dentist. But if Henry doesn’t find a way to put Isabella out of business, his own practice will go under. When Isabella proposes that they team up together, and Henry gets to know her, he discovers the last thing he wants is for Isabella to leave.
Timeless Regency Collections:
AUTUMN MASQUERADE
A MIDWINTER BALL
SPRING IN HYDE PARK
SUMMER HOUSE PARTY
A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
A SEASON IN LONDON
FALLING FOR A DUKE
A NIGHT IN GROSVENOR SQUARE
ROAD TO GRETNA GREEN
Timeless Victorian Collections:
SUMMER HOLIDAY
A GRAND TOUR
THE ORIENT EXPRESS
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Lessie: Bride of Utah is #45 in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides Series. Each title in this 45-author series stands alone.
LESSIE: BRIDE OF UTAH
~ by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Lessie and her twin sister Josie are entirely on their own. When the Brown Textile Mill burns and Lessie loses her job, long-unemployed Josie insists they seize the opportunity for a fresh start with a pair of husbands in Utah Territory... their best chance of remaining together.
The illusion shatters minutes after the wedding ceremonies when Lessie's new husband Richard Cannon sends the other couple far away to New Mexico Territory. Cannon Mining is under attack from within, and Lessie's husband requires her help to bridge the chasm between his silver-spoon upbringing and the workers he employs-- men who won't hesitate to kill to achieve their goals.
Can a genuine and abiding love be forged from a marriage of convenience?
Set in 1890 Territory of Utah, this Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Novel is 250 paperback pages long, and rated a mild PG for situational violence (mining camp) and brief references to the newlyweds' marital intimacies (not shown within the scenes). All of Kristin Holt's titles are G- and PG-rated: "Sweet Romances Appropriate for All Audiences".
Lessie's story is complete with her own HEA (happily ever after). Her twin sister's story (Josie: Bride of New Mexico, #47 in American Mail-Order Brides Series) is intertwined yet also stands alone. Many readers have suggested reading Lessie first, followed by Josie, though no spoilers will interrupt the story's flow if Josie is read first. Both books are designed to be read independently--so no need to read Josie to enjoy Lessie's full story and hard-won happy ending.
LESSIE: BRIDE OF UTAH
~ by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Lessie and her twin sister Josie are entirely on their own. When the Brown Textile Mill burns and Lessie loses her job, long-unemployed Josie insists they seize the opportunity for a fresh start with a pair of husbands in Utah Territory... their best chance of remaining together.
The illusion shatters minutes after the wedding ceremonies when Lessie's new husband Richard Cannon sends the other couple far away to New Mexico Territory. Cannon Mining is under attack from within, and Lessie's husband requires her help to bridge the chasm between his silver-spoon upbringing and the workers he employs-- men who won't hesitate to kill to achieve their goals.
Can a genuine and abiding love be forged from a marriage of convenience?
Set in 1890 Territory of Utah, this Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Novel is 250 paperback pages long, and rated a mild PG for situational violence (mining camp) and brief references to the newlyweds' marital intimacies (not shown within the scenes). All of Kristin Holt's titles are G- and PG-rated: "Sweet Romances Appropriate for All Audiences".
Lessie's story is complete with her own HEA (happily ever after). Her twin sister's story (Josie: Bride of New Mexico, #47 in American Mail-Order Brides Series) is intertwined yet also stands alone. Many readers have suggested reading Lessie first, followed by Josie, though no spoilers will interrupt the story's flow if Josie is read first. Both books are designed to be read independently--so no need to read Josie to enjoy Lessie's full story and hard-won happy ending.
Other Formats:
Paperback
Pleasance's First Love: A Six Brides for Six Gideons Novella (Book 3) (Grandma's Wedding Quilts 6)
Jan 13, 2017
$2.99
PLEASANCE'S FIRST LOVE
~ by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Colorado 1879
His worst mistake was letting her go.
His second-worst mistake? Bringing her home.
No one will ever know how badly Pleasance Benton's abandonment threw Jacob Gideon. He landed hard, hard enough he didn't care to find a replacement. Now that he needs a woman, he figures the safest way is to order one from a catalog.
Pleasance is back to reclaim her rightful place at Jacob's side. One way or another she'll remind him theirs is a match made in heaven...once the shock wears off. The teensy-weensy problem? Jacob doesn't know that she--his first love--is his catalog bride.
PLEASANCE'S FIRST LOVE is a sweet and wholesome western historical mail order bride romance novella. This title is Book 6 in the multi-author series Grandma's Wedding Quilts, but is also Book 3 in the Six Brides for Six Gideons Series. Jacob Gideon is one of the six Gideon brothers separated when they were young, and as this is the first story in which the men make inroads toward finding each other, there is no need to read the other titles in this series first.
SIX BRIDES FOR SIX GIDEONS Series:
#1: Gideon's Secondhand Bride by Kristin Holt
#2: Courting Miss Cartwright by Kristin Holt
#3: Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt
GRANDMA'S WEDDING QUILTS Series: (every book is available)
#1: Grandma's Wedding Quilts: The Prequel, by Kate Cambridge
#2: Kizzie's Kisses by Zina Abbott
#3: Jessie's Bargain by Kay P. Dawson
#4: Meredith's Mistake by Amelia C. Adams
#5: Monica's Mystery by Kate Cambridge
#6: Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt
#7: Zebulon's Bride by Patricia PacJac Carroll
#8: Ione's Dilemma by Linda Carroll-Bradd
#9: Josie's Dream by Angela Raines
#10: Chase's Story by P.A. Estelle
#11: Gloria's Song by Kathryn Albright
#12: Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield
Each book in this series are sweet, clean (wholesome) romances, and each complete with its own happily ever after. Books in the series are loosely connected and may be read in any order. We do recommend reading The Prequel first. Thank you for your interest in Grandma's Wedding Quilts.
~ by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Colorado 1879
His worst mistake was letting her go.
His second-worst mistake? Bringing her home.
No one will ever know how badly Pleasance Benton's abandonment threw Jacob Gideon. He landed hard, hard enough he didn't care to find a replacement. Now that he needs a woman, he figures the safest way is to order one from a catalog.
Pleasance is back to reclaim her rightful place at Jacob's side. One way or another she'll remind him theirs is a match made in heaven...once the shock wears off. The teensy-weensy problem? Jacob doesn't know that she--his first love--is his catalog bride.
PLEASANCE'S FIRST LOVE is a sweet and wholesome western historical mail order bride romance novella. This title is Book 6 in the multi-author series Grandma's Wedding Quilts, but is also Book 3 in the Six Brides for Six Gideons Series. Jacob Gideon is one of the six Gideon brothers separated when they were young, and as this is the first story in which the men make inroads toward finding each other, there is no need to read the other titles in this series first.
SIX BRIDES FOR SIX GIDEONS Series:
#1: Gideon's Secondhand Bride by Kristin Holt
#2: Courting Miss Cartwright by Kristin Holt
#3: Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt
GRANDMA'S WEDDING QUILTS Series: (every book is available)
#1: Grandma's Wedding Quilts: The Prequel, by Kate Cambridge
#2: Kizzie's Kisses by Zina Abbott
#3: Jessie's Bargain by Kay P. Dawson
#4: Meredith's Mistake by Amelia C. Adams
#5: Monica's Mystery by Kate Cambridge
#6: Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt
#7: Zebulon's Bride by Patricia PacJac Carroll
#8: Ione's Dilemma by Linda Carroll-Bradd
#9: Josie's Dream by Angela Raines
#10: Chase's Story by P.A. Estelle
#11: Gloria's Song by Kathryn Albright
#12: Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield
Each book in this series are sweet, clean (wholesome) romances, and each complete with its own happily ever after. Books in the series are loosely connected and may be read in any order. We do recommend reading The Prequel first. Thank you for your interest in Grandma's Wedding Quilts.
Other Formats:
Paperback
by
Kristin Holt
$2.99
From the publisher of the USA TODAY bestselling & #1 Amazon bestselling Timeless Romance Anthology series in Clean & Wholesome Romance, comes the Timeless Romance Singles line.
SOPHIA'S LEAP-YEAR COURTSHIP: A brand new historical romance novella from USA Today bestselling author Kristin Holt. Winner of the 2018 RONE Award, Novella Category.
Union Pacific Station Agent Chadwick Hughes has everything in a state of readiness to welcome his mail order bride...everything but the bride. The woman he's corresponded with for a year didn't change her mind or miss her train in Omaha--she never existed. Chadwick's mortified to discover he's been swindled by a fraudulent matrimonial agency in Chicago. He needs a lawyer if he'll ever recover a dime of the fortune he spent on worthless membership fees and the nonexistent bride's transportation west.
Sophia Sorensen, Attorney at Law, is a spinster on the edge of propriety. The good people of Wyoming Territory are open to a lot of things, including Lady's Privilege during Leap Years, but some aren't fond of her day-to-day behavior. Why, the woman rides her bicycle hither and yon, showing her petticoat ruffle and ankles. She might be the least ladylike specimen beneath Wyoming skies, but it's entertaining to watch her court the U.P. Station Agent, Chadwick Hughes, the most-eligible bachelor in the county.
More Timeless Romance Singles:
FROM CAIRO, WITH LOVE by Nancy Campbell Allen
SOPHIA'S LEAP-YEAR COURTSHIP by Kristin Holt
STARTING OVER IN STEEPLE RIDGE by Liz Isaacson
THE MATCHMAKING GAME by Donna Hatch
THE HEART ONLY GROWS by Michele Paige Holmes
MORE TROUBLE IN LOVELAND by Jennifer Peel
SOPHIA'S LEAP-YEAR COURTSHIP: A brand new historical romance novella from USA Today bestselling author Kristin Holt. Winner of the 2018 RONE Award, Novella Category.
Union Pacific Station Agent Chadwick Hughes has everything in a state of readiness to welcome his mail order bride...everything but the bride. The woman he's corresponded with for a year didn't change her mind or miss her train in Omaha--she never existed. Chadwick's mortified to discover he's been swindled by a fraudulent matrimonial agency in Chicago. He needs a lawyer if he'll ever recover a dime of the fortune he spent on worthless membership fees and the nonexistent bride's transportation west.
Sophia Sorensen, Attorney at Law, is a spinster on the edge of propriety. The good people of Wyoming Territory are open to a lot of things, including Lady's Privilege during Leap Years, but some aren't fond of her day-to-day behavior. Why, the woman rides her bicycle hither and yon, showing her petticoat ruffle and ankles. She might be the least ladylike specimen beneath Wyoming skies, but it's entertaining to watch her court the U.P. Station Agent, Chadwick Hughes, the most-eligible bachelor in the county.
More Timeless Romance Singles:
FROM CAIRO, WITH LOVE by Nancy Campbell Allen
SOPHIA'S LEAP-YEAR COURTSHIP by Kristin Holt
STARTING OVER IN STEEPLE RIDGE by Liz Isaacson
THE MATCHMAKING GAME by Donna Hatch
THE HEART ONLY GROWS by Michele Paige Holmes
MORE TROUBLE IN LOVELAND by Jennifer Peel
$2.99
Josie: Bride of New Mexico is #47 in the unprecedented 50-book American Mail-Order Brides Series. [Rated PG] Each title in this 45-author series stands alone.
JOSIE: BRIDE OF NEW MEXICO
~ by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Josie and her twin sister Lessie are entirely on their own. When the Brown Textile Mill burns and Lessie loses her job, long-unemployed Josie insists they seize the opportunity for a fresh start with a pair of husbands in Utah Territory... their best chance of remaining together.
The illusion shatters minutes after the wedding ceremonies when Lessie's new husband Richard Cannon sends the other couple far away to New Mexico Territory. Cannon Mining is under attack from within, and Josie's husband Adam requires her help to bridge the chasm between his silver-spoon upbringing and the workers he employs--men who won't hesitate to kill to achieve their goals.
Can a genuine and abiding love be forged from a marriage of convenience?
Set in 1890, along the railway from Territory of Utah to Territory of New Mexico, this Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Novel is 196 paperback pages long, and rated a PG for situational violence (an unidentified villain is determined Adam and Josie will not reach the New Mexico mine alive) and brief references to the newlyweds' marital intimacies (not shown within the scenes). All of Kristin Holt's titles are G- and PG-rated: "Sweet Romances Appropriate for All Audiences".
Josie's story is complete with her own HEA (happily ever after). Her twin sister's story (Lessie: Bride of Utah, #45 in American Mail-Order Brides Series) is intertwined yet also stands alone. Many readers have suggested reading Lessie first, followed by Josie, though no spoilers will interrupt the story's flow if Josie is read first. Both books are designed to be read independently--so no need to read Lessie to enjoy Josie's full story and hard-won happy ending.
JOSIE: BRIDE OF NEW MEXICO
~ by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt ~
Josie and her twin sister Lessie are entirely on their own. When the Brown Textile Mill burns and Lessie loses her job, long-unemployed Josie insists they seize the opportunity for a fresh start with a pair of husbands in Utah Territory... their best chance of remaining together.
The illusion shatters minutes after the wedding ceremonies when Lessie's new husband Richard Cannon sends the other couple far away to New Mexico Territory. Cannon Mining is under attack from within, and Josie's husband Adam requires her help to bridge the chasm between his silver-spoon upbringing and the workers he employs--men who won't hesitate to kill to achieve their goals.
Can a genuine and abiding love be forged from a marriage of convenience?
Set in 1890, along the railway from Territory of Utah to Territory of New Mexico, this Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Novel is 196 paperback pages long, and rated a PG for situational violence (an unidentified villain is determined Adam and Josie will not reach the New Mexico mine alive) and brief references to the newlyweds' marital intimacies (not shown within the scenes). All of Kristin Holt's titles are G- and PG-rated: "Sweet Romances Appropriate for All Audiences".
Josie's story is complete with her own HEA (happily ever after). Her twin sister's story (Lessie: Bride of Utah, #45 in American Mail-Order Brides Series) is intertwined yet also stands alone. Many readers have suggested reading Lessie first, followed by Josie, though no spoilers will interrupt the story's flow if Josie is read first. Both books are designed to be read independently--so no need to read Lessie to enjoy Josie's full story and hard-won happy ending.
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Audrey Appenzeller ,
Victoria Bylin ,
Lyn Cote ,
Judy DeVries ,
Danica Favorite ,
Janet W. Ferguson ,
Deborah Hale ,
Eva Maria Hamilton ,
Sharon Hinck ,
Kristin Holt ,
Carole Lehr Johnson ,
Jill Kemerer ,
Wendy Lawton ,
Jackie Layton ,
Catherine Lynn ,
Autumn Macarthur ,
Kathy McKinsey ,
Dineen Miller ,
Robin Patchen ,
James L. Rubart ,
Renee Ryan ,
Regina Scott ,
Morgan Tarpley Smith ,
Anna Spencer ,
Jennifer Spinola ,
Camille Elliot ,
Janet Tronstad ,
MaryLu Tyndall ,
Lenora Worth ,
Cheryl Wyatt ,
Kathleen Y’Barbo
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For women struggling with all aspects of their lives, 31 authors have written heartfelt devotional readings through the Biblical book of Matthew. We pray that from this devotional book, you will realize that Jesus loves you deeply. You are not alone. There is no place you have gone that is too far away from God, and He can help you to be the person who you want to be.
Compiled by Camy Tang
Contributors:
Audrey Appenzeller
Victoria Bylin
Lyn Cote
Judy DeVries
Danica Favorite
Janet W. Ferguson
Deborah Hale
Eva Maria Hamilton
Sharon Hinck
Kristin Holt
Carole Lehr Johnson
Jill Kemerer
Wendy Lawton
Jackie Layton
Catherine Lynn
Autumn Macarthur
Kathy McKinsey
Dineen Miller
Robin Patchen
James L. Rubart
Renee Ryan
Regina Scott
Morgan Tarpley Smith
Anna Spencer
Jennifer Spinola
Camy Tang/Camille Elliot
Janet Tronstad
MaryLu Tyndall
Lenora Worth
Cheryl Wyatt
Kathleen Y’Barbo
Compiled by Camy Tang
Contributors:
Audrey Appenzeller
Victoria Bylin
Lyn Cote
Judy DeVries
Danica Favorite
Janet W. Ferguson
Deborah Hale
Eva Maria Hamilton
Sharon Hinck
Kristin Holt
Carole Lehr Johnson
Jill Kemerer
Wendy Lawton
Jackie Layton
Catherine Lynn
Autumn Macarthur
Kathy McKinsey
Dineen Miller
Robin Patchen
James L. Rubart
Renee Ryan
Regina Scott
Morgan Tarpley Smith
Anna Spencer
Jennifer Spinola
Camy Tang/Camille Elliot
Janet Tronstad
MaryLu Tyndall
Lenora Worth
Cheryl Wyatt
Kathleen Y’Barbo
The Cowboy Steals a Bride: A Sweet Historical Mail Order Bride Romance (The Husband-Maker Trilogy Book 2)
Oct 20, 2013
by
Kristin Holt
$3.99
THE COWBOY STEALS A BRIDE
A Sweet Historical Mail Order Bride Romance (Rated PG)
The Husband-Maker Trilogy, Book 2
[Note: Each book in this trilogy stands alone and may be read in any order]
Intended for his brother, but perfect for him.
What's a cowboy to do?
California 1896
She's given up everything to seize her dream...
Julia Tyndall knows exactly what she wants: freedom and her choice of husbands, far away from Baltimore society.
Holmes's letters won her over, but it's the work-hardened, beautifully imperfect reality in denim and chambray that steals her heart. But it's not Holmes she meets on the train platform...it's his brother.
Days stretch into weeks and Holmes is nowhere to be found. How is a bride to remember and honor a marriage agreement when her groom's never around?
He's losing his heart to his brother's bride...
Conrad Macquarie doesn't have much patience for women on his dairy, even his brother's bride. She's enamored with the intricate workings of his dairy enterprise, too intelligent, uncommonly beautiful, a far sight too appealing.
Worse yet, she's the only woman who's ever seen past the scarred surface to the man beneath. Every moment spent with her blurs the familial lines, heating friendship into more than he should take. But it's so much less than he wants.
If Holmes doesn't get himself home soon, there's no telling what lines Conrad just might cross.
The Cowboy Steals a Bride is a full-length historical romance of approximately 95,000 words (375 paperback book pages).
This is a stand-alone sweet romance, complete with hard-earned happy ending. It is the second book in the Husband-Maker Trilogy.
A Sweet Historical Mail Order Bride Romance (Rated PG)
The Husband-Maker Trilogy, Book 2
[Note: Each book in this trilogy stands alone and may be read in any order]
Intended for his brother, but perfect for him.
What's a cowboy to do?
California 1896
She's given up everything to seize her dream...
Julia Tyndall knows exactly what she wants: freedom and her choice of husbands, far away from Baltimore society.
Holmes's letters won her over, but it's the work-hardened, beautifully imperfect reality in denim and chambray that steals her heart. But it's not Holmes she meets on the train platform...it's his brother.
Days stretch into weeks and Holmes is nowhere to be found. How is a bride to remember and honor a marriage agreement when her groom's never around?
He's losing his heart to his brother's bride...
Conrad Macquarie doesn't have much patience for women on his dairy, even his brother's bride. She's enamored with the intricate workings of his dairy enterprise, too intelligent, uncommonly beautiful, a far sight too appealing.
Worse yet, she's the only woman who's ever seen past the scarred surface to the man beneath. Every moment spent with her blurs the familial lines, heating friendship into more than he should take. But it's so much less than he wants.
If Holmes doesn't get himself home soon, there's no telling what lines Conrad just might cross.
The Cowboy Steals a Bride is a full-length historical romance of approximately 95,000 words (375 paperback book pages).
This is a stand-alone sweet romance, complete with hard-earned happy ending. It is the second book in the Husband-Maker Trilogy.
by
Kristin Holt
$2.99
THE GUNSMITH'S BRIDE by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt
A Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Romance Novella (Rated PG)
Holidays in Mountain Home Series, Book 6
The books in this series are loosely connected and may be read in any order.
Mountain Home, Colorado
June 1885
Morgan Hudson can't begrudge his widowed father a second chance at happiness. So when Dad's mail-order bride arrives in Mountain Home with a beautiful daughter, Morgan's life flips upside down. The lovesick fifty-year-olds need a chaperone, and Morgan can't remember to treat Lizzy like a sister. Will their emergent love survive their parents' romance, threats from the past, and a law forbidding kissing on the streets of Mountain Home?
Can Morgan welcome the same difficult woman as stepmother and mother-in-law?
THE GUNSMITH'S BRIDE is a sweet and clean (wholesome), western historical mail-order bride romance novella of 179 paperback pages. This title was previously published within the mutli-author Kindle collection, GUNSMOKE & GINGHAM (2017).
A Sweet Western Historical Mail-Order Bride Romance Novella (Rated PG)
Holidays in Mountain Home Series, Book 6
The books in this series are loosely connected and may be read in any order.
Mountain Home, Colorado
June 1885
Morgan Hudson can't begrudge his widowed father a second chance at happiness. So when Dad's mail-order bride arrives in Mountain Home with a beautiful daughter, Morgan's life flips upside down. The lovesick fifty-year-olds need a chaperone, and Morgan can't remember to treat Lizzy like a sister. Will their emergent love survive their parents' romance, threats from the past, and a law forbidding kissing on the streets of Mountain Home?
Can Morgan welcome the same difficult woman as stepmother and mother-in-law?
THE GUNSMITH'S BRIDE is a sweet and clean (wholesome), western historical mail-order bride romance novella of 179 paperback pages. This title was previously published within the mutli-author Kindle collection, GUNSMOKE & GINGHAM (2017).
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Unmistakably Yours: A Holidays in Mountain Home Romance, book eight (Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection One 7)
Sep 13, 2018
by
Kristin Holt
$4.99
One prize.
Two contestants.
Three Miracles.
Expanding Hank Murphy's grocery emporium into the adjacent storefront should be easy, as he and the landlord already shook hands. Yet his clueless neighbor, Miss Jane Vancoller, intends to enlarge her silly Tea Room into the not-so-vacant premises. The Tea Room is plenty large, but the grocery emporium must stockpile adequate winter supplies before winter's blizzards close off the high mountain valley.
Negotiations should be simple, but the landlord delights in pitting Hank and Jane against one another, and foolishly involves the community--and the annual Harvest Celebration--in the business decision. The festive atmosphere tempts matchmakers to unite the disparate Tea Room and Grocery Emporium, along with incompatible Hank and Jane.
Discovering a solution...
Warding off misguided matchmakers...
Uniting two hearts ravaged by the past...
... Will take a Thanksgiving miracle!
.
UNMISTAKABLY YOURS by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt, is a sweet western historical inspirational romance novel (clean language and sweet kisses--and nothing more). Unmistakably Yours is book 7 in the Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection One Series, and book 8 in the Holidays in Mountain Home Series.
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THANKSGIVING BOOKS & BLESSINGS, Collection One
All titles STAND ALONE and may be read in any order:
* Book 1: GONE TO TEXAS by Caryl McAdoo
* Book 2: GATEWAY TO THE WEST by Susette Williams
* Book 3: TRAIL TO CLEAR CREEK by Kit Morgan
* Book 4: HEART AND HOME by P. Creeden
* Book 5: NO TURNING BACK by Lynette Sowell
* Book 6: DAUGHTER OF DEFIANCE by Heather Blanton
* Book 7: UNMISTAKABLY YOURS by Kristin Holt
* Book 8: ESTHER'S TEMPTATION by Lena Nelson
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HOLIDAYS IN MOUNTAIN HOME Series:
All titles STAND ALONE and may be read in any order:
.
Listed in Series Order:
Prequel: This Noelle (free to newsletter subscribers: KristinHolt.com/newsletter)
Book 1: Home for Christmas (Christmas Novella)
Book 2: Maybe This Christmas (Christmas Novella)
Book 3: The Marshal's Surrender (Christmas NOVEL)
Book 4: The Drifter's Proposal (Christmas Novella)
Book 5: Courting Miss Cartwright (Founder's Day Novella)
Book 6: The Gunsmith's Bride (Independence Day Novella)
Book 7: The Witching Eve (Halloween SHORT STORY)
Book 8: Unmistakably Yours (Thanksgiving NOVEL)
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For much more information, visit KristinHolt.com/holidays-in-mountain-home
Two contestants.
Three Miracles.
Expanding Hank Murphy's grocery emporium into the adjacent storefront should be easy, as he and the landlord already shook hands. Yet his clueless neighbor, Miss Jane Vancoller, intends to enlarge her silly Tea Room into the not-so-vacant premises. The Tea Room is plenty large, but the grocery emporium must stockpile adequate winter supplies before winter's blizzards close off the high mountain valley.
Negotiations should be simple, but the landlord delights in pitting Hank and Jane against one another, and foolishly involves the community--and the annual Harvest Celebration--in the business decision. The festive atmosphere tempts matchmakers to unite the disparate Tea Room and Grocery Emporium, along with incompatible Hank and Jane.
Discovering a solution...
Warding off misguided matchmakers...
Uniting two hearts ravaged by the past...
... Will take a Thanksgiving miracle!
.
UNMISTAKABLY YOURS by USA Today Bestselling Author Kristin Holt, is a sweet western historical inspirational romance novel (clean language and sweet kisses--and nothing more). Unmistakably Yours is book 7 in the Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection One Series, and book 8 in the Holidays in Mountain Home Series.
.
THANKSGIVING BOOKS & BLESSINGS, Collection One
All titles STAND ALONE and may be read in any order:
* Book 1: GONE TO TEXAS by Caryl McAdoo
* Book 2: GATEWAY TO THE WEST by Susette Williams
* Book 3: TRAIL TO CLEAR CREEK by Kit Morgan
* Book 4: HEART AND HOME by P. Creeden
* Book 5: NO TURNING BACK by Lynette Sowell
* Book 6: DAUGHTER OF DEFIANCE by Heather Blanton
* Book 7: UNMISTAKABLY YOURS by Kristin Holt
* Book 8: ESTHER'S TEMPTATION by Lena Nelson
.
HOLIDAYS IN MOUNTAIN HOME Series:
All titles STAND ALONE and may be read in any order:
.
Listed in Series Order:
Prequel: This Noelle (free to newsletter subscribers: KristinHolt.com/newsletter)
Book 1: Home for Christmas (Christmas Novella)
Book 2: Maybe This Christmas (Christmas Novella)
Book 3: The Marshal's Surrender (Christmas NOVEL)
Book 4: The Drifter's Proposal (Christmas Novella)
Book 5: Courting Miss Cartwright (Founder's Day Novella)
Book 6: The Gunsmith's Bride (Independence Day Novella)
Book 7: The Witching Eve (Halloween SHORT STORY)
Book 8: Unmistakably Yours (Thanksgiving NOVEL)
.
For much more information, visit KristinHolt.com/holidays-in-mountain-home
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by
Kristin Holt
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Between MAYBE THIS CHRISTMAS and THE MARSHAL'S SURRENDER...
Blame it on the moon.
Before U.S. Marshal-turned-Sheriff August "Gus" Rose fell in love with Noelle Finlay in THE MARSHAL'S SURRENDER, their paths crossed on Halloween. That full-moon night might have begun like so many All Hallows Eves in Noelle's life, but quick as a wink, the parlor games take a turn for the worse. What better place to tell ghost stories than in a haunted house?
"It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt."
What is lawman Gus to do when the trouble-seeking girls use his house--complete with cobwebs and shadows--for their ghost stories? Will he arrive in time to save Noelle?
Set in 1900, this sweet, clean (language) western historical romance SHORT STORY is a stand-alone title in the Holidays in Mountain Home Series. This short story is 57 paperback pages long, including front- and back matter.
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Discover much more about each title on the Holidays in Mountain Home Series Page: KristinHolt.com/holidays-in-mountain-home-series (copy and paste, or ensure Kristin is spelled "e-free").
Blame it on the moon.
Before U.S. Marshal-turned-Sheriff August "Gus" Rose fell in love with Noelle Finlay in THE MARSHAL'S SURRENDER, their paths crossed on Halloween. That full-moon night might have begun like so many All Hallows Eves in Noelle's life, but quick as a wink, the parlor games take a turn for the worse. What better place to tell ghost stories than in a haunted house?
"It's all fun and games until somebody gets hurt."
What is lawman Gus to do when the trouble-seeking girls use his house--complete with cobwebs and shadows--for their ghost stories? Will he arrive in time to save Noelle?
Set in 1900, this sweet, clean (language) western historical romance SHORT STORY is a stand-alone title in the Holidays in Mountain Home Series. This short story is 57 paperback pages long, including front- and back matter.
.
Discover much more about each title on the Holidays in Mountain Home Series Page: KristinHolt.com/holidays-in-mountain-home-series (copy and paste, or ensure Kristin is spelled "e-free").
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