Böcker av Linda Bridey

Lacey Reagan''s father, Amos, is a violent alcoholic who takes out his frustrations on his daughter. Lacey knows it''s only a matter of time until he kills her, so when an opportunity arises to run away, she takes it. After answering a mail-order-bride advertisement out of desperation, a gallant stranger offers her his assistance in escaping her life of fear and misery. Joe Dwyer, family friend to Luke Samuels and company, receives Lacey''s frantic plea for help, and can''t ignore it. The playboy with a heart of gold provides Lacey with the means to make the trip from North Dakota to Montana, but doesn''t have entirely altruistic motives. In order to gain his inheritance and get rid of his own hated father, Joe needs a wife. When they meet, neither of them intends for their relationship to be anything other than a business arrangement, but as they get to know each other that begins to change. Tragedy strikes, threatening to break their hearts and destroy the bliss they''ve found with each other. With their future together on the line, Lacey and Joe must decide if they have what it takes to make their marriage one that''s real or keep it just business between them.

Dean Samuels, a widower rancher in Montana, is the single father of two young children. His heart is still broken, but he needs someone to help raise his children. Tessa O''Connor is bored in her role as a debutant in Pittsburgh and chaffs under the restraints placed on her by society. She flees to Montana after agreeing to be a mail-order-bride and marry Dean. A strong attraction develops between them, but Dean is reluctant to let another woman into his heart. Can Tessa knock down the walls that surround his wounded heart and help put his fear in the past?

When Jamie meets Luke, Luke is bowled over by the beauty with the emerald green eyes and auburn hair, but is instantly tongue-tied. Jamie is not sure how they''re going to develop a relationship when he can barely talk to her, but she sets out to seduce the handsome man with the soulful brown eyes.

After Maddie O''Connor was brutally attacked, she sinks into a deep depression. Her older sister, Tessa, enlists the help of her brother-in-law, Seth Samuels, to coax Maddie into coming to Dawson to heal. An accident leaves Seth severely injured. Maddie is intrigued by his enticing letters, and agrees to come west. They fall in love, but will their romance survive their different lifestyles?

When Claire travels to Montana for her sister Maddie''s wedding to Seth Samuels, she meets the youngest Samuels brother, Marcus, and they fall in love. Can they find the fortitude to withstand the tests that come their way or will they both end up with broken hearts?