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Robert "Dent" Hernandez is a US marshal bent on bringin’ ’em in, preferably upright in the saddle, but draped across it works, too. Less interested in justice than revenge, he uses the badge as a license to hunt for his father’s killers. When an arrest goes wrong and he’s temporarily remanded to quaint Evergreen, Wyoming, to act as interim sheriff, he writhes over the delay to his plans. That is, until he meets the very pretty but suspiciously jittery schoolteacher. What is she so afraid of?

Here comes the bride…and he isn’t happy. "Male-Order Bride" - With her father’s passing, Audra Drysdale accepts she needs a man to save her ranch. A mail-order groom will keep her prideful men working and a neighboring rancher at bay. What could go wrong? Part II - "A Proposal So Magical" - Evergreen’s sheriff, Dent Hernandez, has fallen in love and now actually has to do something about it or risk losing the woman he loves.

Novelist Liberty Ridley, participating in a genetic recall study, experiences an ancestor’s memory from the autumn of 1777. Stunned by the detail of the "recollection", she is even more amazed to find she's intensely drawn to Martin Hemsworth - a man who has been dead for two centuries. The feelings must belong to Liberty's ancestor. She couldn't be in love with a ghost, a mere shadow from the past. But what if she is?

When scandalous madam Delilah Goodnight flings open the doors to the newest, most decadent saloon in Defiance, two good men will be forced to face their personal demons. Charles McIntyre founded the rowdy mining town of Defiance and early on was more than happy to rule in hell rather than serve in heaven. But things have changed. Now, he has faith, a new wife...and a 10-year-old half-breed son. Logan Tillane, Defiance’s newly arrive preacher, carries a bible in his hand, a gun on his hip, and uses both to fight for lost souls.

Charles McIntyre owns everything and everyone in the lawless, godless mining town of Defiance. When three good, Christian sisters from his beloved South show up stranded, alone, and offering to open a "nice" hotel, he's intrigued enough to let them stay...especially since he sees feisty middle sister Naomi as a possible conquest. But Naomi, angry with God for widowing her, wants no part of Defiance or the saloon-owning, prostitute-keeping Mr. McIntyre. Yet, it seems that God has gone to elaborate lengths to bring them together....

At the height of WWII, big city news reporter Bryce Richard is tapped to promote the concocted romance of a wounded soldier and Wyoming rodeo queen Lucy Daniels, all in order to sell war bonds. But when Bryce falls in love with Lucy, he must stop her impending fake - but very legal - Christmas wedding by devising his own rugged, western-style proposal.

Widowed by the Civil War, Ruth Grant insists on accompanying her grieving mother-in-law Noemie back to her roots in the beautiful but isolated foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This escape to a place barely touched by war will prove to be anything but peaceful for the two strong-willed women. Montgomery Boaze is the wealthiest farmer in the upstate. He also happens to be a handsome widower. When distant relative Noemie returns home and butts heads with a mutual enemy, Montgomery appoints himself her and Ruth's protector.

A mysterious key hidden in a locket leads Juliet Watts and a handsome military intelligence officer on a journey of riddles, revelations, and romance. For years Juliet has believed her husband died saving a cheap trinket - but the locket for which he foolishly risked his life leads to more and more strange clues.

Left bankrupt and homeless by a worthless husband, Harriet Pullen isn't about to lay down and die. Finding a temporary home for her children, she heads to the gold rush town of Blessings, California, to start over. One carefully planned step at a time, she's going to make a home for her family, regain her financial independence, and build a new ranch - bigger and better than the one she lost. God help the man who ever gets in her way again.

Charles McIntyre built the lawless, godless mining town of Defiance practically with his bare hands...and without any remorse for the lives he destroyed along the way. Then a glimpse of true love, both earthly and heavenly, changed him. The question is, how much? Naomi Miller is a beautiful, decent woman. She says she loves McIntyre, that God does, too, and the past is behind them now. But McIntyre struggles to believe he's worth saving...worth loving. Unfortunately, the temptations in Defiance only reinforce his doubts.

Banished to the dusty cow town of Misery, Wyoming, for an alleged affair, Grace Hendrick is facing the hardest decisions of her life. If she tries to return to Chicago, her husband promises to whisk their four-year-old son off to a boarding school and Grace will never see him again.

Whiskey heiress Brandy Dardanelle has been abandoned at the altar. Seething from the sting to her family honor, she follows the lickspittle’s trail to Denver. However, she doesn’t even have time to unpack when she sees the errant ex-fiancé getting on another train. Afraid of losing her prey, Brandy brashly jumps aboard too. Successful rancher Samuel Elliott, Jr., returning home after negotiating the cattle deal of a lifetime, must now convince his neighbors he’s wise enough and mature enough to handle the details.

Will stepping back in time take her beyond the reach of a violent husband? A love 100 years in the past may hold the key.

If Gracie Erstwhile wants to keep her new homestead, she must do what every other widow in Last Chance, NE has done: choose a mail-order groom. At least having a man around to handle the farm will free her up to pursue her dream of opening a theater.