His Substitute Mail-Order Bride

I have loved visiting Cowboy Creek so much over several books and will genuinely miss it! These characters have become so real to me! I especially enjoy characters from previous books popping in and out of current books! That's the best part of books that center around a town or community. Cowboy Creek is just such a place. I'm sad that these books are coming to an end. In this book, we see how a past can come back to haunt us, even though we are hundreds of miles out on the Western frontier! Russ Halloway really wants to have a wife and family. He's tried to "order" a wife on the bride train but discovers she never got on the train! In her place is a recently widowed, Anna Darby Linford (from back East, no less) who just happens to be the sister of the last gal that jilted him! What a coincidence! He's very surprised to find out she's pregnant, even when Anna herself doesn't know! Anna just thinks she's ill :) Anna never wants to be a wife again...the first time was bad enough! She is hoping Russ will help her find employment but as they work together, they forge a bond. I really liked the two of them together and was so happy they ended up together. Anna was a sweet lady and she had been beat down by life. She needed someone to be kind to her and Russ was just the man to do so. Russ needed someone to love him also and Anna was just such a woman! They fit together perfectly! You need to finish all this series and read this book!