Wagon Train Matches series
Featured Title
Heart’s Perilous Journey
Maddie Fairfax may be young, but on this Oregon-bound wagon train, the pioneers welcome help from the self-trained nurse. Until Dr. Jason Goodwin joins up with their company. The doctor portrays a frosty exterior, but Maddie may be the only one who sees the profound loneliness that haunts him.
After losing his wife and children in a terrible accident, Jason has vowed not to open his heart again. But when Maddie takes on the care of three young orphans, Jason finds himself entangled in the lives of the makeshift family. And as their journey west continues, Maddie’s radiant compassion begins to light up the darkest corners of his heart.
Until the unthinkable happens. Will Jason’s guarded heart and Maddie’s untamed spirit pull them apart?
“…pure sweetness in a very readable package, perfect for those who like their romance gentle, G-rated, and family-style.” – Publisher’s Weekly about The Homesteader’s Sweetheart
Books in this series:
A Trail So Lonesome
Spending five months eating trail dust wasn’t Leo Spencer’s first choice. Or his second. He’s not one to run away, but some situations can’t be fixed and his family—two brothers and a sister—needs to start over. Which is how he finds himself on a westbound wagon train.
Evangeline has a secret, one that has sent her on a journey across the plains on the Oregon Trail. When her father is badly hurt and she needs help, Leo is there. A deal is struck and the two unlikely friends form an alliance… that leads to more.
But Evangeline’s secret looms over her… and Leo’s family troubles are far from over.
Trail of Secrets
Stella is the oldest of three sisters and she’s got a long history of being the one to protect and provide for her family. When a dangerous threat sent the Fairfax sisters on a wagon train journey west, Stella knew her best bet was to disguise herself as a man to keep herself and her sisters safe.
Collin Mason has secrets of his own. And his family isn’t short on drama either, not with his troublemaking twin and an older brother about to get hitched. But he’s the only one who sees the real Stella—and that she needs help.
Collin sees the vulnerability Stella tries so hard to hide. When he becomes the only one she can trust and she discovers that danger has followed her family, Stella must rely on him despite her reluctance…
A Trail Untamed
August is a loner and prefers it that way. He only took the marriage wager to gain breathing room from his overbearing older brother. Besides, the wagon train still has a long journey before it reaches Oregon. Maybe he’ll meet someone who turns his head.
Felicity longs for love and family, someone to choose her above all. After a wagon train accident robs her of her voice and leaves her dependent on the kindness of strangers, she finds herself in August’s care. And she can’t help falling the spell of a man who shows a deep well of kindness and anticipates her every need.
But August only sees her as a friend. Can a mousy, shy spinster like her win the heart of a man like August?
Wild Heart's Haven
Rachel never wanted to travel into the wilderness. The westward trail has stolen everything from her. Her home. Her family. Her husband. Now a match made out of necessity has trapped her in a marriage with a man she can’t stand.
Owen likes Rachel about as much as his horse likes a burr under its saddle. She’s bossy and stubborn with an independent streak a mile wide. And a baby on the way.
He can’t help feeling responsible for the prickly mother-to-be. A marriage of convenience is the right thing to do. But that doesn’t mean he has to like it. He just has to survive it until they reach Oregon.
A Rugged Beauty
Hollis Tremblay has no memory of why he’s out in the wilderness alone or whether the woman with him is his wife. She’s beautiful and her rosy outlook makes everything seem brighter, even the dangers they face…
When Hollis’s memory crashes back, he realizes that Abigail is the sister his childhood best friend charged him with looking after across the dangerous westward journey. Abigail might be a ray of sunshine, but she’s strictly forbidden. Especially to him.
But when the company realizes that Hollis and Abigail have grown close while marooned in the wild, he may find himself ensnared in a marriage of convenience…
Love's Healing Path
Maddie Fairfax may be young, but on this Oregon-bound wagon train, the pioneers welcome help from the self-trained nurse. Until Dr. Jason Goodwin joins up with their company. The doctor portrays a frosty exterior, but Maddie may be the only one who sees the profound loneliness that haunts him.
After losing his wife and children in a terrible accident, Jason has vowed not to open his heart again. But when Maddie takes on the care of three young orphans, Jason finds himself entangled in the lives of the makeshift family. And as their journey west continues, Maddie’s radiant compassion begins to light up the darkest corners of his heart.
Until the unthinkable happens. Will Jason’s guarded heart and Maddie’s untamed spirit pull them apart?
Freedom's Distant Frontier
Lily is drowning in grief, mourning the man she once loved, when she finds herself in a compromising position and wrangled into an arranged marriage with a hired hand she barely knows.
Matt has been traveling with the Oregon-bound wagon train on a secret mission to recover a valuable family heirloom. He knows Lily’s family is involved, but the closer he gets to Lily, the more he wants their pretend marriage to be real. How can he be falling for the woman he’s investigating?
As danger looms, Matt must protect Lily at all costs, soon finding himself torn between his duty to protect her and the secrets he’s keeping…
Heart's Perilous Journey
Keeping secrets is nearly impossible on an Oregon-bound wagon train. But Alice Spencer has kept a whopper from her protective brothers for months: she once fancied herself in love with her wealthy boss’s grandson. Her brothers don’t know *she’s* the reason Rob Braddock came on this westward journey. Only that he’s part of the reason they had to leave their home and friends behind. Her brothers will never forgive Rob—and neither can she.
The company is still weeks away from the Willamette Valley when Rob injures himself saving the youngest Spencer brother’s life. Alice has no choice but to pay back the life-debt. She strikes a deal to help the injured Rob finish his journey to Oregon, at which point, they’ll go their separate ways. All she has to do is keep from falling in love with him. Again.
*second chance romance
*he never stopped loving her
*different stations
*maid/wealthy
Long Trail Home
Since the moment he saw her, Coop Spencer has been single-minded in his quest to protect Belle. She’s running from something—someone—and he’s never met anyone so scared. When the wagon master forces an ultimatum: a marriage or Belle is expelled from the wagon train, Coop makes the only choice he can. He’ll do everything in his power to prove he’s the kind of man she can trust. But overcoming the mistakes of his past may prove too much…
Belle knows that the danger she escaped is still out there, still hunting her. Experience has taught her that she can’t rely on anyone, not even the man who promised their marriage was in name only.
As they traverse the Oregon Trail together, Belle is taken in by Coop’s big family, and the more time she spends with her temporary husband and his siblings, the more she starts to long for something she’d forgotten ages ago: home.
When danger closes in, one of them must sacrifice everything for love…
“…smart, gentle, and uplifting…” Publisher’s Weekly about Return of the Cowboy Doctor.
Bonus content
Not ready for the journey to end?
Read a bonus chapter that continues Leo and Evangeline’s story…