About the Author
Marisa Masterson is the author of more than seventy books and a retired high school English teacher who spent years mentoring young writers. A National Writing Project fellow and long-time contributor to Sweet Americana Sweethearts, she writes stories rooted in faith, heart, and the everyday heroism of ordinary people.
Marisa lives in Saginaw, Michigan with her husband, and delights in time with her children and granddaughter, Hunny, who keeps Grandma busy and inspired.
The Postons
A lonely rancher's letter sets off a saga that spans the country.
A Bride, a Secret, a New Beginning
When justice and safety call her away from home, courage leads Caroline into unknown territory—and into a second chance.
Duty. Danger. Home.
A quiet new start unravels into betrayal and menace — one man must protect his family and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Love, Loss, and Second Chances on the Lone Star Frontier
A misplaced horse, a hidden past, and a marriage of convenience that might just become real.
The Confederate Gold Widows
A midnight raid on a Union Camp! Men shoved gold into their saddlebags and disappeared.
While most of the gold was found, some will haunt three women who only want to start new lives and leave the nightmare of their husbands behind.
A home. That's all she wants.
Marietta has a second chance at love with a new husband and a needy baby. Too bad her dead husband's misdeeds come back to haunt her.
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Willa was only the nanny. How did she end up on the Oregon Trail with her young charges?
When she is forced to pick a husband on the trail, she asks the scout to marry her. Only she wants to be free at the end of the journey. That is, until danger comes after her...
Suellen made a lousy choice when she married her bank-robbing husband. How can she trust her heart and head when both say she has met someone she can love?
Will a trip to return gold turn into love? Only if two frozen hearts thaw enough to embrace their chance at happiness.
Uncertain Sweethearts
Life in Fox Creek, Kansas allows for few luxuries until the railroad arrives. The train brings growth to the town along with these women who marry strangers. Little do these brides know that danger waits for them along with their uncertain grooms.
Love, Loss, and Second Chances on the Lone Star Frontier
A misplaced horse, a hidden past, and a marriage of convenience that might just become real.
Danger shadows her past; community shapes her future
Secrets, Suspense, and Slow-Burning Love
When a marshal arrives, a café owner’s hidden past and the lawman’s secret mission collide in a tale of danger, faith, and hope.
She Answered an Ad. He Didn't Expect Her.
A gruff sheriff seeks a substitute bride — and finds a spirited woman who changes everything.
Tender second-chance romance combined with real suspense.
He was gone - until the day he walked back into town. Etta demands answers while buried secrets threaten their second chance at love.
A twist on the usual MAIL-ORDER BRIDE romance
Ida Parton never expects to fall in love with the man. How can she marry another woman's fiancé?
Bailey's Meadow Brides
A series within a series, these women discover love and danger can hold hands on the frontier.
A spinster ready to risk being a mail-order bride. A man running from a lynch mob.
Together, they will form a family and brave the hardships of the Prairie.
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Will her surly groom send her back on the first train east when he realizes Sookie is mute? And who is the man who shadows her every movement in her new hometown?
Suddenly, Sookie's silence stands in her way of both happiness and safety.
Wren Donaldson rejects her wooer, Reynolds Harper, wanting him to only be her good friend. When Mildred Crenshaw, her mother's cousin, sends "the perfect groom" to Wren, she begins to realize her dream man already lives in Bailey’s Meadow. Too bad she rejected him.
Reynolds has settled into a friendship with Wren. Nothing more remains between them--or does it?
She is running to save her child. Will he be the man who rescues them or be the one to send them away?
A touching, faith-filled story set in Bailey's Meadow, this couple will struggle to overcome expectations and discover love in unexpected places. Fans of older main female characters will especially enjoy this romance.
Romance in Historical Wisconsin
Too bad he forgot to mention his children in the letter...
What happens after this Christmas bride discovers she's once again expected to be the unpaid nanny and cook? Will she find any tenderness from her stubborn German husband?
The first book about the Sittig brothers.
Soon after his bride’s arrival, Carl Sittig's problems start. Merrilee’s presence makes it difficult to maintain his facade of lunacy. After touching her, he longs to be her husband in truth.
With a ring of white slavers still operating in Idyll Wood and a threat from Merrilee's past, does this marriage have any chance?
Book two about the Sittig family.
If not for Sheriff Fred Sittig, her situation would have been tragic. She loves him for it.
No matter how often he tried to reason with Lilah, Sheriff Sittig could not get her to realize that she didn't love him and merely was grateful. After all, what would a beautiful and talented young woman want with a backwoods sheriff who could hardly read or write?
Book three that follows the Sittigs.
With Lilah Sittig's help, Charity reinvents herself. But did she make a smart choice?
Pinkerton Agent Charity Melrose has one more chance to prove her worth and the life of a woman to save. With few clues to the victim's whereabouts, this could be her last case.
And what to do with the fake husband who is her traveling companion?
A man who has loved her for five years without telling her… Only two weeks before he has to leave both her and Idyll Wood… A secret that keeps them apart….
Discover if Hart’s longing ever becomes true love.
From a logging camp to a local farm, this man and woman are on a collision course that leads them into marriage and a fight for Carlene’s life.
Will Carlene’s determination and Manny’s desire to save her be enough to lead them to a happy ending?
Historical Bundles
An omnibus edition of three interconnected mail-order romances.
A man might homestead, but it takes a woman to turn that place into a home! This matchmaker will settle the West one couple at a time.
Nostalgic Christmas romances, complete with little ones!
This set includes previously published titles grouped together as a holiday reading treat!
From a pie auction to a mail-order bride mix-up, follow these women as they navigate unexpected romances and dangerous threats. And just when all three believed that life had settled into the ordinary, a Christmas Eve to Remember brings back old enemies and new surprises.
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