The Happily Ever After Company Series by Kate Donovan

Not a hero. Not a villain. Just a man afraid to risk his heart…and hers. The Happily Ever After Company, Book 1 Aengus Yates broke Suzannah Hennessy’s heart. Twice. As an eight-year-old, she entreated the handsome young rancher to wait. He laughingly rebuffed her and went on to marry his beautiful fiancée. When he abandoned his family years later, Suzannah should have felt justified. Instead, her heart broke all over again—with disillusionment that the man she loved could do such a thing... moreNot a hero. Not a villain. Just a man afraid to risk his heart…and hers. The Happily Ever After Company, Book 1 Aengus Yates broke Suzannah Hennessy’s heart. Twice. As an eight-year-old, she entreated the handsome young rancher to wait. He laughingly rebuffed her and went on to marry his beautiful fiancée. When he abandoned his family years later, Suzannah should have felt justified. Instead, her heart broke all over again—with disillusionment that the man she loved could do such a thing. Now fully grown, Suzannah signs up along with her shy, self-conscious best friend to let a matchmaker find them husbands. Love may not be in her future, but there is adventure to be had in the Wild West. Aengus has done his best to make a fresh start, to banish old betrayals. When Suzannah appears at his door, it’s clear she’s no longer a lovesick child. Now her womanly curves make his heart pound with desire. Yet he dare not trust himself to love again, and he plans to tell her just that…as soon as she stops berating him long enough to let him get a word in edgewise, to tell her he’s just trying to live an honorable life—against some very dishonorable odds. Product Warnings Contains a love-soured heroine and a love-starved hero who’d like nothing better than to sweeten things up. less

Return to the rousing 1860's, where Chicago's Happily Ever After Co. is doing a brisk business in mail-order brides, and three spirited young women will risk it all on a once-in-a-lifetime chance at love. Though proud of the number of successful matches her father has made over the years, Noelle Braddock vows never to be one of those desperate females. She can find her own husband, thank you very much. In fact, she’s already chosen him. A banker who’ll shower her with affection and security... moreReturn to the rousing 1860's, where Chicago's Happily Ever After Co. is doing a brisk business in mail-order brides, and three spirited young women will risk it all on a once-in-a-lifetime chance at love. Though proud of the number of successful matches her father has made over the years, Noelle Braddock vows never to be one of those desperate females. She can find her own husband, thank you very much. In fact, she’s already chosen him. A banker who’ll shower her with affection and security. She can’t imagine why her father doesn’t approve of such a perfect match, but it’s a battle of wills she plans to win. Even when her father plays dirty by inviting a sweet-talking, buckskin-clad sharpshooter to stay the week before her wedding. Lieutenant Zackary Dane is ready to settle down with a sturdy, good-natured, cookin’-and-cleanin’ female. One look at tempestuous, high-society Noelle, though, and his heart locks on target. She wants him too—she’s just too stubborn to admit her father is right. Even if he can’t win her hand for himself, Zack feels honor-bound to show her that her fiancé is a lying bastard. Then Fate takes a notion to step in and wipe the slate clean—literally—with an accident that leaves Noelle with no memory. And Zack with one chance to fill her heart with what was meant to be… less

A New BeginningDisillusioned by the tragedies of her childhood, Maggie Gleason never wants to marry. So when she hires a matchmaker, it's to find a teaching job, not a husband. Scenic Shasta Falls, California turns out to be the perfect match for an independent woman determined to flee Chicago and start a whole new life. The boarding house where she lives even has a magnificent library...if she can get past the mysterious recluse in the room next door... moreA New BeginningDisillusioned by the tragedies of her childhood, Maggie Gleason never wants to marry. So when she hires a matchmaker, it's to find a teaching job, not a husband. Scenic Shasta Falls, California turns out to be the perfect match for an independent woman determined to flee Chicago and start a whole new life. The boarding house where she lives even has a magnificent library...if she can get past the mysterious recluse in the room next door.An Unexpected LoveBounty hunter Alex Coburn pays a premium for his privacy and finds the persistent new lodger a most unwelcome intruder. Gradually though, he begins to savor Maggie's company, as they spend intimate evenings together reading by the fire--and falling in love. But when anonymous, menacing notes threaten the woman he has come to treasure, Alex must face the ghosts of both Maggie's past and his own...or risk losing her forever. less

WILL THIS DAMSEL IN DISTRESS...Trinity Standish may be impulsive, but even she knows that using a matchmaker to find a husband is simply Not Done. Yet her grandfather's will requires her to marry within the year --- and she needs a groom who knows how to resurrect the broken-down ranch she's inherited. Picturing only a shrewd businessman with an eye toward profit, Trinity is shocked down to her toes when handsome Jack Ryerson is sent to her rescue--and sets her heart pounding.. moreWILL THIS DAMSEL IN DISTRESS...Trinity Standish may be impulsive, but even she knows that using a matchmaker to find a husband is simply Not Done. Yet her grandfather's will requires her to marry within the year --- and she needs a groom who knows how to resurrect the broken-down ranch she's inherited. Picturing only a shrewd businessman with an eye toward profit, Trinity is shocked down to her toes when handsome Jack Ryerson is sent to her rescue--and sets her heart pounding... FALL FOR AN EAST COAST COWBOY?The last things Jack wants is another deal with Russell Braddock, the owner of the Happily Ever After Company --- after all, the bride he arranged for Jack a few years ago jilted him! But Jack has a knack for making money, and he believes getting his orphaned nieces out of Boston will be good for them. Little does he know that Trinity will turn out to be good for him --- good enough to fall in love with... less