American West Romances Series by Laura Stapleton

In 1879 Missouri, Jack Dryden’s wife left him just before their adopted children could arrive. When he meets the trio at the train station, he’s unable to send them back to the orphan’s home in New York. Alice McCarthy takes her responsibilities seriously. She’s in charge of the Hays children and can’t let her feelings about Jack influence her. The rules are clear. She must refuse the adoption. Only, all five of them felt a bond at first sight... moreIn 1879 Missouri, Jack Dryden’s wife left him just before their adopted children could arrive. When he meets the trio at the train station, he’s unable to send them back to the orphan’s home in New York. Alice McCarthy takes her responsibilities seriously. She’s in charge of the Hays children and can’t let her feelings about Jack influence her. The rules are clear. She must refuse the adoption. Only, all five of them felt a bond at first sight. Now they must find a way to bend the rules to continue on as a true family. less

He's a Pony Express rider lost in a blizzard.Joe enjoyed his life on the open plains delivering the mail from one station to the next for the Pony Express. But when a blizzard hits, his horse stumbles and throws him. Joe wakes up in a snowdrift with his horse long gone. Now, all he can do is put one foot in front of the other in what he hopes is in civilization's direction.She's a station keeper's daughter left alone by her mail-delivering father... moreHe's a Pony Express rider lost in a blizzard.Joe enjoyed his life on the open plains delivering the mail from one station to the next for the Pony Express. But when a blizzard hits, his horse stumbles and throws him. Joe wakes up in a snowdrift with his horse long gone. Now, all he can do is put one foot in front of the other in what he hopes is in civilization's direction.She's a station keeper's daughter left alone by her mail-delivering father.Opal's pa left a while back on a fresh horse after a riderless mount galloped to their Pony Express station's doorstep. Staring out at the fierce blizzard, she spots an unexpected shadowy figure inching closer to her door. What seems to be an animal out in the frigid cold stirs her sympathies at first until she realizes the beast is a human. Horrified to find a man in such a winter storm, she rushes out to save him from the snowy night as he falls unconscious.When he wakes up and is alone with her for several days, can they cope with the consequences? less