Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides Series by Marisa Masterson, Virginia McKevitt

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. Under suspicion after his wife’s murder, Elias Kline knows he has to leave Mills Bluff. Learning a lynch mob is planning to kill him, he slips away from town. Taking only his smithy tools and his young son, he chooses a new name—Ezra King. Heading west seems a fine way to start over, but he’ll need a wife to raise his son and cook his meals... moreA 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. Under suspicion after his wife’s murder, Elias Kline knows he has to leave Mills Bluff. Learning a lynch mob is planning to kill him, he slips away from town. Taking only his smithy tools and his young son, he chooses a new name—Ezra King. Heading west seems a fine way to start over, but he’ll need a wife to raise his son and cook his meals. One sent by an agency shouldn’t expect love, he decides. A matchmaker convinces lonely Ruby Hastings to take a risk on Ezra King. After all, the man is helping fulfill the nation's destiny of settling the west. Reading the man’s letter, Ruby aches for the widower's little boy and seizes on this chance to be a mama to him. After all, with a brother on the run from the law and a newly married sister, her siblings no longer need Ruby and this motherless boy does. It should be a convenient arrangement. What happens when the mail-order wife begins to push past the walls guarding Elias’ heart, challenging him spiritually and emotionally? When danger follows him from Mills Bluff, will Elias be able to keep his family together? less

Mildred Crenshaw's latest match in the Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides series—The accident that kills her parents leaves Sookie Donaldson mute. She grasps at the chance to be a mail-order bride. The only catch is that she must also be able to teach school.Since Sookie taught school for a number of years that is no problem. Hopefully in Nebraska, people will welcome any trained teacher—even one who cannot speak. She fits all the requirements outlined by Milly Crenshaw, the matchmaker... moreMildred Crenshaw's latest match in the Westward Home and Hearts Mail-Order Brides series—The accident that kills her parents leaves Sookie Donaldson mute. She grasps at the chance to be a mail-order bride. The only catch is that she must also be able to teach school.Since Sookie taught school for a number of years that is no problem. Hopefully in Nebraska, people will welcome any trained teacher—even one who cannot speak. She fits all the requirements outlined by Milly Crenshaw, the matchmaker. The man in Nebraska is a perfect match. She hopes.Will her surly groom send her back on the first train east when he realizes Sookie is silent? 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. less

Wren Donaldson rejects her wooer, 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 proposed. Too bad she rejected him.Her rejected wooer has moved on to another girl—or has he? And what about the man sent by the matchmaking cousin? What desperate and dangerous measures will her mail-order groom do to be sure he marries Wren?