Bride Adventures of the Four Cotton Mill Friends Series by Ellie Haywood

A Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series... moreA Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series.In this first book of the series, you'll meet Audrey, who is desperate to get out from under the long working hours and unfavorable working conditions of the cotton mill. One of the other girls finds a portion of a crumpled newspaper page of matrimony ads and shows it to Audrey - this may be her answer, however she is holding a secret and knows it would be difficult to find a husband if she was upfront about her situation.She decides it best to not disclose her circumstance while answering ads, and soon finds herself heading out West. Thankfully, her new husband is kind but has issues of his own that need to be resolved. She knows she must tell her husband the truth, but despite her friends' letters to be honest with him, she keeps putting it off out of fear - and now it might be too late... less

A Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series... moreA Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series.In this second book of the series, you'll meet Charlotte, who like her friend Audrey is desperate to get out from under the long working hours and unfavorable working conditions of the cotton mill. One day she receives a letter written by a man who just so happens to be a friend of Audrey's new husband. Thrilled with excitement at both the chance to escape the cotton mill and being able to live near her friend, she immediately writes to accept his offer - no matter that he has a 12-year-old disabled son... and she's always had quite an aversion towards children.Upon arriving, she soon discovers that the daydreams of her new life do not match reality and things definitely are not going to be as easy as she thought. She has some valuable lessons to learn - especially a big one regarding a decision of hers that nearly causes a devastating result... less

A Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series... moreA Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series.In this third book of the series, you'll get to know Lizzy, a quiet girl who hardly ever breathes a word. She sticks close to her friend, Phoebe, all the time and is frightened of everything in the cotton mill: the machines, the dust, and especially, Seeder the overseer. To make matters worse, the mill is now laying off some of the girls and Lizzy fears her turn will be next. It is only when Phoebe sees an advertisement for another wanted bride in the same town as the other girls have to gone to, she knows the answer to Lizzy's dilemma. Despite being petrified at the thought of leaving her best friend, Lizzy makes the journey at Phoebe's insistence. Upon arriving, Lizzy is thrilled to be free from the cotton mill and excited to join her other two friends, Audrey and Charlotte, but she now has a new set of anxieties to deal with: she's afraid of her new husband, Harry, the owner of the general store, and to make matters worse, the previous owner's disinherited son, Ambrose, is back in town, and he wants revenge.How will Lizzy ever learn to overcome her anxieties and trust her new husband? less

A Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series... moreA Sweet Clean Mail Order Bride StoryIn this new sweet, clean romance series you’ll meet and get to know each of four best friends, all whom work at a cotton mill. Each one takes a step of faith, yearning for a better life and finds herself stepping into the unknown, uncertain of what the future beholds. However, one thing is certain - each one knows they can count on their friends for encouragement throughout the series.In this fourth and final book of the series, you'll get to know Phoebe, the fearless leader of the four friends. Phoebe is a widowed mother of two. She lost her cruel and abusive first husband, Joe, in a drunken accident and is nowtrying to make her way in the world with her two boys, Danny and William. One day she unexpectedly receives a letter from the new preacher in town, Holt, who has befriended the other three girls. Not really looking for a wife, but wanting to help out their friend; at the girls' urging, Holt invites Phoebe and her boys out West.Overjoyed and utterly relieved that she doesn't have to spend another day at the mill, she and her boys make the journey to Goldspring. However, she has no intention of falling in love or getting too close to Holt, no matter how wonderful he may be. This is only about giving her boys a better life. Besides, she hasn't told anyone that she's sick, and getting sicker by the day.Arriving in Goldspring, she finds that her new husband does indeed turn out to be a wonderful man, but he's also hiding a secret. In fact, he determines no one must ever know, especially Phoebe.Will Phoebe learn to enjoy her life and trust another man again? What will it take for Holt to be truthful about his past? less