Widows, Brides, and Secret Babies Series by Linda Baten Johnson

Emma York has two strikes against her in the marriage department. She’s unusually tall and she has a foot deformity. Even after she admits these handicaps in her correspondence, Joseph Walker sends money for her to come to Texas as his mail-order bride. As Emma packs for her journey, a young girl knocks on the door, hands Emma a baby and letter, and leaves... moreEmma York has two strikes against her in the marriage department. She’s unusually tall and she has a foot deformity. Even after she admits these handicaps in her correspondence, Joseph Walker sends money for her to come to Texas as his mail-order bride. As Emma packs for her journey, a young girl knocks on the door, hands Emma a baby and letter, and leaves.Joseph Walker is eager to be a husband, to have a helpmate and companion to assist him in making his cotton farm a home filled with love and laughter, but he has reservations about being a father.Forging a marriage in the Texas pioneer days presents challenges. But when a bride appears with a loud-voiced infant, is a happy conclusion possible? less