Mail-order Mama Series by Angela Lain, V. McKevitt

Emerald Templeton was so desperate to escape an unwanted marriage that she stowed away in a rail freight wagon heading west. Mrs. Turner, owner of an orphanage and a mail order bride agency, sent her to wed a widowed rancher with three young children. But nothing was as she had been promised.Bradley Malone was alone... moreEmerald Templeton was so desperate to escape an unwanted marriage that she stowed away in a rail freight wagon heading west. Mrs. Turner, owner of an orphanage and a mail order bride agency, sent her to wed a widowed rancher with three young children. But nothing was as she had been promised.Bradley Malone was alone. He might own a prosperous ranch, have three children, a sister who cared for them, a good friend who only wanted the best for him, and numerous employees who liked and respected him, but he was alone. Since the death of his wife he thought of little else.The arrival of a mail-order bride and a mother for his children, was not his idea, and not something he had required.Everyone else thought it was a wonderful idea. How was he ever going to deal with it? less