Mountain Wives Series by J.R. Biery

Wildwood Flower Mountain Bride Series: Book One Alma Daniels is now the oldest maid on the mountain, because her youngest sister Nadine has been caught trysting with her sister's brother-in-law. Caretaker for the family and her ailing Ma, Alma despairs of ever having a husband and a home of her own. For she met the love of her life when she was just a little girl, and nothing has changed to move the dark eyed boy from her heart, or to make him acceptable to Pa and her family... moreWildwood Flower Mountain Bride Series: Book One Alma Daniels is now the oldest maid on the mountain, because her youngest sister Nadine has been caught trysting with her sister's brother-in-law. Caretaker for the family and her ailing Ma, Alma despairs of ever having a husband and a home of her own. For she met the love of her life when she was just a little girl, and nothing has changed to move the dark eyed boy from her heart, or to make him acceptable to Pa and her family. Gabriel Bridger has been enchanted with sweet Alma since they first met. Even though he knows as a Melungeon he is not welcome, he comes with his parents and the rest of the mountain community to the shotgun wedding for Nadine. In the dark, dancing to the wild music, he sweeps Alma away to share a passionate kiss. Cursed with terrifying visions of his future, Gabe is still ready to leave the mountains for the gold fields of California. Can Alma persuade him to take her along? Will this sweet couple ever find true, abiding love? less

WIDOW MOUSE Mountain Wives Series: Book Two Jeanne's father runs a trading post. When a hunter named Henri LeSouris, the mouse, offers his furs for one of the man's five daughters. Jeanne is traded and wed, with the promise that she won't be beaten or abused. Henri is patient and gentle with the young girl, but he keeps moving in search of good hunting from the Alleghenies down through the Appalachian mountain chain... moreWIDOW MOUSE Mountain Wives Series: Book Two Jeanne's father runs a trading post. When a hunter named Henri LeSouris, the mouse, offers his furs for one of the man's five daughters. Jeanne is traded and wed, with the promise that she won't be beaten or abused. Henri is patient and gentle with the young girl, but he keeps moving in search of good hunting from the Alleghenies down through the Appalachian mountain chain. He finally settles in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, when pregnant Jeanne can travel no further. The store owner, Jasper Sykes, is a veteran of the Spanish-American war. When Henri LeSouris, goes missing, killed and believed eaten by a bear, his widow becomes homeless. Jasper is nearly deaf, tall and intimidating to the young woman and most of his neighbors. Although he offers Jeanne and her newborn son food and shelter, he demands she pay off her husband’s debt. Jeanne, called Widow Mouse, is shunned at first by the close knit community of Kyles Ford. She is a northerner, a widow living with a bachelor, Catholic, and perhaps worst of all, she can read and write. Isolated, she learns Jasper isn’t an ogre, just shy and hard of hearing. She tries to help him overcome his handicap. But can such a strange couple ever find love and happiness? less

WILD VIOLETS Charlotte Stewart has one desire, to attend college. Charles Newcomb, has repeatedly asked for her hand, but she doesn’t want to be wed and stuck behind a tea tray or baby carriage. She is going to be a teacher in a mountain one-room school, where she can make a difference. Delmar Monroe has finished his law degree and passed the bar exam... moreWILD VIOLETS Charlotte Stewart has one desire, to attend college. Charles Newcomb, has repeatedly asked for her hand, but she doesn’t want to be wed and stuck behind a tea tray or baby carriage. She is going to be a teacher in a mountain one-room school, where she can make a difference. Delmar Monroe has finished his law degree and passed the bar exam. Although his father wants him in the family firm, Delmar has always loved music and playing the handmade instruments of his Great Uncle William. Father has promised he can have one year for music and he is heading to the mountains to find special wood for his own instruments. When fate brings them together in Kyles Ford, they both have to adjust to the ways of the local mountain people. The more Delmar has to help Charlotte, the more handsome he becomes to her. Teaching here is not the career she planned. Ned and Eb Daniel, sons of the local moonshiner, are smitten with the new teacher's looks and smell. When the boys become part of her class, Charlotte faces one crisis after another. The school board have already read the rules to her, reprimanded her for a second time, but what will they do if their spinster school teacher wants to be a married woman after all? less