Dr. Stephen Ambrose likes his world orderly. His medical instruments are labeled, his routines timed, and his patients cared for with quiet efficiency. What he never expected from Miss Mabel’s matchmaking service was a whirlwind bride who brings more laughter than silence and more peppermint lozenges than medical charts.Della Tate has spent years volunteering in San Francisco’s free infirmary, learning every trick of nursing without ever earning a certificate... moreDr. Stephen Ambrose likes his world orderly. His medical instruments are labeled, his routines timed, and his patients cared for with quiet efficiency. What he never expected from Miss Mabel’s matchmaking service was a whirlwind bride who brings more laughter than silence and more peppermint lozenges than medical charts.Della Tate has spent years volunteering in San Francisco’s free infirmary, learning every trick of nursing without ever earning a certificate. She’s cheerful, determined, and convinced that God has called her to help others, even if her new husband would prefer she sweep floors and keep quiet. But the people of Hickory Creek adore her, even as she turns Stephen’s carefully controlled life upside down.When a mother and child nearly lose their lives in childbirth, the resulting controversy summons Stephen and Della before the Texas Medical Board. The hearing could cost him his license and her the chance to serve beside him. As uncertainty looms, both must decide whether love and faith are strong enough to withstand the weight of doubt—and whether God’s plan for them is larger than their fears.With humor, heart, and a touch of Miss Mabel’s divine mischief, The Doctor’s Distracting Bride is a Christian Western romance about courage, calling, and discovering that sometimes God’s best prescriptions come wrapped in laughter and love.They ask for quiet, obedient brides. Mabel sends them the ones with fire.Full of laugh-out-loud banter, heartfelt faith, and sweet frontier romance, The Brides of Miss Mabel’s Registry is a series of wholesome, charming love stories where opposites attract, sparks fly, and happily ever after comes with a few unexpected detours. less
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