Three books. One great collection.

Can one wounded heart heal another?

Esther Thompson longs for a husband and a home, but at nearing thirty, and plain as they come, she knows her chances of having either are slim. Until the loss of her position as a governess forces her into becoming a mail order bride.

After losing his beloved wife, Jeremiah Price is left with a broken heart, five children and a farm to take care of. Desperate for a new wife to ease his workload, and after three successive brides balk at the prospect of such a large family, he insists on a proxy marriage for his fourth. Whatever happens, he needs this one to stay.

When Esther and Jeremiah finally meet, neither is what the other is hoping for.

But they could turn out to be just what the other needs.

A young woman with a reputation, a pastor being pressured to marry, a marriage that might destroy them both.

Nineteen-year-old Autumn Reed has lost everything -- her parents, her home and her reputation. When she is offered an opportunity to start over in Sulphur Springs, Montana, she jumps at the chance.

Pastor Eli Barnes is pressured to get married by his congregation. He has no intention of marrying any of the local women in town, so he sends a letter to his brother asking Jacob to find him a proxy bride. When Autumn arrives, she doesn't meet any of the criteria Eli requested. Her flaming red hair and fiery temper make him rethink the marriage; plus, she is fourteen years younger than him!

Autumn is convinced she exchanged one type of prison for another. She can deal with the taunts and gossip from the townspeople, but not the rejection from her new husband.

Can Autumn heal the thoughts of abandonment and embrace the new life in front of her? Can Eli see past the surface and realize that Autumn really is a gift from God?

An actress trying to protect her inheritance, a widowed father trying to protect his children and the marriage of convenience that could bring them success or fail them all.

Hilde Carter has always dreamed of being on stage, acting out Shakespeare for audiences everywhere. Her parents die, naming her as the heir to her families shipping fortune. There is only one problem – she needs to be married, or the business defaults to her uncle. He plans on taking the money and closing the factory. Having no intention of marrying and giving up her career, she jumps when her attorney suggests a proxy marriage that could solve all her problems. What she didn’t count on was the judge insisting she produce her husband or forfeit the company.

Benjamin Remington is quite content with his life in Sulphur Springs as the owner of a hot springs that is in high demand. He provides a comfortable living for himself and his two daughters. When the girl’s grandparents insist, he remarry or turn the girls over to them to raise, he enlists the help of the local minister to find him a proxy bride. Preferably one he would never have to meet. He never counted on her showing up in town, or her demand that he returns with her.

What happens when Hilde finally meets her husband and his in-laws? Will this pretend marriage become real once they get to know each other? Is Hilde willing to give up everything she dreamed of for the greatest role of all, being a mother and wife?

These books were individually published as part of The Proxy Brides multi-author project. You can now read Christine Sterling's three books in this one volume. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

These are all sweet and wholesome romances set in a historical western setting.

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