Bear Creek Brides

Mathew Jenkins feels isolated on his remote, rural ranch. Though he longs for a family, women in mining country are scarcer than gold nuggets. So he’s delighted by the dapper response to his mail-order bride ad from a comely Virginian lady. Jenny Phillips’ good name was ruined by her father’s stupidity. Forced into hiding with her ma, she’s desperate to put her pa’s stained reputation behind. But when her domineering uncle tries to sell her to the highest bidder, she flees by answering a lonely Montana man’s classified....

Sheriff Jacob Benning longs for the pitter-patter of tiny feet. But after placing a mail-order bride ad, he breaks his arm and ruins his penmanship so that any educated lady would dismiss his correspondence. So, when a delightful maid from Boston seems taken with his haphazard prose, he clings to hope that his dreams of fatherhood might still come true.

Bear Creek, Montana, 1890. Dan Mavis believes the only way he’ll finally marry is if he mail-orders a wife. As a schoolteacher, his female contact is limited to the elegant assistant in his classroom. But just as things begin heating up between them, Dan’s advertisement reaches a woman keen to take up his offer.

One love-struck businessman; one compassionate Sioux maiden; one heart-wrenching decision. Is the power of love enough to save an entire tribe? Five years ago, when Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he saw a future of business and opportunity. He didn’t plan to fall in love. But since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down. If only her family would accept him, he could be the devoted husband he longed to be, but how can he convince them that he’s worthy of Morning Sun’s love?

All Demetri has ever wanted was to protect his deaf sister. It’s why he became a doctor, and it’s why he must get her away from Colorado. Hunted by the Irish mafia, Demetri and Sandy flee to Bear Creek, where they settle into a calm life, free from the troubles of their past, or so they think. With Sandy safe and flourishing in her new life, Demetri longs for something more, and long winter evenings of letter-writing soon brings Emily into his life.

Hundreds of miles apart, two lost souls face a future of emptiness. Can they overcome all the odds and find true happiness in each other?

With his troubled past behind him, Pastor Barthelme Munster has been traveling from chapel to chapel in Montana, living by his promise to God. But the pastor aches for something more, and he has his eye on settling in the growing town of Bear Creek, where he can fully give himself to a community that needs him.

The people of Bear Creek are used to Montana’s harsh winters, but nothing could have prepared them for the winter of 1895, when the worst blizzard they have ever seen threatens to destroy the town. Ranch hand Peter Gibson has to work tirelessly to keep the cattle on the Jenkins’ ranch alive, but despite the blistering conditions, he has something else consuming his thoughts. Shirley Freda has been scarred by love in the past, but when Peter asks her to visit the ranch to have dinner with him and the Jenkins family, she can’t resist the allure of the handsome cowboy.

A traveling circus has found its way to Bear Creek, and with it, a wealth of interesting visitors has left the town buzzing with excitement. Danny Frederick is a writer and photographer following the circus. He’s determined to find fame through his work, and Bear Creek has more to offer him than simple reports of acrobats and exotic animals. His presence is met with a cocktail of suspicion and excitement, both amongst the Sioux and the townsfolk. His natural curiosity is usually his asset, but Bear Creek is not familiar with reporters or photography....

The path to freedom is paved with deepening love and adventure...but sometimes adventure comes with a terrifying cost. Grace Cranfield dreams of freedom. She longs for marriage, but not with a husband who traps her in the high-society life her parents have mapped out for her. When she sees an ad for a Montana horse rancher in the church, she finally sees a glimmer of hope. Traveling out west might be the way to finally find the happiness she craves.

Mayme sets off for a new life in Bear Creek, hopeful that Thomas might be the man she’s looking for, but she’s nervous - will he be as interested when he meets her in person? While they have an instant connection, Mayme’s self-conscious of every move she makes. She’s eager to help out on the farm and blend in, but can she trust that Thomas truly wants a life with her? When disaster hits Bear Creek, Mayme is faced with her biggest challenge yet. Can she prove herself to be the capable woman she longs to be?

Striking, enigmatic, and filthy rich, Salis Dangerfield is a man who knows how to win, whether at the poker table or in business. Despite all his success, all he’s looking for is a safe haven for him and his sister. He finds the perfect opportunity when an old miner offers him an irresistible deal - a new life in an old town, with a beautiful bride to match. For the man they call Lucifer, it’s an offer that’s heaven-sent. Rachel Maxwell’s world is flipped upside down when she finds out that both she and her family’s homestead have been sold to a mysterious stranger.