A Promised Bride Emma Hewitt never thought she'd travel thousands of miles to wed. Yet Oregon is where she'll meet the groom her brothers have chosen. After years of nursing her ailing father, Emma's social skills are lacking. An arranged marriage is only sensible. And her growing feelings for Nathan Reed, a worker on her wagon train, are surely better forgotten. Nathan knows he's wrong for Emma. He's too rough, too burdened with guilt over his past. But when Emma nurses him through a fever, she sees something in him no one ever has. Now he wants to be a man worthy of her love. Emma's loyalty to family has always come first. Will she find the courage now to follow her heart? Journey West: Romance and adventure await three siblings on the Oregon Trail

Riding the Santa Fe Trail is a difficult and lonely profession...especially for a girl named George. Georgianna Walton's father sat her on the back of a horse the moment she could sit up straight. Ever since, they have traveled together from one side of the country to the other with no place to call home. With no mother to guide her, George has learned everything she knows from her father, Harry, but she wants nothing more than to settle down and have a place to call home. Elijah Mitchell is traveling to Santa Fe to take up a position as a doctor. However, when Harry has an accident on the trail, Eli cannot leave him alone on the prairie. While he ministers to the cantankerous old man, his mother begins to teach George all the things her own mother could not. She is a wild woman from the west...he is a very proper doctor from back east—can they form the unlikeliest of partnerships out in the wild, untamed Kansas prairie? 'His Wagon Train Sweetheart' is a Christian historical novella introducing the brand new 'Walton Valley' series.

A Promised Bride

Discover the Journey West series where romance and adventure await three siblings on the Oregon Trail. This sampler includes excerpts from three of today's best inspirational romance authors. Find your next favorite historical series here! Wagon Train Reunion by Linda Ford Abigail Bingham is reunited with former flame Benjamin Hewitt when she joins a wagon train headed west. Will the Oregon trial offer a second chance for the socialite's daughter and a charming cowboy? Wagon Train Sweetheart by Lacy Williams The hazards of the wagon train frighten Emma Hewitt even before she's asked to nurse enigmatic Nathan Reed. Yet the loner hides a kind, protective nature she could learn to love…if not for the groom-to-be awaiting her in Oregon. Wagon Train Proposal by Renee Ryan When Tristan McCullough's intended wagon train bride chooses someone else, Rachel Hewitt accepts a position as his children's caretaker—not as his wife. She'll only marry for love…yet perhaps the McCulloughs are the family she's always wanted.

Abigail Black had no choice but to break Ben Hewitt's heart when her parents chose another wealthier groom. Now widowed and destitute, she's desperate to leave her old life behind. The wagon-train journey to Oregon is full of dangers, but she'll face anything for a fresh start. Ben knows better than to trust Abby again, and avoiding her should be easy. Yet he's still moved by Abby's sweetness and beauty ... as well as a sadness and strength he never saw in her before.

For the Sake of His Children A marriage of convenience? Rachel Hewitt couldn't possibly accept. Not even for the sake of three adorable little girls who desperately want a new mother. Sheriff Tristan McCullough offers Rachel a home and family, but not the one thing she truly seeks—someone to love her for herself. Tristan McCullough hoped to find a wife on the wagon train, not a nanny. The hardworking widower wants a marriage without emotional risks. But independent Rachel intrigues him. One minute she's winning over his shy little girls, and the next she's tackling danger head-on. She might just be Tristan's unexpected second chance at happiness…if he'll risk his wary heart again. Journey West: Romance and adventure await three siblings on the Oregon Trail