Successful, ambitious, and vivacious, Philomena knows just what to do when confronted with a new challenge. Inheriting her ancestral homestead seems like a dream come true but she is unprepared for the changes it will bring to her life and her heart?Chase Haven swore he'd never return to Wyoming, but when his oldest friend asks for his help, offering him a chance to rebuild his family's fortune along the way, he can't say no.The Broken J Ranch has...

Things aren't always as they appear.Clayton Allen is a man with a secret, one he clings to making it possible to control his rage. After being cheated out of his ancestral Florida home, he strikes out on his own hoping to find a place to start over and thinks the Broken J might just give him a chance. But how long can he hold his mask of teasing dandy in place before everyone knows him for who he truly is?Muiread (Meg) James, romantic and dreamy longs...

Alexis James was the first of Joshua's daughters to put two and two together, figuring out that her father's sudden interest in new ranch hands had less to do with work on the Broken J Ranch and more to do with his daughter's futures. Serious and thoughtful she lives for learning and her twin sister, but when Issy quickly marries one of the brothers who arrive to help grow wheat on the Wyoming prairie she finds herself set adrift and confused by this...

Joshua James, the patron of the Broken J Ranch, has watched his small family grow with each year adding to the joy, laughter, and heart ache of a life well spent. Entering his twilight years Joshua's mind is drawn back to the love and loss that has molded him, making the Broken J a place of peace for so many.The poignant tale of one man's journey and struggle to start a new in a wild land at a time when life was uncertain at best will touch your heart...

Olga Fortuna loves pretty clothes, sewing, and anything to do with fashion. When her father brings her and her sisters to Needful, Texas to find husbands, she soon discovers that she enjoys making clothing for others more than the idea of wedded bliss. For years, Olga has managed to have the best fashions on a very tight budget, but now her mind is turning to the needs of a man she barely knows. Working for...

Leaving behind the only home he's ever known and trusting his little brothers to providence Titus Smith strikes out on his own to find a way to pull his family back together. Desperate for work he falls in with a cattle outfit that shows him the ropes but when rustlers threaten the drive he could lose everything.

Teddy Lewis has waited long enough to receive his mail-order bride, but she is nowhere to be seen. As impatience mounts, the young cowman doesn't let an opportunity go to waste when an emergency calls Olive Hampton away, leaving the newest arrival in Needful, Texas entirely on her own.Amanda Antonia has lost everything she ever owned and loved when her mother remarries, scandalously soon, after the death of Amanda's father. Seeking a new start in...

Ruth Warthan is tired of her sedentary life. She longs for adventure, excitement, and most of all love, but her overly protective parents are content for her to stay with them forever, shunning even a hint of romance. Will an advertisement for a mail-order bride in faraway Texas be the answer to her prayers, or will she find that her parents were right, and she isn't suited for marriage or life outside their cloistered home?

Adele Fortuna is not happy with her father's plans to foist her and her sisters off on Needful husbands, but what choice does she have. Since her mother's death, she has managed to keep the household together, but with steadily decreasing funds, something has to be done. If Adele can find a well to do husband in the dusty town of Needful, Texas, perhaps her sisters will not have to suffer the indignities of being sold to the highest bidder.Despite...

Elizabeth Beechen only wishes to leave the pain and sorrow of loss behind and find a new life in Needful, Texas. Prepared to be a mail-order bride, she sets out on her journey only to find that the situation in the tiny town has changed and she needs to adjust quickly. Mustering a positive attitude and determined to love her new home, despite its growing pains, she finds friendship in the course of adversity. Can she learn to trust God enough to believe...