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The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek Series “Mona Hodgson has been charming
children with her delightful stories for years, and now she is giving
adults the same pleasure in her debut novel, Two Brides Too Many. Spunky
sisters, mail-order brides, a mining town full of men, but where are the
right ones? I was captivated from the first page, wanting to read faster
to see what would happen next and to read slower so the book would not
be over. A great read.” --LAURAINE SNELLING, author of The Red River series and Daughters of Blessing
Historical Romance, 19th Century, North America Setting: Cripple Creek, Colorado This series features historical romances happening within the Cripple Creek area of Colorado, circa late 1890s, when the mines attracted tens of thousands of gold miners to the stunning countryside nestled on the southwest slopes of majestic Pikes Peak. This mining boom town was a full-blown Wild West experience with a lively social scene, an active railroad, and union-Feds skirmishes. Each novel will include a key romantic relationship and a true historical female character, trumpet the spirit of western adventure and explore the inner lives of complex women.
Two sisters. Two missing misters. . Kat and Nell Sinclair are headed west—away from the manicured lawns of Maine to the boisterous, booming mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado, to start new lives for themselves as mail-order brides. Aboard the train, romantic dreamer Nell carries a photo of her intended close to her heart and imagines an exciting and love-filled future, while her pragmatic older sister, Kat, resigns herself to marriage as a duty, not a delight. But when the ladies disembark at the train depot, neither fiance’ Patrick Maloney or Judson Archer awaits them with open arms. The well-bred Sinclair sisters find themselves alone in the wild, frontier town—a place where fire threatens to reduce the buildings to rubble, the working women strut the streets, rogues will gamble for the shoes on one’s feet, and God’s grace is found among the most unlikely of folks.
As the business-savvy Sinclair sister, Ida has never wanted to settle down. Instead of love, she craves success. But while searching for one, she just might find the other. Ida Sinclair has joined her sisters, Kat and Nell, in the untamed mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado for one reason: to work for the infamous but undeniably successful businesswoman, Mollie O’Bryan. Ida’s sisters may be interested in making a match for their determined older sister, but Ida only wants to build her career.Under Mollie's tutelage, Ida learns how to play the stock market and revels in her promising accomplishments. Fighting for respect in a man's world, her ambition leaves little room for distractions. She ignores her family's reservations about Mollie O'Bryan's business practices, but no matter how she tries, she can't ignore the two men pursuing her affections—Colin Wagner, the dashing lawyer, and Tucker Raines, the traveling preacher. Ida wants a career more than anything else, so she shrugs off the suitors and pointed "suggestions" that young ladies don’t belong in business. Will it take unexpected love—or unexpected danger—for Ida to realize where her priorities truly lie? Available in an exciting, limited release in Walmart Stores, October 12th, 2010! Available in wide release May 2011!
BOOK 3 BEYOND A BRIDE May 2012
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