Janice Cole Hopkins

One scandal, one season, one shy baron, and a heart that doesn’t want to follow the plan.

A heartwarming story of resilience and the unexpected bonds forged through courage and determination. When Cody Taylor’s brother and sister-in-law tragically pass away in Alaska, he suddenly becomes the guardian of his young niece, Annie.

Abby Carter was horrified with herself when she blurted out a marriage proposal to Preston King. Preston is confused, but knows he needs a wife to help him ranch in New Mexico Territory, so he asks Abby to marry him. But will he ever purge Magnolia from his heart? Find out....

On her way to Wyoming as a mail-order bride, Morrow has one incident after another, and she has no idea why these things are happening to her. Even when she and her friend arrive at Bradford's ranch, the mishaps continue to occur.

Deadwood carpenter, Isaiah Yates, knows that he’ll never marry because of the secret he holds close, but he wishes things were different, especially after he meets the beautiful young widow, Leanne Moss. Leanne feels something spark between her and Isaiah, but why is the man avoiding her?

Monck’s Corner, South Carolina, 1739. When Mae Briscoe learns that a small group of slaves plans to flee to Florida for freedom among the Spanish, she knows she must go with them. The master’s son has been far too friendly lately, and there’s no one to protect her.

Jillian Barker's father and brothers were harsh drunks, so when the older brother closest to her age decides to run away to the West, she talks him into taking her with him since he’s the most responsible brother. However, when they get to St. Louis he decides to stay there.

Gwendolyn Corbett never expected her father to contact a matchmaker to find her a potential husband. She was even more stunned to learn that his mother came from the Crow reservation.

Jackson Young brings the woman he wants to marry home to Kentucky to meet his parents, but Helen doesn’t act like the same woman away from Boston. As he reacquaints with people he hasn’t seen in five years, he notices Wylene Ward and remembers the time he rescued her....

Danielle Gregory grew up in the saloons, where her mother worked, and she has never been able to escape that lifestyle. However, she’s promised herself never to work upstairs the way her mother did.

When Aida Mitchell learns her intended groom plans to cheat on her after their marriage, she runs away on their wedding day. Finding an advertisement for a man wanting a wife, she travels to Great Pond Texas, only to find the man is a horrible drunk....

As a women’s rights activist with a construction business in Wyoming in 1889, Bretta Shaw’s life isn’t easy. She couldn’t even find anyone to work for her until Alec Peterson shows up. The newspaper misprinted her name as Brett Shaw, and he thinks she’s a man; however, he agrees to take the job....

Amy Duncan and Seth Conners were just starting to connect in high school when Seth was suddenly arrested, Amy’s parents died, and everything changed....

When Melanie Carter’s older brother decides she’s to marry Lott Jenkins, a wealthy man who has the reputation of being harsh and unbearable, she knows her life has just started on a downward spiral....

Andrea Little couldn’t hide her dismay. She looked at the woman in disbelief. “We are partnering with a pastor and his wife in Robinsville, near Grand Rapids, Michigan,” Mrs. Vaser told her.

Candace Joyner gets to her destination as a mail-order bride, only to find that her intended owns a saloon with working girls upstairs....

Cordell Atwood’s best friend and boss found a successful mail-order bride through a matchmaker, and Cord decides it’s time for him to marry since he’s started his own Texas horse ranch....

As the sheriff of Pinyon Falls, Texas, Reece Felps has always thought lawmen should never marry because of the danger and uncertainty that comes with the job, but as he enters middle age, he begins to reconsider.

Faith Allen went to live with her aunt and uncle in the Kentucky mountains after her parents died. They hadn’t been cruel, but they hadn’t been loving and kind, either; and they expected her to work hard....

Needing to leave Sterling Orphan House at 18, Rose Sterling is to take toddler, Katie Hudson, to her father who works on the King Ranch in New Mexico Territory. She thought her biggest adventure would be getting there on the wagon train, but she was wrong....