1. The Mayflower Bride
In 1620, Separatist Mary Elizabeth Chapman leaves England aboard the Speedwell in search of religious freedom. Carpenter William Lytton joins the Mayflower for more practical reasons and accepts secret work from a Virginia Company agent who wants him to observe the new colony’s management and protect…
2. The Pirate Bride
In 1725 New Orleans, attorney Jean-Luc Valmont has remade himself after a violent career at sea. Years earlier, the Spanish heiress Maribel Córdoba served as the fearless young lookout on his privateering vessel until an attack separated them and convinced Jean-Luc that she had died. Maribel’s…
3. The Captured Bride
New York frontier, 1760. Mercy Lytton, raised among the Mohawk and gifted with exceptional eyesight, is chosen to guide a dangerous British mission through contested country. The party is transporting stolen French gold, and every mile exposes it to enemy patrols, wilderness hazards and betrayal from…
4. The Patriot Bride
Philadelphia, 1774. Wealthy widow Faith Jackson is a friend of George Washington and an active supporter of the Patriot cause. Matthew Weber moves between Benjamin Franklin and Franklin’s Loyalist son William, gaining access to conversations and information from both sides of the deepening political crisis. When…
5. The Cumberland Bride
In 1794, Kate Gruener travels west with her family along the Wilderness Road, eager to exchange inherited stories of revolution for an adventure of her own. Their scout, Thomas Bledsoe, is responsible for guiding the settlers through Kentucky while watching for signs that frontier tensions are…
6. The Liberty Bride
Returning from England in 1812, Emeline Baratt is captured by a British warship and compelled to use her nursing skills among men who regard her as an enemy. First lieutenant Owen Masters becomes her protector, but his uniform and duty force Emeline to question every sign…
7. The Alamo Bride
Texas, 1836. Ellis Dumont discovers Claiborne Gentry unconscious on her family’s land, wearing the grey uniform associated with New Orleans volunteers. Feverish references to treasure, war and a mission for the American president make it impossible to know whether he is an ally, a spy or…
8. The Golden Bride
San Francisco, 1849. Recently widowed Olivia Brighton works in her brother’s restaurant while miners, merchants and opportunists crowd into the rapidly expanding city. Marriage proposals are plentiful, but Olivia refuses to entrust her future to another man chasing sudden wealth. Joseph Sawyer becomes involved in local…
9. The Express Bride
Utah Territory, 1860. After her father’s death, Jacqueline Rivers manages an isolated Pony Express station and accepts an unofficial request from a government investigator to watch for a counterfeiting operation using the route. The work places her between riders, stage passengers and criminals who all depend…
10. The Rebel Bride
Tennessee, 1863. Pearl MacFarlane’s family farm becomes an improvised refuge for wounded soldiers from both the Union and Confederate armies. Although she identifies with the South, nursing suffering men makes it increasingly difficult to preserve the clear moral divisions with which she began the war. Union…
11. The Blizzard Bride
Nebraska, January 1888. Teacher Abigail Bracey arrives under government instructions to identify a pupil believed to be the hidden son of the counterfeiter who murdered her father. Agent Dashiell Lassiter follows when he learns that the fugitive criminal is also searching for the boy and will…
12. The Chisholm Trail Bride
Eliza Gentry’s determination to marry the son of her family’s enemy leads her father to send her away with a cattle drive bound for Fort Worth. He hires Pinkerton operative Wyatt Creed to protect her, but Eliza resents both the punishment and the guard charged with…