An Expectant Bride

The town’s blacksmith is in need of a bride–but he didn’t expect to also become a father.
Merrick Benton wants a family of his own, but he can’t seem to string two words together around the eligible ladies in town. A mail-order bride is the perfect solution to his problem.

Eleanor Stevens and her sister were both widowed when their husbands died in a mine explosion. Desperate for a new beginning, they each answer advertisements from men in Crest Stone, Colorado. Eleanor is certain that a new husband in a faraway place will be exactly what her sister Rebecca and her children need to heal. But once the sisters are on their way, Eleanor discovers she’s expecting a child that Merrick knows nothing about.