Sweet Lies, Safe Secrets
(2026)(A book in the Mail-Order Brides Undercover series)
A novel by F Tilly Brownne
Sabrina Brooks didn’t join The Brides of Liberty Bureau to fall for criminals. She joined with one promise to herself: find out why her father vanished in the South and what happened to him. With Liberty’s undercover training in her bones and self-sufficiency in her blood, she’s ready for anything…until her first assignment sends her West.
In West Haven, near Denver, the Cleveland gang prepares to strike its next victim: Murdoc McCreary, rich, older, and already asking the Bureau for protection. Sabrina arrives undercover as his mail-order bride—exactly the kind of woman a robber could overlook.
But the moment she meets Doylin Wiles, his charming confidence and dangerous profession collides with her instincts. He’s the gang’s new safe-cracker.
But that’s not all. She discovers he’s chasing his missing sister, last seen with the gang leader, Dalbert Cleveland.
As Sabrina suspects something off in the man who claims he can crack any lock, his sweet lies begin to crack open the lock on her hardened heart.
Will romance and, worse, the threat of love, betray her mission? Because Doylin isn’t merely a thief…he’s a temptation. The closer they get to the truth, the likelier they are to ruin each other.
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These undercover brides came for justice—they never expected love to get in the way.
Founded in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Brides of Liberty Bureau is a covert initiative within the U.S. War Department. It was born out of necessity when it became clear that traditional male agents couldn’t infiltrate certain places—particularly private homes, drawing rooms, and elite social circles in lawless Western territories.
They needed operatives who were overlooked, underestimated, and unlikely to be suspected...
They needed women.
This series is filled with stand-alone stories, each by a different author. Read them all in any order!
Genre: Inspirational
In West Haven, near Denver, the Cleveland gang prepares to strike its next victim: Murdoc McCreary, rich, older, and already asking the Bureau for protection. Sabrina arrives undercover as his mail-order bride—exactly the kind of woman a robber could overlook.
But the moment she meets Doylin Wiles, his charming confidence and dangerous profession collides with her instincts. He’s the gang’s new safe-cracker.
But that’s not all. She discovers he’s chasing his missing sister, last seen with the gang leader, Dalbert Cleveland.
As Sabrina suspects something off in the man who claims he can crack any lock, his sweet lies begin to crack open the lock on her hardened heart.
Will romance and, worse, the threat of love, betray her mission? Because Doylin isn’t merely a thief…he’s a temptation. The closer they get to the truth, the likelier they are to ruin each other.
~ # ~
These undercover brides came for justice—they never expected love to get in the way.
Founded in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the Brides of Liberty Bureau is a covert initiative within the U.S. War Department. It was born out of necessity when it became clear that traditional male agents couldn’t infiltrate certain places—particularly private homes, drawing rooms, and elite social circles in lawless Western territories.
They needed operatives who were overlooked, underestimated, and unlikely to be suspected...
They needed women.
This series is filled with stand-alone stories, each by a different author. Read them all in any order!
Genre: Inspirational
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