Determined to escape an arranged marriage, Molly Tremaine answers a mail-order bride advertisement and leaves everything familiar behind. Her journey leads her to a quiet town where a man she has only known through letters waits, and she cannot help but wonder if trusting a stranger might finally give her a chance at the love she has always longed for.
Once a sheriff, Clayton Stroud is still haunted by the night his best friend was killed and has avoided the dangers of the outside world ever since. His careful routine is thrown into chaos the moment a newborn baby is left on his doorstep. Before he can even make sense of it, a stranger claiming to be his mail-order bride steps forward, igniting a spark he thought he had lost forever.
As Molly and Clayton work together to care for the abandoned baby, a dangerous figure from Clayton’s past returns to town, and old family feuds resurface. Molly and Clayton are forced to confront the danger together and decide if they are willing to risk everything for a love neither of them expected but cannot ignore.
"The Bride and the Orphan He Never Expected" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Tropes: Mail-Order Bride, Forced Proximity, Abandoned Baby, Beauty and the Beast
Genre: Romance
Once a sheriff, Clayton Stroud is still haunted by the night his best friend was killed and has avoided the dangers of the outside world ever since. His careful routine is thrown into chaos the moment a newborn baby is left on his doorstep. Before he can even make sense of it, a stranger claiming to be his mail-order bride steps forward, igniting a spark he thought he had lost forever.
As Molly and Clayton work together to care for the abandoned baby, a dangerous figure from Clayton’s past returns to town, and old family feuds resurface. Molly and Clayton are forced to confront the danger together and decide if they are willing to risk everything for a love neither of them expected but cannot ignore.
"The Bride and the Orphan He Never Expected" is a historical romance novel of approximately 80,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Tropes: Mail-Order Bride, Forced Proximity, Abandoned Baby, Beauty and the Beast
Genre: Romance
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