The Protector's Baby
(2026)(The third book in the Stagecoach Mail-Order Brides series)
A novel by Cat Cahill
He wanted a bride, but he didn’t expect the baby.
Vivacious Mercy Barton yearns for adventure beyond the orphanage where she grew up. When she and her friends answer a marriage advertisement from men in a frontier town in the Colorado Territory, she hopes for a husband who shares her dreams.
Will Morrell has a deadly aim and a desire to prove himself. He’s spent the last two years standing between danger and the people of Perseverance, and now all he wants is a wife and a family of his own. What he doesn’t expect is Mercy’s fierce spirit—or the sudden arrival of a baby left in their care.
The child’s mother claims little Flynn is Will’s before she disappears. Will is determined to do right by his new son. Mercy wants to help, but sudden motherhood is proving to be harder than she ever could have imagined. Neither one imagined Flynn could be in danger.
When Flynn’s wealthy, influential grandfather learns of the baby’s existence, he demands the child’s return. Mercy and Will must rely on one another and on the town they call home to keep their family together. When the unthinkable happens, Will realizes that protecting his family may cost him his reputation—and possibly his life.
The Protector's Baby is the third book in the Stagecoach Mail-Order Brides series. It can be enjoyed as part of the series or read as a standalone book.
Genre: Historical Romance
Vivacious Mercy Barton yearns for adventure beyond the orphanage where she grew up. When she and her friends answer a marriage advertisement from men in a frontier town in the Colorado Territory, she hopes for a husband who shares her dreams.
Will Morrell has a deadly aim and a desire to prove himself. He’s spent the last two years standing between danger and the people of Perseverance, and now all he wants is a wife and a family of his own. What he doesn’t expect is Mercy’s fierce spirit—or the sudden arrival of a baby left in their care.
The child’s mother claims little Flynn is Will’s before she disappears. Will is determined to do right by his new son. Mercy wants to help, but sudden motherhood is proving to be harder than she ever could have imagined. Neither one imagined Flynn could be in danger.
When Flynn’s wealthy, influential grandfather learns of the baby’s existence, he demands the child’s return. Mercy and Will must rely on one another and on the town they call home to keep their family together. When the unthinkable happens, Will realizes that protecting his family may cost him his reputation—and possibly his life.
The Protector's Baby is the third book in the Stagecoach Mail-Order Brides series. It can be enjoyed as part of the series or read as a standalone book.
Genre: Historical Romance