Letters, Lies, and Longings
(2025)(A book in the Montana Mail Order Brides series)
A novel by Susan Leigh Carlton
Letters, Lies, and Longings
She promised him honesty… but one hidden truth could cost her the love of a lifetime.
Widowed Mary Robbins dreams of escaping the whispers that follow her through Oak Grove. Answering a mail-order bride advertisement feels like her one chance at a new beginning—for herself and her spirited five-year-old daughter, Annie. But after a cruel rejection branding Annie a burden, Mary makes the decision she fears most: she keeps her daughter a secret.
Out on the Wyoming frontier, Buck Jennings wants more than a housekeeper or a convenient arrangement—he wants a real partner. Someone gentle. Someone trustworthy. Someone who sees him, not just his ranch. Mary's letters are everything he hoped for… warm, honest, full of quiet strength.
Until he travels east to meet her—and discovers the lie she never meant to tell.
Shaken and heartbroken, Buck must decide whether a woman who hid the truth can still be the one meant for him. And Mary must face the past she tried to outrun before it destroys the future she longs for. Can love built through ink and hope survive betrayal? Or will the truth tear them apart before their lives have even begun?
Set in the sweeping 1868 frontier, Letters, Lies, and Longings is a deeply emotional historical romance about second chances, found family, and the courage it takes to choose love again.
✨ Fans of heartfelt, sweet Western romance will be captivated.
👉 Purchase your copy today and journey into a love story born from letters—and strengthened by truth.
Genre: Historical Romance
She promised him honesty… but one hidden truth could cost her the love of a lifetime.
Widowed Mary Robbins dreams of escaping the whispers that follow her through Oak Grove. Answering a mail-order bride advertisement feels like her one chance at a new beginning—for herself and her spirited five-year-old daughter, Annie. But after a cruel rejection branding Annie a burden, Mary makes the decision she fears most: she keeps her daughter a secret.
Out on the Wyoming frontier, Buck Jennings wants more than a housekeeper or a convenient arrangement—he wants a real partner. Someone gentle. Someone trustworthy. Someone who sees him, not just his ranch. Mary's letters are everything he hoped for… warm, honest, full of quiet strength.
Until he travels east to meet her—and discovers the lie she never meant to tell.
Shaken and heartbroken, Buck must decide whether a woman who hid the truth can still be the one meant for him. And Mary must face the past she tried to outrun before it destroys the future she longs for. Can love built through ink and hope survive betrayal? Or will the truth tear them apart before their lives have even begun?
Set in the sweeping 1868 frontier, Letters, Lies, and Longings is a deeply emotional historical romance about second chances, found family, and the courage it takes to choose love again.
✨ Fans of heartfelt, sweet Western romance will be captivated.
👉 Purchase your copy today and journey into a love story born from letters—and strengthened by truth.
Genre: Historical Romance
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