num_pages: 172
description: Can love overcome danger?Remaining in her Virginia hometown won't mend Clara Brown's broken heart. Determined to set her life back in orderand go somewhere she won't have to see her former beaushe answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Before she knows it she's arrived in Crest Stone a rugged new railroad town nestled between the mountains in Colorado. And when she meets her intended he's better than she ever could have dreamedhandsome and kind even if he does seem preoccupied.Roman Carlisle is a cowboy turned livery owner. More than anything he wants what his brothers havea family. When Clara answers his advertisement he's overjoyed to find she's exactly who he wanted. But her arrival coincides with horses going missing from his stable. If he can't find out who's behind the thefts he'll lose everything he's worked so hard for.Clara is determined to help Roman when she finds out he's losing both horses and customers. But when the horse thieves grow more threatening Roman is faced with a choicesend back the woman he's come to love or put her life in danger.The Crest Stone Mail-Order Brides is a spin-off from Cat's Gilbert Girls series. This is a sweet and clean romance set in the Old West. Like all of Cat's books it will warm your heart and fill you with hope!
language: English
title: A Hopeful Bride
publisher: None