title: The Bookseller's Mail-Order Bride
author: Vanlandingham, Heidi
description: "I think I have a new favorite author, the storyline and her characters are just wonderful."
  ~Amazon reader
  She never wanted to be a bride. He wants a family to love.
  Hailey Jefferson doesn’t want a husband. Needing to escape her mother’s mortifying reputation, she decides to become a mail-order bride…but only on her terms. Giving her husband a trial marriage seems the perfect plan until she realizes he wants more.
  Orphaned as a young boy, Alex Croft dreams of having his own family and figures a mail-order bride is the solution to his life’s void. However, when Hailey announces a trial marriage, he has only until Christmas Eve to convince her to stay. Will his wish come true or will Hailey break his lonely heart?
  Other Books in the Mail-Order Brides of the Southwest series:
  The Gambler's Mail-Order Bride, book 1
  The Marshal's Mail-Order Bride, book 3
  The Woodworker's Mail-Order Bride, book 4
  The Gunslinger's Mail-Order Bride, book 5
  The Agent's Mail-Order Bride, book 6
  If you want to read more about Hailey's family, check out Heidi's Western Trails series!
  Trail of Injustice, book 1
  Trail of Hope, book 2
  Trail of Courage, book 3
  Trail of Secrets, book 4
  Mia's Misfits, book 5
  Trail of Redemption, book 6