Hitched for the Holidays After a pupil's prank forces Anna Mae Leland to take shelter with a widowed sheriff during a blizzard, she loses her teaching job—but gains a fiancé. Josiah Miller needs a mother for his twin daughters and Anna Mae needs to protect her reputation. This business-only arrangement means the recently jilted Anna Mae need never risk the folly of love again. Josiah has long admired the town's spirited schoolteacher from afar. In close quarters, she's an ideal friend and helpmate. Yet Christmas's arrival brings a gift neither dared hope for—a second chance at love and happiness…but only if they'll forego what's practical and follow their hearts.

Get cozy with this heartwarming holiday story! Hitched for the holidays A Convenient Christmas Bride by Rhonda Gibson After a pupil's prank forces Anna Mae Leland to take shelter with a widowed sheriff during a blizzard, she loses her teaching job—but gains a fiancé. Josiah Miller needs a mother for his twin daughters and Anna Mae needs to protect her reputation. Soon Christmas's arrival brings a gift neither dared hope for—a second chance at love and happiness…but only if they'll forego what's practical and follow their hearts. The Rancher's Christmas Proposal by Sherri Shackelford Single father and rancher Shane McCoy needs help raising his two-year-old twins. An encounter with a lovely stranger offers an unconventional answer to his predicament when she suggests a marriage of convenience. Tessa Spencer needs a fresh start and protection from a vengeful outlaw. Shane's ranch provides refuge, and his children easily win Tessa's affections. But as her past resurfaces, only honesty and trust will make this family Christmas the first of many…

The Marriage Agreement Proposing a marriage of convenience to a rugged logger is the boldest move of Nora Underhill’s sheltered life. In return for Simon Wallin’s protection from her overbearing family, the unassuming seamstress offers prime frontier farmland. But their paper marriage changes when Nora’s greedy brother tries to draw her back into a life of drudgery. Her only option: move to Simon’s farm, and into the center of his loving, unruly family. Years of shouldering responsibility have left Simon cynical and reserved. But little by little, Nora’s warmth opens his shuttered heart to joy. With their marriage claim under threat, can this practical arrangement blossom over the holidays…and become a love for all seasons?

A troubled medical student enters a marriage of convenience with billionaire in this holiday romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Greek tycoon Leo is a businessman, not a family man. Yet becoming guardian to his orphaned nieces and nephews leads him to make the ultimate sacrifice—finding a wife! And kindhearted Letty is the perfect bride for the job. Letty can’t let her family fall into financial ruin. A convenient Christmas wedding with Leo is the ideal solution! Until their paper-only arrangement is scorched . . . by the heat of their unanticipated passion! Which awakens innocent Letty to the inescapable truth: she wants more from Leo than she signed up for . . .

Varsity coach Mitch Holden thinks he's seen everything until Scotswoman Emma McGregor steps out of her car, in a bridal dress and veil, and asks him where she can find a job. Mitch is stunned but directs her somewhere to stay... and finds himself unable to keep from checking up on her. Emma McGregor has had the worst day of her life. Finding out her groom didn't really want to marry her was a devastating blow, but Mitch and the town of Marietta reach out to her in a way she couldn't have imagined. Nowhere seems to do Christmas like Marietta does. But Mitch has secrets of his own. Everyone knows about the injury that tragically ended his promising football career, but there's more to the story... Will the magic of Marietta sprinkle some Christmas dust on their broken hearts and help them find their happy ever after? Each book in the Christmas Wishes series is a standalone: *The Runaway Christmas Bride *A Royal Christmas Princess *The Jingle Bell Bride *The Christmas Contest *The Christmas Clues

A Greek playboy’s marriage of convenience yields more than he can handle in this holiday romance by a USA Today–bestselling author. Coldly ruthless and deeply cynical, Apollo Metraxis has made a career of bachelorhood. But when the inheritance of his father’s estate is conditional on a marriage and a child, he is forced to do the unthinkable! Unpolished Pixie Robinson is the world’s worst choice of a wife for Apollo. Yet her family’s mounting debts leave her defenseless and therefore uniquely suitable. But when the wedding night exposes Pixie’s untouched vulnerability, striking a chord in the dark reaches of his heart, Apollo is forced to think again. And that’s before he discovers that she’s carrying not one—but two Metraxis heirs!

A MATCH MADE BY MAIL Needing a home and a husband to help her raise her orphaned nephews, Bella Wilson travels to Wyoming in response to a mail-order bride ad. But when she arrives, she discovers Pony Express rider Philip Young didn't place the ad. With her groom-to-be insisting he's not looking for a wife, Bella must convince him to marry her for the sake of the children. Philip never planned to marry, but he can't possibly turn away a woman in distress and allow her nephews to end up in an orphanage as he once had. A marriage of convenience is the perfect solution. But when he slowly discovers that family life may be what he's been looking for all along, can he convince Bella to give love a chance?

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles! Enjoy these historical romances of adventure and faith. PONY EXPRESS CHRISTMAS BRIDE Saddles and Spurs by Rhonda Gibson Finding a husband is the only way Josephine Dooly can protect herself against her scheming uncle, so she answers a mail-order-bride ad. But when she arrives and discovers her groom-to-be didn’t place the ad himself, can she convince Thomas Young to marry her in name only? COWGIRL UNDER THE MISTLETOE Four Stones Ranch by Louise M. Gouge Preacher Micah Thomas is set on finding himself a “ladylike” wife. But as he works to catch a group of outlaws with Deputy Sheriff Grace Eberly—a woman who can outshoot and outride every man in town—he can’t help but fall for her. A FAMILY ARRANGEMENT Little Falls Legacy by Gabrielle Meyer Widower Abram Cooper has ten months to build a vibrant town in the wilds of Minnesota Territory—or his sister-in-law, Charlotte Lee, will take his three motherless boys back to Iowa to raise. Can they possibly build a family by her deadline, as well? WED ON THE WAGON TRAIN by Tracy Blalock Matilda Prescott disguises herself as a boy so that she and her sister can join the wagon train to Oregon. But when her secret is revealed, she must temporarily marry Josiah Dawson to save her reputation.

The Lawman Meets His Match Successful Seattle matchmaker Beth Wallin has her most challenging assignment yet—find Deputy Hart McCormick a bride. Beth’s still smarting after the handsome lawman spurned her affections a year ago. But if she finds Hart a wife, Beth will gain favor with the city’s most influential women…and perhaps free her own heart, as well. Marriage is the last thing on the deputy’s mind. After tragically losing his sweetheart, he vowed never to love again. But as sweet, spunky Beth introduces him to potential fiancées, Hart finally feels a spark…for her! The stubborn bachelor will be Beth’s first matchmaking miss, unless they can both admit that she just might be his perfect match.

Love Inspired Historical brings you four new titles! Enjoy these historical romances of adventure and faith. PONY EXPRESS MAIL-ORDER BRIDE Saddles and Spurs by Rhonda Gibson Needing a home and a husband to help her raise her orphaned nephews, Bella Wilson heads to Wyoming in response to a mail-order bride ad. But when she discovers that Philip Young, her pony express rider groom-to-be, didn’t place the ad, she must convince him to marry her for the sake of the children. A TEMPORARY FAMILY Prairie Courtships by Sherri Shackelford Stagecoach-stop station agent Nolan West’s best chance to protect Tilly Hargreaves and her three nieces from the outlaws threatening his town is by pretending Tilly is his wife. And soon his temporary family is chipping away at his guarded heart. HER MOTHERHOOD WISH by Keli Gwyn When Callie Hunt and Chip Evans discover two orphans and become their caregivers, neither is ready for a relationship. But can the children draw Callie and Chip together and convince them to put their plans aside and fall in love? FRONTIER AGREEMENT by Shannon Farrington When she goes to live with her Native American mother’s tribe after her father’s death, Claire Manette is told she must find a husband, but she wishes to marry for love. Is there a chance she can find it in the marriage of convenience Lewis and Clark Expedition member Pierre Lafayette offers?