Candace: Inspirational Mail-Order Bride Western Romance

by Teresa Slack

Saddle up for the long awaited exciting and heart-warming conclusion to the Nine Brides for Cowboy Creek Series

Welcome back to Cowboy Creek. You've got questions--this book has all the answers!

Ten years after her mother uprooted their lives in Cincinnati to become a mail order bride, Candace Whitamore is back in Cowboy Creek after a two-year absence to recover from a broken heart. The first familiar face she sees is that of the man who jilted her, who is now the town doctor!

With Cowboy Creek bursting at the seams with expectant mothers, Candace can’t avoid seeing handsome Dr. Mark Gaetz every time she turns around. If only her heart could accept he's not the man she thought he was and the love they once shared is dead and buried.

Mark hasn't forgiven Candace for leaving him. He thought she loved him as much as he loved her, until she disappeared with no word of explanation. Still as stubborn as she is beautiful, Mark won’t let his head be turned by Candace again, even though his heart longs for what they once had.

Spoiler This is a reunion book, which makes it all the more fun. If you're not ready to learn who married whom and what happened between each blushing bride and rugged cowboy, you might want to read the other books in the series first. (You won't be sorry.)

Whatever happened to Marla and Preach? What became of Aunt Nan and the mysterious cowboy who rode into town at the end of Amelia's story? What challenges and victories did the nine couples weather together over the past ten years as they found love and built a future in Cowboy Creek?

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Rennie
Eliza
Carrie
Bridget
Katie
Marianne
Scarlett
Rachael
Amelia

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"Slack's first offering of her new Mail-Order Bride Series gets it off to a solid start with a heartwarming, satisfying sweet love story her readers will devour." Linore Rose Burkard, Award-winning author of the Brides of Mayfair
"Who doesn't love a love story with cowboys in it?"
"I love each story each new bride brings to the series."
"Series will have you binge reading."
"Couldn't put it down. Perfect western romance..."

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150 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 2, 2025

Reviews

[Linore · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another fast moving western that checks all the boxes

Ms Slack knows how to write historical Western romance with quirky, real characters, situations and dialogue. This one zips along so that the reader zips right along with it until the final page and the happy ending they've been waiting for. Along the way, the town of Cowboy Creek comes alive with familiar faces from earlier books in the series, suffusing the reading experience with western grit and flare. Fans of Slack, and all those who love a clean western romance will not be disappointed with this one.

[Joyce Marion · Rating 5 out of 5]

Candace grew up in Cowboy Creek. She was in secondary school and met Mark. She was in love with him, but her roommate told her that he was in love with her and that they had gotten married. Candace left and went to Cincinnati. It's been 2 years and now she is home in Cowboy Creek. The first person she meets is Mark. He is the town doctor. She is shocked because his plan had been to go to Independence MO and practice with his family. She doesn't want to run into him and his wife. She rides with him from Good Hope to Cowboy Creek. We get to catch up with the other brides and how they are doing. Mark had not been seeing her roommate on the side. She lied all along. Mark wrote to her, but her mother burned the letters. She didn't want Candace to get hurt. As they work alongside each other, the old flames are still there, but they can they trust each other? Great ending to an amazing series.

[Debbie Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book! Candace had stayed east because she thought she had been abandoned by the man she loved. When she returned to Cowboy Creek, she found out that the man she has loved was also there. This book wraps up the series. I recommend reading this book and all the others in the series!