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Cornelia: Wild Rose Ridge Historicals
She wanted to teach. He wanted solitude. God gave them a blizzard—and a love neither saw coming.
Cornelia Whitaker has no intention of ever getting married. The wary teacher moves to Wild Rose Ridge for a fresh start, leaving Boston’s rules behind. When the town’s meddling matchmakers mistake her for a mail-order bride, her plans crumble faster than snow in a spring thaw. To keep the peace and protect her reputation, she agrees to having a chaperone. What she didn’t expect was Tucker Montgomery, who might be the one man in town who swears never to marry.
Tucker Montgomery would rather fell a forest with a dull axe than face another matchmaking scheme from the Busy Bees. The Bees corner him into escorting the town’s newest teacher. He has little patience for the petite teacher who’s opinionated and misconstrues everything he says, but Cornelia’s quiet strength disarms him. Her persistence unsettles him, and her courage against a camp full of rowdy loggers might undo the walls he’s built around his heart.
When Cornelia gets trapped at Tucker’s logging camp during a blizzard, hearts thaw to what God has planned for them. Tucker must decide if love is worth the risk, and Cornelia must choose between the safety of solitude and the faith it would take to build a future with Tucker.
Will they trust the Author of every storm to show them love can be found in the most unexpected places at Christmas?
A heartwarming, faith-filled historical romance where love is patient, laughter is healing, and God’s timing is always perfect. Welcome to Wild Rose Ridge!
Fans of clean, heartwarming Western romances by authors like Karen Witemeyer, Linda Ford and Misty M. Beller will adore this story of hope, humor, and a love only God could have planned.
Cornelia Whitaker has no intention of ever getting married. The wary teacher moves to Wild Rose Ridge for a fresh start, leaving Boston’s rules behind. When the town’s meddling matchmakers mistake her for a mail-order bride, her plans crumble faster than snow in a spring thaw. To keep the peace and protect her reputation, she agrees to having a chaperone. What she didn’t expect was Tucker Montgomery, who might be the one man in town who swears never to marry.
Tucker Montgomery would rather fell a forest with a dull axe than face another matchmaking scheme from the Busy Bees. The Bees corner him into escorting the town’s newest teacher. He has little patience for the petite teacher who’s opinionated and misconstrues everything he says, but Cornelia’s quiet strength disarms him. Her persistence unsettles him, and her courage against a camp full of rowdy loggers might undo the walls he’s built around his heart.
When Cornelia gets trapped at Tucker’s logging camp during a blizzard, hearts thaw to what God has planned for them. Tucker must decide if love is worth the risk, and Cornelia must choose between the safety of solitude and the faith it would take to build a future with Tucker.
Will they trust the Author of every storm to show them love can be found in the most unexpected places at Christmas?
A heartwarming, faith-filled historical romance where love is patient, laughter is healing, and God’s timing is always perfect. Welcome to Wild Rose Ridge!
Fans of clean, heartwarming Western romances by authors like Karen Witemeyer, Linda Ford and Misty M. Beller will adore this story of hope, humor, and a love only God could have planned.
277 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 3, 2025
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About the author
Christine Sterling
117 books273 followersUSA TODAY bestselling author Christine Sterling loves immersing her readers in the small towns she’s created. Her inspirational stories feature humor, redemption, and romance, with themes of friendship, forgiveness, and fighting for the love you want.
She’s the author of over eighty romances, including the reader favorites, First Families of Flat River, and The Flat River Matchmaker series. She loves to create tight-knit families with strong family values, and you’ll often find that her characters cross over in many of her stories. Her readers describe her characters as old friends and her settings as places they would love to visit.
An empty nester, she lives with her husband and a menagerie of animals on a Pennsylvania farm. When she’s not writing, she can be found drinking tea, being judged by her cat, eating snacks, or napping.
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She’s the author of over eighty romances, including the reader favorites, First Families of Flat River, and The Flat River Matchmaker series. She loves to create tight-knit families with strong family values, and you’ll often find that her characters cross over in many of her stories. Her readers describe her characters as old friends and her settings as places they would love to visit.
An empty nester, she lives with her husband and a menagerie of animals on a Pennsylvania farm. When she’s not writing, she can be found drinking tea, being judged by her cat, eating snacks, or napping.
Sign up for her newsletter and get a free book at www. flatrivernebraska. com
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November 10, 2025
Cornelia ♥️ Tucker
This story was so sweet. Cornelia wasn’t even a mail-order-bride. She arrived with a group of women who were, but she was a school teacher. She was determined to teach but there were no students but only working lumbermen. The Busy Bees insisted she needed an escort around town for safety’s sake and assigned a man for the job, Tucker, the foreman at he logging company. Their love story is perilous at times but so sweet. I enjoyed reading this story in the series.
This story was so sweet. Cornelia wasn’t even a mail-order-bride. She arrived with a group of women who were, but she was a school teacher. She was determined to teach but there were no students but only working lumbermen. The Busy Bees insisted she needed an escort around town for safety’s sake and assigned a man for the job, Tucker, the foreman at he logging company. Their love story is perilous at times but so sweet. I enjoyed reading this story in the series.
November 4, 2025
You never know what you want til you get it
Oh Christine sterling! You have another hit! I am loving this sweet series, and you have done it again. Innocent young women sent to a logging town full of lonely loggers! Cornelia and Tucker weren't prepared for falling in love, but when Christine writes a story, love happens. I think you are right when you said this may be your best book yet!
Oh Christine sterling! You have another hit! I am loving this sweet series, and you have done it again. Innocent young women sent to a logging town full of lonely loggers! Cornelia and Tucker weren't prepared for falling in love, but when Christine writes a story, love happens. I think you are right when you said this may be your best book yet!
December 28, 2025
extremely exciting and entertaining
The electricity between Cornelia and Tucker was so high I couldn’t put the story down. I can’t wait to read more about what happens in Wild Rose Ridge.
The electricity between Cornelia and Tucker was so high I couldn’t put the story down. I can’t wait to read more about what happens in Wild Rose Ridge.
November 14, 2025
I enjoyed the book! I recommend reading it!
November 14, 2025
Delightful book
Unfortunately, there was a time where women could marry or teach, but not both. Tucker, found a way for Cornelia to have both and in the process, won her house.
Unfortunately, there was a time where women could marry or teach, but not both. Tucker, found a way for Cornelia to have both and in the process, won her house.
January 11, 2026
Great book
What a fantastic story. I absolutely loved it. Cornelia wanted to be a teacher but she was so much more. I recommend this book.
What a fantastic story. I absolutely loved it. Cornelia wanted to be a teacher but she was so much more. I recommend this book.
January 19, 2026
Cornelia
This was another wild Rose
Ridge, lady who came to town and did find the love of her life.
Cornelia who came to be a teacher but there were few children living in town.
This was another wild Rose
Ridge, lady who came to town and did find the love of her life.
Cornelia who came to be a teacher but there were few children living in town.
February 10, 2026
Excellent reading!
I really liked this book set in the lumber camp. The love story was perfect between the lumber man and prim teacher!
I really liked this book set in the lumber camp. The love story was perfect between the lumber man and prim teacher!
February 11, 2026
Lovely story.
Cornelia had no idea what awaited her, but she certainly hadn’t planned for Tucker. Throw in a snow storm and disaster at a logging camp, and you have a good story.
Cornelia had no idea what awaited her, but she certainly hadn’t planned for Tucker. Throw in a snow storm and disaster at a logging camp, and you have a good story.
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