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Gambled to a Groom: Sweet Historical Western Romance
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Expected 19 Nov 26
A dusty frontier saloon was never meant to be a chapel, but one reckless gamble changes everything.
He’s played with fate before—only this time, the stakes have a heartbeat.
Nate Bridger has never shied away from risk. When his brother lands in trouble over stolen banknotes, Nate joins a dangerous card game to win back the evidence from a notorious swindler. The winning hand earns him more than the proof he needs—it wins him the man’s daughter.
She’s learned how to survive other people’s bets—and she’s done being the wager.
Shasta Morrow has spent her life surviving, protecting her younger sister from the worst of her father’s schemes. When he gambles her away, she seizes the chance to escape—but marrying a stranger only trades one kind of danger for another.
When trust becomes the rarest currency of all, love may be the one game they can’t afford to lose.
Nate might be steady and kind, but he’s also a man who lives by chance—and Shasta knows too well what chance can cost. When secrets threaten betrayal, Nate must decide if she’s the innocent he wants to believe in or just his latest mistake.
Join the Bridger family in Oregon Trail with Gambled to a Groom . This is a clean romance and the sixth book in the Bridger Brothers series.
He’s played with fate before—only this time, the stakes have a heartbeat.
Nate Bridger has never shied away from risk. When his brother lands in trouble over stolen banknotes, Nate joins a dangerous card game to win back the evidence from a notorious swindler. The winning hand earns him more than the proof he needs—it wins him the man’s daughter.
She’s learned how to survive other people’s bets—and she’s done being the wager.
Shasta Morrow has spent her life surviving, protecting her younger sister from the worst of her father’s schemes. When he gambles her away, she seizes the chance to escape—but marrying a stranger only trades one kind of danger for another.
When trust becomes the rarest currency of all, love may be the one game they can’t afford to lose.
Nate might be steady and kind, but he’s also a man who lives by chance—and Shasta knows too well what chance can cost. When secrets threaten betrayal, Nate must decide if she’s the innocent he wants to believe in or just his latest mistake.
Join the Bridger family in Oregon Trail with Gambled to a Groom . This is a clean romance and the sixth book in the Bridger Brothers series.
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Expected publication November 19, 2026
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Review of advance copy received from Author
I've been patiently waiting for the next book in this Bridger Brothers Series. In the last book the family had finally made it to Oregon and found land for each one of them. Throughout the past books there has been peaks at Nate, the twin who seemed to be a bit wild. This is finally his story which unsurprisingly has lots of twists and turns from the first pages.
When Nate finds his younger brother in jail with the possibility of hanging for a bank robbery, he agrees with the marshal to play a card game to get evidence on who did the crime. If he can get the bank notes like the one that his brother had, he can get him set free.
Nate is a very good card player and even won the house near town in a card game. As the game progresses and the stakes get higher, the man betting with the stolen bank notes wagers his daughter in marriage if he loses the game. Nate wants to stop playing but the watching sheriff makes him continue the game. When Nate wins the game from the known swindler, he is forced to immediately marry the man's beautiful daughter Shasta.
Even though Nate has proven his brother's innocent and his release, the lawmen still want him to get more information from the swindler's daughter about the gang who robbed the bank.
Shasta's father has forced her to be involved in his card game swindles. She has to keep her younger sister safe and so she goes along with him. She is shocked when she shows up at the game to discover, her father had wagered her in marriage. She can see the leering men in the bar and she has no idea which man will be her husband. She has never met Nate and she is immediately married to him. She has no idea what kind of swindle her father is planning with this marriage. Then she finds out that Nate has the stolen bank notes and her father wants her to get them back.
So Nate and Shasta begin a marriage with a lot of mistrust about each other. She has no idea what he did with the bank notes and he knows she is a swindler like her father.
Nate may finally discover why his mother was so determined to see all of her sons marry. Shasta may finally realize there are good protective men in the world.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
When Nate finds his younger brother in jail with the possibility of hanging for a bank robbery, he agrees with the marshal to play a card game to get evidence on who did the crime. If he can get the bank notes like the one that his brother had, he can get him set free.
Nate is a very good card player and even won the house near town in a card game. As the game progresses and the stakes get higher, the man betting with the stolen bank notes wagers his daughter in marriage if he loses the game. Nate wants to stop playing but the watching sheriff makes him continue the game. When Nate wins the game from the known swindler, he is forced to immediately marry the man's beautiful daughter Shasta.
Even though Nate has proven his brother's innocent and his release, the lawmen still want him to get more information from the swindler's daughter about the gang who robbed the bank.
Shasta's father has forced her to be involved in his card game swindles. She has to keep her younger sister safe and so she goes along with him. She is shocked when she shows up at the game to discover, her father had wagered her in marriage. She can see the leering men in the bar and she has no idea which man will be her husband. She has never met Nate and she is immediately married to him. She has no idea what kind of swindle her father is planning with this marriage. Then she finds out that Nate has the stolen bank notes and her father wants her to get them back.
So Nate and Shasta begin a marriage with a lot of mistrust about each other. She has no idea what he did with the bank notes and he knows she is a swindler like her father.
Nate may finally discover why his mother was so determined to see all of her sons marry. Shasta may finally realize there are good protective men in the world.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Review of advance copy received from Author
I've been on and off with this series, so I haven't read them all, but it's always a pleasure to get back to this family nonetheless. I don't often read books from this time period but once in a while I feel a need to, and Kate Condie always delivers with a good story to satisfy my craving.
Gambled to a Groom follows Nate and Shasta who find themselves stuck into a marriage of convenience. Both are super wary of each other, and with good reasons: Shasta's family is involved in swindles and such while Nate is working with the sheriff due to circumstances out of his control. That made things quite interesting between our two characters from the start.
I loved that both our main characters were the family members that would do anything to protect their siblings. Even though they went through a lot together I could see them find their way to something great based on this similarity. Shasta didn't have an easy life and I loved that Nate felt protective of her even when he couldn't trust her. The forced proximity added sweet moments between them and I loved how they were such a good fit in their new home. The progression in their relationship felt nice and with the addition of danger it certainly sped things up a bit.
I really liked Nate's brother and Shasta's sister. I'm hoping to see more of them in upcoming books hopefully!
This was for sure a great addition to this series.
Thanks to the author for the eARC. All opinions are my own.
Gambled to a Groom follows Nate and Shasta who find themselves stuck into a marriage of convenience. Both are super wary of each other, and with good reasons: Shasta's family is involved in swindles and such while Nate is working with the sheriff due to circumstances out of his control. That made things quite interesting between our two characters from the start.
I loved that both our main characters were the family members that would do anything to protect their siblings. Even though they went through a lot together I could see them find their way to something great based on this similarity. Shasta didn't have an easy life and I loved that Nate felt protective of her even when he couldn't trust her. The forced proximity added sweet moments between them and I loved how they were such a good fit in their new home. The progression in their relationship felt nice and with the addition of danger it certainly sped things up a bit.
I really liked Nate's brother and Shasta's sister. I'm hoping to see more of them in upcoming books hopefully!
This was for sure a great addition to this series.
Thanks to the author for the eARC. All opinions are my own.
Review of advance copy received from Author
This hit my itch for a great historical Western story, with adventure and all the feelings! I enjoyed this read a whole lot!
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