LIVING—LEARNING—LOVING—TOGETHER—FOREVER
The stories are the creation of talented multi-authors and each focus on Miss Hazel Hughes, a self-appointed matchmaker and the mail-order brides she locates for single members of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Each story in this series will read as a standalone. The story is a clean historical situated in Canada with a great cast of characters and plenty of humor. This story will take the reader on a journey of discovery and will bring the con-artist and law enforcement together in marriage.
Another group of Mounties, preparing to leave for a very remote post in Reindeer Ridge call upon Miss Hazel to assist them in finding a wife to go with them. The ladies have been with her training in the arts of housekeeping and cooking. On this adventure, instead of her and the brides she matches up with the Mounties, they will be coming to her home, and each lady will be in a separate room and have a Round Robin visit from the men to find their brides.
Among the brides is Gemma Spurling, needing to get away from Ottawa and her con-artist mother, Bronwen. Maybe once she is gone, she can start a new life and feels bad about her method of starting over. When the Mounties show up, the first man scares her and she play-acts as a silly young girl to have him leave, but what happens when the second man, Colton Leeds, enters? There is a connection and within moments of talking her offers her marriage.
Colton Leeds has left his family for an adventure and to do something besides the family business of fishing. He believes straight up that it is right or wrong and with absolutely no grey area.
“You should know this about me. I’m a man of conviction. I believe in right and wrong, good and evil. I believe if you break the law, you deserve justice. Everyone has a choice. Sometimes choosing to do good is harder, but it’s the only way.”
A marriage between these two will come with secrets and a shady past from Gemma, not something she chose but was forced on a child by her mother. From the time on the train to their new home is challenging and gives her an idea what life will be like keeping that secret, but she is sure she isn’t the only one of the brides with secrets. From rescuing a widowed mother and her two children, moving them into their home will give Gemma and Colton distance while learning more about each other. Gemma will learn more about compassion and Lilly will teach her about cooking. But when trouble comes calling in the form of evil men, what will happen?
The story takes on many challenges and will be full of lessons of life for both the straightforward Colton and the checkered-past Gemma. Will she be able to keep her secrets or will the past come to haunt her? How far and to what extent will a parent go to protect their children? The harsh winter has her trapped in the area, and with it comes danger. Will Gemma and Colton find love and forgiveness before its too late?
“We can’t do anything about our past. We both have to remember that, as hard as it might be. If we do, maybe we can each find the happiness we’ve been denied for so long.”