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Deceived Mail-Order Bride
New Orleans and Texas - 1876 Sweet Romance Anna Simpson loses her home and job because of someone she believed to be a friend. The streets of New Orleans beckon unless she can quickly find another job. Unemployed and desperate, she decides to become a Mail-Order Bride for a wealthy businessman. She arrives at Dry River with six-year-old orphaned Max to a drunk and abusive prospective groom. Connor Grey believes he is not worthy of a woman’s love because of his scarred face. He sees Anna being abused, and after stepping in to help is left with her and the child. Anna’s situation is now dire. She came to marry one man, dare she wed another? How could a marriage between her and Connor work, even if the hand of fate appears to be pushing them together?
- GenresWesternsHistorical
89 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 28, 2019
About the author
Margaret Tanner
228 books88 followersMargaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author.
As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance.
Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons.
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She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion.
Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium.
She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.
As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance.
Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons.
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She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion.
Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium.
She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.
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September 5, 2020
Great story
I really enjoyed this story. The characters all had needs in their lives that were fulfilled by their new friends. What started out as a possibly bad situation ended with a much deserved happily ever after for the whole family.
I really enjoyed this story. The characters all had needs in their lives that were fulfilled by their new friends. What started out as a possibly bad situation ended with a much deserved happily ever after for the whole family.
January 8, 2021
Happy ever after
This was a very good book written by Margaret Tanner and I enjoyed reading it. A young woman book keeper, being fired, a boarding house, new job, a mother and son, mail order bride, going to be married, A mothers death, taking a boy in, meeting future husband, a drunk and abusive saloon owner being hit, being saved. Will she marry the saloon owner? Will she marry another man? Will she and the boy be happy? Meeting new friends? Will all three have a happy ever after? I would recommend this book to everyone. Buy the book and find out the answers to the questions. Enjoy reading.
This was a very good book written by Margaret Tanner and I enjoyed reading it. A young woman book keeper, being fired, a boarding house, new job, a mother and son, mail order bride, going to be married, A mothers death, taking a boy in, meeting future husband, a drunk and abusive saloon owner being hit, being saved. Will she marry the saloon owner? Will she marry another man? Will she and the boy be happy? Meeting new friends? Will all three have a happy ever after? I would recommend this book to everyone. Buy the book and find out the answers to the questions. Enjoy reading.
February 12, 2020
Devine intervention is the way to happiness.
A spiteful young woman fires Anna after she marries Anna's boss and catches him gone. Anna goes looking for another job and meets a homeless woman and her young son. An accident
happens and Anna becomes the boys only hope. She accepts a mail order proposal but things are all wrong when she gets there. Connor saves her and ends up changing all their lives. Such a great story.
A spiteful young woman fires Anna after she marries Anna's boss and catches him gone. Anna goes looking for another job and meets a homeless woman and her young son. An accident
happens and Anna becomes the boys only hope. She accepts a mail order proposal but things are all wrong when she gets there. Connor saves her and ends up changing all their lives. Such a great story.
August 14, 2020
Delightful
I loved this story and Anna and Max and Connor. Anna is a wonderful heroine, afraid and hurt, but very determined to take charge of her life and change it for the better and unknowingly (or without realizing it), changing other lives for the better :) it is on the short end, but a very satisfying read. I actually think I will be rereading it whenever I need a bit of inspiration that following your inner promptings leads you to good things!
I loved this story and Anna and Max and Connor. Anna is a wonderful heroine, afraid and hurt, but very determined to take charge of her life and change it for the better and unknowingly (or without realizing it), changing other lives for the better :) it is on the short end, but a very satisfying read. I actually think I will be rereading it whenever I need a bit of inspiration that following your inner promptings leads you to good things!
August 15, 2020
Deceived MailOrder Bride
This story really felt special to me. My heart is filled with joy when people who are at disadvantage and others step forward to bless them. Cindy and Max reached out for help, Connor struggled with his injuries and being ridiculed by others, but he stepped forward and saved Anna from a different life. She saved Max from an orphanage. What can I say, but a great story.
This story really felt special to me. My heart is filled with joy when people who are at disadvantage and others step forward to bless them. Cindy and Max reached out for help, Connor struggled with his injuries and being ridiculed by others, but he stepped forward and saved Anna from a different life. She saved Max from an orphanage. What can I say, but a great story.
August 31, 2020
Great story until....
I loved the characters in this story. The story and characters were believable and it was a good read. Then, just as events in the book were really getting interesting, the next chapter wrapped everything up quickly. This story could have had 3 or 4 more chapters easily! It was like the author was writing and someone said,quick! Finish the story. A few more chapters and this would have received 5 stars.
I loved the characters in this story. The story and characters were believable and it was a good read. Then, just as events in the book were really getting interesting, the next chapter wrapped everything up quickly. This story could have had 3 or 4 more chapters easily! It was like the author was writing and someone said,quick! Finish the story. A few more chapters and this would have received 5 stars.
September 28, 2020
Sweet nice read
Anna takes on the responsibility of Max after his mother’s death. Anna is already promised to merry so takes Max with her. She meets her groom ant the train station to fine out he is a drunk. Her groom becomes abusive and Connor steps in. Connor is scared and limps from a war wound and feels he is to ugly for anyone to love. Conner takes on responsibility of Anna and Max as his own. Sweet, nice read. Enjoyed it.
Anna takes on the responsibility of Max after his mother’s death. Anna is already promised to merry so takes Max with her. She meets her groom ant the train station to fine out he is a drunk. Her groom becomes abusive and Connor steps in. Connor is scared and limps from a war wound and feels he is to ugly for anyone to love. Conner takes on responsibility of Anna and Max as his own. Sweet, nice read. Enjoyed it.
January 28, 2021
Anna and Connor 💞
Anna’s nice, quiet life is drastically uprooted when she loses her bookkeeping job. All within a few weeks of that, she ends up taking in a small homeless boy, her mail order husband to be turns out to be a drunken brothel owner, and she is rescued from him by Connor. Connor takes her and Max and they become a family.
Rated PG for mild cursing and some veiled sexual references and one fade to black scene on the wedding night.
Anna’s nice, quiet life is drastically uprooted when she loses her bookkeeping job. All within a few weeks of that, she ends up taking in a small homeless boy, her mail order husband to be turns out to be a drunken brothel owner, and she is rescued from him by Connor. Connor takes her and Max and they become a family.
Rated PG for mild cursing and some veiled sexual references and one fade to black scene on the wedding night.
January 1, 2020
Excellent
This was a heartwarming story to read. I only wish she had got back with her parents and could forgive them . I always cringe at the mail order brides - that always have perfect gentlemen husbands. I am sure many women were deceived and wound up with less than a perfect marriage. I loved the way her hero rescued her. It is a great book to start the new year with.
This was a heartwarming story to read. I only wish she had got back with her parents and could forgive them . I always cringe at the mail order brides - that always have perfect gentlemen husbands. I am sure many women were deceived and wound up with less than a perfect marriage. I loved the way her hero rescued her. It is a great book to start the new year with.
January 4, 2020
Another amazing story from Margaret
This is a heartwarming story of a scarred man that has given up on life till he meets a damsel in distress. A mail order bride meets a drunken groom and her hero saves her. I loved this story as I always love Margaret's stories. I highly recommend this book and all title's by Margaret.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💖💖💖💖💖
This is a heartwarming story of a scarred man that has given up on life till he meets a damsel in distress. A mail order bride meets a drunken groom and her hero saves her. I loved this story as I always love Margaret's stories. I highly recommend this book and all title's by Margaret.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💖💖💖💖💖
January 8, 2020
Happy trio
This was a good little book. I enjoyed how blood doesn't make you family but love does. I love how kindness is shown and how it is a choice of whether you want to be happy or not. The couple is patient and kind. A reader will enjoy the story and walk away satisfied they read this book.
This was a good little book. I enjoyed how blood doesn't make you family but love does. I love how kindness is shown and how it is a choice of whether you want to be happy or not. The couple is patient and kind. A reader will enjoy the story and walk away satisfied they read this book.
January 23, 2020
Deceived Mail-Order Bride
I so enjoyed this sweet book about Anna and Connor and little max. Their story grabbed me right away as their lives are turned upside down by circumstances they couldn't control. I enjoyed following the twists and turns as Connor and Anna try to find their HEA together and to give Max a home filled with love. A very satisfying ending as always by this Author. JudyE
I so enjoyed this sweet book about Anna and Connor and little max. Their story grabbed me right away as their lives are turned upside down by circumstances they couldn't control. I enjoyed following the twists and turns as Connor and Anna try to find their HEA together and to give Max a home filled with love. A very satisfying ending as always by this Author. JudyE
May 2, 2025
Favorite so far!
This book is my favorite so far by this author! Anna is si sweet taking in a innocent little boy after his mom died even when she could barely support herself. Conner is just the sweetest! He thinks he's worthless but he's not! He saved Anna and wanted to give her anything her heart desired! 10/10 would recommend ❤️
This book is my favorite so far by this author! Anna is si sweet taking in a innocent little boy after his mom died even when she could barely support herself. Conner is just the sweetest! He thinks he's worthless but he's not! He saved Anna and wanted to give her anything her heart desired! 10/10 would recommend ❤️
January 8, 2026
Deceived Mail Order Bride
Anna was working 5 years in New Orleans for a lawyer, she was his book keeper. But when Anna's boss got married, his wife let her go. Anna had no other place to go. So with Max a little orphaned boy she found on the street she moved to Texas. In Texas Connor came to her rescue and changed Anna and Max's life forever.
Anna was working 5 years in New Orleans for a lawyer, she was his book keeper. But when Anna's boss got married, his wife let her go. Anna had no other place to go. So with Max a little orphaned boy she found on the street she moved to Texas. In Texas Connor came to her rescue and changed Anna and Max's life forever.
January 1, 2020
Anna and Connor
I enjoyed reading this book very much. This is such a sweet story. I really like Margaret Tanner’s writing style. I hope you will read Anna, Connor and Max’s story and love it as much as I did.
I enjoyed reading this book very much. This is such a sweet story. I really like Margaret Tanner’s writing style. I hope you will read Anna, Connor and Max’s story and love it as much as I did.
January 19, 2020
Anna found happiness with humble Conner
Anna has a soft heart. She took on a new orphan as she left to meet her mail order husband. This man was abusive and she found herself saved by Conner. Their life is busy and satisfying.
Anna has a soft heart. She took on a new orphan as she left to meet her mail order husband. This man was abusive and she found herself saved by Conner. Their life is busy and satisfying.
February 19, 2020
A sweet mail order bride story
Not your typical mail order bride story. It is full of trial for each of the main characters. How nice to see so much kindness amid hardship and to find happiness in a newly formed family. N
Not your typical mail order bride story. It is full of trial for each of the main characters. How nice to see so much kindness amid hardship and to find happiness in a newly formed family. N
August 31, 2020
Wonderful Story.
Really a good book Margaret Tanner, Thank you. Anna was a mail order bride, her groom turned to be a drunk, Connor caught the groom hitting Anna and saved her and Max. Connor and Anna married. Wonderful Story.
Really a good book Margaret Tanner, Thank you. Anna was a mail order bride, her groom turned to be a drunk, Connor caught the groom hitting Anna and saved her and Max. Connor and Anna married. Wonderful Story.
January 6, 2020
Deceived Mail Order Bride
A very sweet story that begins with betrayal and sadness the ends with happiness and joy. I enjoy all of Margaret Tanner's books.
A very sweet story that begins with betrayal and sadness the ends with happiness and joy. I enjoy all of Margaret Tanner's books.
January 22, 2020
A sweet novella!
This story touches the reader's interest with the direct manner the storyline covers the hardships the couple faced and came through.
This story touches the reader's interest with the direct manner the storyline covers the hardships the couple faced and came through.
January 24, 2020
Loved this book. Thank you for a heartwarming story.
February 4, 2020
Delightful
I really enjoyed this book. It’s well written and will touch your heart I know you are going to love this one
I really enjoyed this book. It’s well written and will touch your heart I know you are going to love this one
February 14, 2020
Finding true love
A sweet storyline of a woman who goes West to marry one man to find a scarred and lonely one who will love her with all his heart.
A sweet storyline of a woman who goes West to marry one man to find a scarred and lonely one who will love her with all his heart.
February 16, 2020
Deceived Mail Order Bride
A very good story about a young woman that is a mail order bride and was deceived by the man but found love with another
A very good story about a young woman that is a mail order bride and was deceived by the man but found love with another
March 3, 2020
Great Short Story
I have to admit I love mail order books and I like to find ones that haven't been "done" before. This is such a good story.
I have to admit I love mail order books and I like to find ones that haven't been "done" before. This is such a good story.
March 31, 2020
Great story.
I enjoyed this short story. Very interesting, you never know when you will find your one true love. Thank you Margaret Tanner.
I enjoyed this short story. Very interesting, you never know when you will find your one true love. Thank you Margaret Tanner.
September 1, 2020
A great story! If you like mail order bride stories this is a sweet one. I look forward to more stories by Margaret Tanner.
September 4, 2020
A very cute romance story!
This was a really good storyline even if I was so sad for Max's mother. Loved that they sorta saved each other in a way! Sweet ending!
This was a really good storyline even if I was so sad for Max's mother. Loved that they sorta saved each other in a way! Sweet ending!
January 8, 2021
Loved it
I loved this book so sweet and easy to read. There was very little violence just the mention of it and no heavy angst.
I loved this book so sweet and easy to read. There was very little violence just the mention of it and no heavy angst.
February 8, 2021
A treasure of a story. Read it twice. What a delight -and clean!
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