Sweet?? Yes. Predictable?? Very. Short?? Well, when it's listed as 'kindle edition: 81 pages', for me, that's a no-brainer. A few things that caused pause for me: #1: Aunt Bailey shows up on Steven's doorstep with Baby Faith. She has never heard anything but bad about this man from her dead si...
Mail Order Mayhem is a short novella set in New England in 1883. At 80% of the ebook, the story was over and the rest was an excerpt from Osbourne's other books.As a reader, the storyline of a mail order bride was pretty typical. I agree with other reviewers that Maude was courageous to leave her...
This story is bad. It will take the book you think is bad and punch it in the face. This short story is an Amazon freebie. I love reading historical novels about mail order brides. Usually the women in these stories agree to be mail order brides because 1) They are burdens to their families. ...
"About fifteen minutes. You can see far on the prairie without trees to block the way." "I'm going to miss having trees all around me. Massachusetts has trees everywhere." "You'll get used to it. It's a nice place to live." He shrugged. "The farmland is so much better here than it ever was b...
After Thomas had retired for the night, she and Esther sat at the kitchen table talking, and Harriett finally brought up her worries. “I’m so nervous about meeting Max.” She gripped her hands together tightly, her knuckles white. Esther stared at her friend in shock. “B...
The dream was the same as she’d had every night since her father died. She was with Austin, and they were slow dancing in front of her father’s headstone when a hand came up out of the ground, trying to drag her down into the grave. Her father’s words changed every night, ...
She blushed when he came into the kitchen for breakfast and pressed a kiss to her cheek. It was one thing to make love to a man you’d been planning to marry since you were twelve, but another entirely to do it with a man you’d known for less than forty-eight hours. Thomas sat down at the table ...
The fall cleaning was done, and the first snows blew through. She started the children on schoolwork and patiently taught Gertie to read. Robert listened in as much as he could, and he learned his letters and the sounds he made, although she didn’t push him to learn. Natalie was self-sufficien...
"No! Don't go in there!" He sat bolt upright in bed, sweat dripping off his body. He reached out as if to grab someone to stop them. "No! Stop!" Cissie sat beside him, her hand touching his arm, shocked by how cold he felt. "Are you all right?" Bob nodded. "Yeah, just a bad dream. Happen...
While she moved, he noticed she was moving slower than usual. She seemed to be a bit sore. "What happened? Did you fall?" She shook her head, continuing about her work, not willing to answer him. She was sore from the time spent on horseback that week, although she knew that she couldn't tell...
He thought about that for a moment, thinking the way she wouldn’t look directly at him was adorable. “I don’t care what you make for dinner. As long as I’m not eating my own cooking, I’ll feel blessed.” He squeezed her hand as he drove down the dirt roads through the countryside. “As for what...
She shrugged. "It can wait until you're ready for your break, I guess." She wanted him to see it, but now that she understood his routine better, she could wait the three weeks until he was ready to take a long break. "My parents are expecting us for dinner after church on Sunday." She hoped ...
She was waiting in the foyer for him as always and hugged him, greeting him with a sweet kiss. He started to pull away, but decided that he’d see just how far she was willing to go with her game. Would she ask him for a divorce so she could go to the other man? He obviously loved her too…why h...
You didn't have time to miss me." She laughed, her palms flat against his chest. "You missed making love with me maybe." She pointed at the table. "Dinner's ready. Wash your hands." Lewis complied, and they had a quiet supper. It was nice for them both not to have to correct table manners o...
She walked straight up to him, smiling. Her shoes had a bit of a heel on them. She'd bought them since they'd arrived in New York, just so she wouldn't feel that she was at such a disadvantage when she stood beside him. "Where are we going?" He smiled. "I thought we'd go to eat at a small res...
Ellen shook her head. “Not yet. I thought being in front of the platform like this they would be easy to spot, but they’re not.” Both of them were scanning through the crowd hoping they could find the two men among the masses of people. Malinda’s eyes caught sight of tw...
Everything was always hectic at that time of year with football just over, basketball and hockey seasons in full swing, and baseball only a couple of months from starting up. He had an idea for expansion as well, and needed to talk to his two business partners, Steven and Cody, about it to see if...
"I'm in the kitchen, admiring!" she called back. He walked into the kitchen and smiled, putting his thumbs in his pockets. "You like my kitchen?" "I love your kitchen!" "My mom had just had it remodeled before she died. It's barely been used since." "What have you been ...
"The pastor lives just two blocks over. Do you mind walking? We can take the wagon, but it seems silly for such a short distance." He enjoyed walking, and he liked the idea of spending a bit more time with her so she could get used to him before he kissed her for the first time. He imagined a fir...
Tracy smiled through her tears. “Not much to say, is there?” He shook his head. “I’ve never met anyone so selfish in my entire life. I’m so glad she didn’t raise you.” He couldn’t imagine how his wife would have turned out if she’d been raised by the harridan who had j...
Ashley had said very little since agreeing to marry him, and he worried that she was thinking about changing her mind, but if he hurried everything along, he was certain it would all be fine. It was more than wanting a mother for Baby Dalton. He wanted her as his wife. O...
All day she worked on laundry and baking. She made three fresh loaves of bread, thankful to be able to afford that much flour at a time. She had a lonely lunch consisting of just a cheese sandwich, but the bread was so fresh, it was a pleasure to eat. She took out the butter churn and sat out bac...
Hyacinth was starting to get nervous. When she left her house in the mornings, Lawrence was there waiting for her. He sat with her at the library all day, making his presence known, and most evenings he invited her out to supper. She had never been pursued by such an attentive man before. ...
He nodded. “I’m hungry. Thanks.” He automatically went into the dining room and sat down, so she removed the pot from the oven and served them each a plate, taking it to him there. She gave him water to drink, because she wasn’t sure what he’d want. She couldn’t help b...
Hackenshleimer rounded up the boys and for the trip back to the ranch. She couldn’t believe David had deceived her, but really, what had she expected from a stranger? Sure, he was a stranger she enjoyed kissing whom she was now married to, but he was still a stranger. Sh...
Cindy rolled her eyes. "What about Penny?" Jean had spent the night at the B&B because she'd been afraid to be alone with Penny after she'd admitted she had a boyfriend. "She's on her way back to Texas as well, but she's driving. Alone. I called my dad, and he's goin...
He brushed a soft kiss against her lips. “I couldn’t wake you! Not when you’d been on a train for four days.” His hands moved against her neck and fluttered down to cup her breast through her nightgown. She fought the urge to slap his hand away. It didn’t feel right to...
The traditional Polynesian dinner and dance had been absolutely amazing. The show was so much more than women wiggling around in hula skirts, which was what she’d expected more than anything. The athleticism of the dancers had been remarkable. She’d watched the other couples at dinner. No matter ...
"I could have driven my buggy out there." She liked having the time with him without the girls, but she hated that he had to waste so much time to come and get her. Francis helped her into the wagon, and climbed in beside her. "I don't mind coming to get you. It gives us ...
He’d taken to using a computer dating service, which made him feel like a loser, so he could find a woman who wouldn’t be scared off by his profession. It was ridiculous just how many women wrinkled their nose and wanted nothing to do with an OB-Gyn. He was sure there were other professions where...
She liked being close to him already. Brody stepped outside while the two ladies got ready for bed and crawled between the sheets. While they waited for him to return, Coral asked, “You like him, don’t you?” Esther blushed but nodded. “So much more than I’d thought I wo...
She’d learned early on that if she didn’t do something immediately, she wouldn’t do it. She had someone come in and do the big cleaning once per week, because she would never remember to dust or vacuum, but she tried to keep up the little things. She turned to Bob then, wo...
“Really? You’ll marry me?” He’d never expected her to say yes. He’d wanted her to, of course, but in his wildest dreams the answer was always no. Amber nodded. “I will.” She almost laughed at the dumbfounded look on his face, but decided that would be rude. &nb...
The preacher began the ceremony. Samara tried to pay attention, but her eyes were taking in the church and everything around it. She wondered if it was his church. It was a non-denominational in a small Kansas town. With him by her side, Kansas would be totally doable.  ...
“I’m really nervous about going back to LA.”“Why?” Jesse asked. “All of your stuff is at my house now, and Curtis doesn’t know where that is.” He didn’t want her to worry about her ex. That was his job.“It’s not that hard to find you.”He shrugged. “I live in a house with a wall surrounding it, an...