Kansas Brides Series by Denise Hunter

*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . more*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . . when Emily says "I do" to fulfill her dream of having children? Can these women move beyond the reality of the moment to experience true love--including God's? Four women in historic Kansas find "romance"-- but have they really found love? Only God can move them beyond the desire of the moment to true love. less

*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . more*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . . when Emily says "I do" to fulfill her dream of having children? Can these women move beyond the reality of the moment to experience true love--including God's? Four women in historic Kansas find "romance"-- but have they really found love? Only God can move them beyond the desire of the moment to true love. less

The one suitor Mara Lawton cannot add to her collection is the one she wants most—Clay Stedman. Clay has just arrived in Cedar Springs to work the Stedman ranch. His widowed aunt is leaving to visit family back East, and Clay must find someone to care for his little sister and perform the household chores—like cooking for fourteen cowboys, doing the laundry, and feeding the hogs. Mara offers Clay her services, despite having never cooked a meal, washed a garment, or gone near a hog in her life... moreThe one suitor Mara Lawton cannot add to her collection is the one she wants most—Clay Stedman. Clay has just arrived in Cedar Springs to work the Stedman ranch. His widowed aunt is leaving to visit family back East, and Clay must find someone to care for his little sister and perform the household chores—like cooking for fourteen cowboys, doing the laundry, and feeding the hogs. Mara offers Clay her services, despite having never cooked a meal, washed a garment, or gone near a hog in her life. Clay is taken with Mara's looks, but a recent heartbreak makes him wary—that and the fact she doesn't share his faith in God. For Mara, whose self-worth is based on her family's wealth and royal lineage, obstacles and reverses create a terrible inner turmoil. Will she cling to her own ways or allow God to move in her life? less

*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . more*** This is a used paperback book in good condition. Is marriage the answer to life's difficulties, or does it only complicate the problems? In these four stories based in historical Kansas, women find "romance"-- but is it really love when Sara wants only to escape an abusive stepfather and her husband marries according to his father's will ... when Jane wonders if her current relationship grows out of a broken heart ... when Mara collects suitors like some women collect teacups. . . when Emily says "I do" to fulfill her dream of having children? Can these women move beyond the reality of the moment to experience true love--including God's? Four women in historic Kansas find "romance"-- but have they really found love? Only God can move them beyond the desire of the moment to true love. less