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Happily ever after begins today. The honor of your presence is requested at a year of weddings....

It all started with an ad in a mail-order bride catalogue. This charming bouquet of novellas introduces you to four Hitching Post Mail-Order Bride Catalogue prospects in the year 1870, all eager for second chances...and hungry for happiness. Year in, year out, they’ll learn that love often comes in unexpected packages: “And Then Came Spring” by Margaret Brownley, “An Ever After Summer” by Debra Clopton, “Autumn’s Angel” by Robin Lee Hatcher, and “Winter Wedding Bells” by Mary Connealy.

Advice columnist Maggie Hope never dreamed she’d be shaking hands with champion horse trainer Tru Monahan over a high-stakes bet, especially one that involves horses. And saddles. And everything else a city girl like Maggie feels uncomfortable around. But after filling in for a coworker and interviewing the handsome cowboy, she finds herself doing just that. Anything to save her advice column.

Running from a past that haunts her, Abby Knightly is drawn to the cozy town of Wishing Springs, Texas. Maybe this small town could offer hope and healing and a future for Abby...if she’s brave enough to reach out and take it by the reins.

Professional Bull Rider Cliff Masterson has been chasing his dreams for years - or has he been running from his past? He’s searching for more in life and ready to dig in his spurs and put down roots deep in the heart of Texas. Rescuing a beautiful cowgirl from being trampled by a bull has him dreaming of romance, home, and hearth. But Maddie’s had enough people in her life leave and she’s not willing to risk her heart on him.

Eight months pregnant, stranded on a freezing winter night, and in labor, loner Lilly Tipps has one hope and a prayer: her beloved little donkey, Samantha. But is her desperate action enough to get the help she and her baby need? The last thing horse trainer Cort Wells expects on the frozen Texas night is to be awakened by an icicle-encrusted donkey with the ability to break and enter. He soon realizes his standoffish neighbor is in trouble, but can he get to her in time?

Bound for California, candymaker Dottie Hart can’t turn her back on a teenage girl hitchhiking her way to Mule Hollow, Texas. Fearful for the girl, Dottie changes directions and heads toward the tiny town that’s advertising for wives for its lonesome cowboys. Sheriff Brady Cannon has enough trouble on his hands with the chaos the matchmaking ladies in town have caused with their off-the-wall scheme to save the tiny town. When the gorgeous candymaker with a heart as sweet a sugar shows up, he’s suddenly dreaming of candy kisses and forever....

A June Bride by Marybeth Whalen: Wynne Hardy never thought she'd get engaged on a reality TV show, but when she met Andy the two of them hit it off. Now he's asked her to marry him, and they're all set to wed on live TV in a seaside ceremony. But just as Wynne thinks all her dreams are coming true, her ex-boyfriend walks back into her life at the worst possible time. Steve broke her heart years ago, and she's still sorting through her feelings for him.

Kelsey vowed never to love a cowboy again. But then she meets Brent. After a cowboy broke her heart, Kelsey Wilcox traded in her boots for flip-flops and a bistro on the beautiful sandy beach of Corpus Christi. Two years later, still not believing in happy endings, she is about to endure a weekend of torture at her cousin's beach wedding. Not only will she be forced to watch yet another wedding, but her great-aunt and her two best friends - aptly nicknamed "the matchmaking posse of Mule Hollow" - are coming to the wedding, and Kelsey is sure to be on their radar.

Hairstylist Lacy Brown believes love is in the air, and hair, when she drives her ancient pink convertible into town and joins forces with three matchmakers who've started a national "wives wanted" ad campaign to save their dying town. She believes the women will come, and she’ll help each of them find their happily-ever-after. But she’s not looking for love.