Once a Bride

Four fantastic Christian novellas in one complete volume. THE GINGERBREAD BRIDE Maddie Sinclair loves Harlan Calhoun and would do almost anything to secure his attention for her own. Anything including trading her second-best dress for a bag of herbs guaranteed to make him fall in love with her. But when her plan backfires will she be able to trust that his love for her is real? THE WILDFLOWER BRIDE Grace Sinclair's life is all planned—she'll remain in Calico Falls and assist her widowed father with his church. Ian McGruer has plans of his own—he's got a church ready and waiting for him back in New York. But when the pair meet at Maddie and Harlan's wedding they both fall instantly in love. Two people with different plans, yet God has something else in mind for them both. NOT SO PRETTY PENNY Penelope Pinehurst didn't reach the ripe old age of twenty-five without knowing that she's not a comely woman. In desperate need of a man for her farm, Penny has one choice: buy a husband from the gallows. Wash Brannock is not the husband Penny expected. He's bent on revenge and vows to leave as soon as their crops come in. But when Penny finds herself falling in love, will she be able to let him go? Or has God made bigger plans for them both? NO GREATER TREASURE  After five years in the California mountains, Birdie Banks longs to return to civilization. With the help of her Asian manservant, Lin Sing, Birdie hires Jedidiah Evans to escort them down the mountain and back to Sacramento to her fiancé. Making sure a tiny woman and Chinese man get down the mountains safely will be too easy. But when they are set upon by thieves the truth comes out: Birdie and Lin Sing are transporting a fortune in gold. Jed hates everything about gold. He lost his brother on the mountain looking for gold to save the family ranch. Like gold, love is strange and treasure is in the eye of the beholder. Birdie will have to choose between the treasure she has always known and the one God sent especially for her.