Substitute Montana Bride

A scorned man. An uptight schoolmistress. Can opposites truly find love or will their unlikely attraction lead to misery?


Tobias Sutton understands the whims of fate. Finally blessed with a second chance, he has no interest in squandering the love of his family and friends after decades apart from them. However, Alvira Damon irritates and intrigues him as no woman ever has. She’s prim and proper and clings to a wit that hides a vulnerability he yearns to witness. He wishes he were a better man. A man she’d trust enough to share her true self with.


Alvira Damon has no interest in romance. She is a no-nonsense schoolteacher, focused on her students and little else. Understanding her responsibilities, she refuses to renege on them. Against her better judgment, Alvira incites a war of words with the local Mercantile owner, Tobias Sutton, and she’s never felt more invigorated in her life. Alvira knows she should avoid him, but her interactions with Tobias make her feel truly alive for the first time in her life. Against all rational argument, Alvira yearns for what Tobias claims he doesn’t want: to be his wife.


When Alvira learns of his past transgressions, will fear and doubt destroy the tender feelings blooming in her heart or will Tobias finally find a woman strong enough to accept him, past and all?


Immerse yourself in 1880’s Bear Grass Springs, Montana Territory!


Bear Grass Springs Series:

Montana Untamed (BGS, #1) Cailean and Annabelle

Montana Grit (BGS, #2) Alistair and Leticia

Montana Maverick (BGS, #3) Ewan and Jessamine

Montana Renegade (BGS, #4) Warren and Helen

Jubilant Montana Christmas (BGS, #5) Leena and Karl

Montana Wrangler (BGS #6), Sorcha and Frederick

Unbridled Montana Passion (BGS, #7) Fidelia and Bears

Montana Vagabond (BGS, #8) Helen and Ben

Exultant Montana Christmas (BGS, #9) Jessamine and Ewan

Lassoing a Montana Heart (BGS, #10) Slims and Davina

Healing Montana Love (BGS, #11) Dalton and Charlotte

Runaway Montana Groom (BGS, #12) Philomena and Peter

Substitute Montana Bride (BGS, #13) Tobias and Alvira! Coming July 2021

Enraptured Montana Bachelor (BGS, #14), Coming late 2021!