Wife for Hire

Mail Order Bride Merrilee O'Shea's hopes are shattered when she arrives at the run-down Eternal Hope Ranch in Texas to marry Reece Wescott, only to learn that her husband-to-be has died and she was unexpected. She can't go back to where she came from—the War Between the States took her husband, and her home, and her brother-in-law has tried to compromise her. She has no choice but to accept the job as housekeeper for her late husband-to-be's brothers, even though one of the brothers, Jared, doesn't want her there.

Jared considers Merrilee just another mess his brother made that he'll have to fix and he doesn't want anything to do with her. He, and his remaining brother Gabriel, are trying to bring the ranch back from the brink of ruin, and he has no time for another responsibility. But as Merrilee settles in, Jared notices that despite all she has lost, she manages to maintain a sweet, sunny disposition. He doesn't understand it, but he's drawn to it…and her. He's determined to resist, because as far as he's concerned, he doesn't deserve either.