The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

To top that off, her career is in the tank. He's a liar, a cheat and just plain awful. He needs to come to terms with no longer being a soldier amongst other things.Įlla is a famous Hollywood actress who just realized her life has been a big lie- well, when it comes to her fiance' that is.

He's not ready for the outside civilian world, let alone a wife. He's suffering from survivors guilt as well as just coming home from doing a tour over seas. Those are the conditions set by their great aunt in book one. But when they’re asked to make a back-up baby, Ella realizes she may have stepped into a lifetime role.Ĭan this pretend marriage go the distance?Īustin needs a wife - like now - if he and his brothers want to keep their ranch, and some heirs.

Ella’s finding it hard to keep her hands to herself. In a year when she’d old news and the Hall brothers secure the ranch, she and Austin will quietly divorce and she’ll go on her way.Īustin’s already finding it hard to remember his promise never to love again. To the rest of the residents of Chance Creek, they’ll be a happily married couple. When she reads Austin’s ad for a stand-in wife, she knows she can act this part perfectly. Pursued by paparazzi, Ella needs a new life, a new name and someplace to hide. Now she’s ruined her comeback by decking her ex on a morning talk show. It’s bad enough another actress stole her fiancé-on national television. What could possibly go wrong?Įlla needs to leave Hollywood-fast.

Austin is too broken to marry for love, so he places an online ad for a fake wife. Too bad Great Aunt Heloise won’t hand the ranch over unless all four of the Hall brothers marry and one of them produces an heir within the year. Now he’s heading home to Chance Creek, Montana, where he’d like to spend the rest of his days in the obscurity of his family’s ranch. Staff Sergeant Austin Hall has a brilliant record in the Special Forces-except for one disastrous decision that cost his best friend’s life.

The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton