Books with author Susannah Calloway

Lina Sterling loves her family enough to leave them. They’re struggling to scrape out a living on the cruel, unforgiving streets of 19th century Boston, and Lina can’t find a job. The only way she can support her family is to find a rich husband somewhere – and the East is chronically low on men. Her only choice is to head out West on a train in order to marry a man she’s never met. Hotah, a Lakota warrior, still grieves the death of his beloved wife. His mother Wichapi tells him that he needs to take another bride – especially for his baby daughter’s sake. But Hotah can’t comprehend the thought. How could anyone replace his treasured Mina? When a train robbery unexpectedly brings Lina and Hotah together, they’re confronted by feelings they didn’t expect. And despite the fact that their love seems doomed to failure, every passing day sees it growing stronger…

Wanted: Rancher in Planter’s Point, Nebraska, looks for adventurous girl willing to be his wife. Violet Swanson responds to the advert in the paper with haste. Fleeing an abusive father and an arranged marriage, she travels to Planter’s Point to answer the call from handsome cattle rancher, Kyle Stuart. Kyle runs an expansive, prosperous ranch, where he lives with his sweet mother, Grace. Together, they’ve gone through good times and bad. Now, as Grace’s health falters, she begs Kyle to find a wife, so he won’t be alone. Violet adjusts rapidly to frontier life – but when villainous gang leader Roger Bonnet comes back from Kyle’s past, she discovers all is not as it seems. Violet’s courage and adventurous spirit are put to the test as she struggles to understand Kyle’s mysterious past – and to find her own happily ever after.

Eli Bartlett has been living in the peaceful town of Pine Ridge, Colorado, for several years. He lives alone, an outcast from society due to the extensive scarring on one side of his face. The townspeople don’t accept him, and some call him, “The Beast.” When a gang of outlaws come to town, Eli becomes involved in a shoot-out.Caroline Johnson is a single woman from New York City who has been living a life of grinding labor. Her only comfort is reading the newspaper every Sunday, where she spots a Mail Order Bride advert. She accepts an offer of marriage from a sheriff out west, a man named Garrett Newton.When Garrett is left dead by the gang of outlaws, Eli and Caroline find themselves thrown together—each dealing with their pasts, each trying to overcome their struggles. Is it possible for them to find love together?But the outlaws are still out there, looking for revenge. They’re counting the days until they can return to Pine Ridge—until they can kill Eli.

Doc Tyler Morgan can’t heal himself. He was madly in love with his fiancée, but she died from a mysterious illness, and he couldn’t save her. He couldn’t save his parents, either, when they were injured in the crossfire during a bank robbery. Now he is alone, except for his sister Allie, who is about to marry and move to Montana.Juliet Monroe works in a dead-end, hateful factory job in Boston. She knows midwifery and herbal healing, but she was lured to the factory job with false promises of good money and golden opportunities.Allie doesn’t want to leave her brother alone in Colorado, so she secretly places an advert to get him a Mail Order Bride. Juliet answers the ad only to discover Tyler is completely in the dark about their impending marriage. Juliet fears she’s just traded one unbearable situation for something even worse…

Jessica Dunahue can hardly contain her excitement at leaving the stuffy Boston society she’s accustomed to, for an adventure in the Wild West. As her train pulls into Valentine Town, Colorado, on a blustery, snowy day, even a blizzard cannot diminish her joy.Mark Thrush vows he will never marry a girl from the east, but the mayor of Valentine Town arranges a Mail Order Bride for him anyway. Mark plans to humor the mayor for a day or two … until he meets Jessica. She’s pretty and bubbles with enthusiasm. Except it’s not so easy to remove himself from the muddle he’s created—not when his feelings are involved. Mark is in love with the wrong girl. How can this possibly work out … especially in time for Valentine’s Day?The Bride of Valentine Town is a sweet and inspirational western frontier romance—the perfect read for fans who also love the books of Leah Laurens, Kit Morgan, and Katie Wyatt. Enjoy this clean and wholesome Christian Romance today!

When two young people are forced together by their older siblings, can they find love and happiness? Ezra Tobias cannot inherit his brother’s ranch, nor become the permanent guardian of his niece and his nephew, unless he marries the sister of his late brother’s wife. Ruby Berkley receives a posthumous letter from her sister, asking her to marry her husband’s brother—which Ruby isn’t about to do. She sets out from her native Boston to New Mexico with the express purpose of taking her sister’s children back home with her. But in doing so, she condemns Ezra Tobias to losing his ranch and his family. Can she face the responsibility for causing someone to lose his home? Ezra finds in Ruby a beautiful and spirited woman, but he wonders whether a wealthy Boston socialite would ever marry a working man like him. But then why did she come out west if she has no intention of marrying him? When Ezra discovers her reason, it threatens to tear apart his family and break his heart in the process. However with matters of the heart, nothing is ever certain.

When Deryn Kavanaugh’s father and stepmother announce that she is to marry a wealthy attorney in Rutger Creek, Arkansas, Deryn is both devastated and terrified. Upon arriving in Arkansas, her worst fears are realized when she discovers that Rex Gilbert, her fiancé, is not an attorney at all, but a ruthless saloon keeper. She is put to work waiting on drunks and men who mistreat her. When the aggressive behavior goes too far, Deryn is injured. Wes Branson, a local bounty hunter, and the local sheriff witness it, and Wes takes Deryn home to his family. Though Deryn has escaped potential marriage to Gilbert, she has little choice but to go back to work for him. As time goes on, she and Wes fall in love. But Wes must continue chasing down outlaws if he is to buy the ranch of his dreams. How can he marry now? Meanwhile, Gilbert is not finished with Deryn and will have her for his own—and Wes Branson better not get in his way.

Abigail makes a life-altering mistake when she’s twenty years old. She elopes with Derreck Anderson who promises her marriage, but instead abandons her in New York City after he learns she’s expecting his child. Worse than that—he pawns her off to a gang leader named Otto as payment for his gambling bets. During the ensuing five years, Abigail lives in hellish circumstances. Her only respite is her son Robert and the church—which is the only place Otto allows her to go freely. When her friend, Reverend Francis, answers a matrimonial ad in her place and urges her to escape, she makes her run for freedom.Richard Anderson is a hardworking, dedicated, and honorable gentleman who works tirelessly on his farm. After his parents’ sudden death, he lives there alone with Aunt Maud. At a friend’s urging, Richard posts an advert looking for a wife—but little does he know that the woman who answers his advert is the one whose life had been ruined by his very own troublemaking younger brother, Derreck.But Derreck isn’t home, and Abigail doesn’t like to talk about her past, so neither of them learn the truth of their volatile situation until it is too late…

When his young wife dies unexpectedly, Jed McBride has a tough time looking after his young daughter, Josie. He decides to send for a Mail Order Bride, hoping to find someone to help take care of his little girl. Across the country, Estelle Morrow is desperate to get away from the Slate Gang and their ruthless leader, Amos. As a young girl, she joined her brother as a member of the gang, but now wants nothing more than to escape the life of crime. After fleeing the gang, Estelle ends up at Jed McBride’s ranch due to the most fortuitous of circumstances. Jed believes she is the bride he sent for. Estelle finds herself fitting into life at the ranch, bonding with Josie and unexpectedly falling in love with the handsome Jed. But her past haunts her, and she soon faces threats on her life and on the lives of those she loves.

Molly Stone is in a predicament. A young socialite from Boston, she is shocked and dismayed when her father announces he has sold her into a marriage to settle his financial debts. Worse yet, the man she is to marry lives in the wilds of Nebraska. Despite her misgivings, Molly takes the train to Nebraska and is met by her fiancé. But within a day, he shows his true colors, and Molly is forced to flee in the middle of the night during a snowstorm.U.S. Marshal Jake McDonald has a problem. He’s home from Kansas for his father’s funeral and has to decide what to do about his mother and sister. Dare he leave them alone to try and run the farm themselves or should he stay and give up being a lawman? His situation grows even more complicated when he finds an unconscious woman in the snow and takes her home to recuperate. When it turns out she has amnesia, he is left to solve the mystery behind her appearance at his farm.Christmas is coming and Jake and Molly are quickly falling in love. Molly, feigning the amnesia, can’t tell him the truth about herself, though, and doesn’t know what to do. Will their Christmas dreams come true or turn into a nightmare?

NOW for the first time released as a single! Previously published in a multi-author box set, it is now available to you here! Enjoy!Mail Order Bride Nellie Wilder has pegged all her hopes for a family and a home of her own on widower Thomas Miller. That is, until she arrives in Plum River and discovers it was Thomas’s sister Laurie, who has been writing her—not Thomas. The handsome Thomas Miller has no intention of loving her or any other woman. He is determined to remain faithful to his wife’s memory.As an orphan, Nellie’s only wish has ever been to get married and have children. She has long dreamed of a Christmas surrounded by her own family. Even after Thomas’s rejection, she can’t help but dream of being his wife. Can Thomas’s heart, seared by pain and loss, open up enough to let Nellie in, or is Nellie’s trip to Wyoming a complete disaster?The Unwelcome Bride is a sweet and inspirational western frontier romance—the perfect read for fans who also love the books of Leah Laurens, Kit Morgan, and Katie Wyatt. Enjoy this clean and wholesome Christian romance today!

Josephine Brooks doesn’t want to get married; she wants to be a nun. Orphaned at an early age, Josephine was raised by nuns, especially the maternal Sister Agnes. She’s only known the innocent, sheltered life of the Church, and she can’t imagine any other way of living.Ned Connor is a widower whose wife and baby died two years ago; along with them, his spirit died as well. He runs a large ranch in Montana, but even that doesn’t bring his heart back to life.His mother and best friend are worried about him. They hatch a plan to place an advertisement for someone to help him. It just happens to be in the Mail Order Bride section, even though it doesn’t mention marriage. When Sister Agnes spots the advert, she immediately thinks of Josephine. This would be the perfect way to expose Josephine to her options and to see some of the world. Now all Agnes has to do is talk Josephine into doing her Christian duty with this grieving man.But Ned has other ideas—ideas that include a bottle instead of a woman.