The Rancher's Orphan Bride: A Historical Western Short Story

Name: The Rancher's Orphan Bride: A Historical Western Short Story
Rating: 4.515217304229736 (460 reviews)

Anna St. James

Nov 2013 · Anna St. James Books

4.5

460 reviews

Ebook

Pages

Eligible

About this ebook

Rachel Hendricks moves to Cactus Gap, Texas, to reclaim her young brothers whom she sent out West on the Orphan Train after their parents died. She plans to reunite her family and make a home for them so they can start a new life together.

Reese Cooper takes the Hendricks boys under his temporary guardianship and provides room and board in exchange for good honest work. Even though he still mourns the death of his wife, the two boys inch their way into his battered heart. When their sister comes to claim them, Reese discovers the healing power of love.

KEYWORDS: sweet romance, clean romance, inspirational romance, Christian romance, Texas romance, cowboy romance, historical, historical western romance, short story, series romance

Ratings and reviews

4.5

460 reviews

Annemarie Suchey

June 4, 2021

I liked this short, romantic story. Completely clean romance. Rachel and Reese. He's a widower rancher who has taken in her 2 brother as ranch hands. She's moved from St. Louis to start a new life after having lost their parents and sending the boys on an orphan train to Reese. The boys and Reese get her to the Silver Spurs Ranch and she and Reese fall in love. Liked the epilogue.

Becki Hall

February 1, 2016

I know this was a short story, but i felt like the author skipped through the story so fast it was kind annoying. The love story was very good though and i loved all the characters.

9 people found this review helpful

Kathryn Shaw

November 23, 2016

This short story is a reminder of the disease, relocation and Orphan Trains in the years following the civil war. How scary to be forced to send children off to the unknown like that. Children raised with a good foundation prove to be remarkably resilient when tested by tragedy,

2 people found this review helpful

About the author

Anna St. James grew up watching the classic westerns during the golden age of television. Rawhide, The Rifleman, Gunsmoke, The Wild, Wild West and Bonanza were just a few of her favorites. Later on she became a fan of Little House on the Prairie and Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman; and later still, The Love Comes Softly Series and Sarah Plain and Tall. Her love of Texas and history made writing historical western romances a natural choice. Married to her own special hero, Anna makes her home in the Lone Star State. Sign up to for new release notices at: http://www.annastjames.com.

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