Maddie Walker

The Prospector's Bride Maddie Walker

Lily Madsen wants to marry for love; a far cry from the wishes of her family. From a young age, Lily has been promised to the brutish Cal McDonald, the son of a friend of her father's. If she marries Cal before her twenty-third birthday then the pair can claim Lily's substantial inheritance. If she refuses to marry Cal, Lily will be cut off and left with nothing. On hearing that her best friend, Etta Oakley, is due to leave their home town of West Ridge, Georgia, to become the mail order bride of Jeb Parkhurst, a wealthy prospector in Wicklow, Montana, the two women make a pact. Etta invites Lily to join her on the promise of introducing her to Jeb's younger brother, Silas. But when Lily arrives in Wicklow, little does she know that Silas is still grieving from the loss of his wife and he makes it clear that he'll have nothing to do with her. Trapped and alone, Lily faces two choices: stay in Wicklow with no means of support to try to build a future for herself, or return home to a family who wants nothing to do with her. The Prospector's Bride is book 1 in the Brides of Wicklow Series.
All Maddie Walker Mail Order Bride books are stand-alone stories and can be read independently of one another.