Hope

Despite what her parents say, Claire Gibson can't help but wonder if she's not beautiful and destined to be a spinster. She has no suitors, and she even tried the Mail Order Bride advertisements once and received no response. But desperate to not live her life alone, Claire finds an advertisement for a "Garret Huntsman" from the Montana Territory. Garret responds, and before Claire knows it she's traveled hundreds of miles from Massachusetts to Timberfalls, a small town nestled in the mountains of Montana. And at last, her heart knows a joy she never felt before in Garret. Garret Huntsman can't believe his eyes when Claire arrives. She's kinder than he had hoped for, lovelier than anything he ever imagined, and the God-sent blessing he's longed for when he moved into his new home. Garret's family loves Claire, and Garret feels like life has become perfect. But their perfect life together begins to fall apart when a number of questions arise in Timberfalls: mysterious strangers arrive, seeking to buy up everyone's houses and land; Claire runs into two miners that act suspiciously; and then the town becomes infested with non-native prairie rattlesnakes seemingly out of the blue. Yet the worst is yet to come - a truth is revealed that threatens to shatter everything that Claire has come to love. BOOK ONE OF THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN SERIES