Vanessa Carvo: 399 books

The Sharp-Witted Cowboy & The Little Widow Lady From Virginia - This is a bitingly satirical story about a cowboy who wants a wife and chooses one – a mail order bride from Virginia. The Purple Ribbon & The Mail Order Brides – A man’s aunt tries to help him find a bride to love, as he...

Mary & The Quirky Doctor In Arizona - Her mother suggests becoming a mail order bride so a woman chooses one from a catalogue and off she goes to Arizona, not knowing about a doctor’s past and about how quirky he really is.The Smallest of the Orphans - A destitute woman in New York gives...

After her mother dies a woman decides to travel to Colorado and become the mail order bride of a man she doesn’t know, but that her father did. Her arrival in his small town doesn’t bode well at first as he’s not there, but with the help of a stranger who does know her intended, she drags her heavy trunk to his small house in order to begin her new life in the west.

A Journey Of A Thousand Miles With Her Cowboy - A Southern woman, fallen on hard times with her family right after the Civil War, heads west and to a man she met reading an advertisement in the newspaper. She’s looking for love and stability after her fiancé was killed in the war, but what she...

Shanghaied From London, Into The Arms Of The Illiterate Texas Rancher - An upper class woman out for a night of adventure in London, is kidnapped and taken by ship, along with a lot of other women, to become mail order brides to a group of men waiting for them in New Orleans. Both sides think that...

Learning to Love Through the Eyes of a Stranger - A woman is on her way to her mail ordered husband when their stagecoach is robbed and her necklace stolen. She thinks she recognizes the robber when she meets one of her husband’s cowboys, but is scared into never revealing anything and blackmailed...

From New York To Nevada & Into The Arms Of The Wrong Cowboy - A woman travels from New York with her best friend, another mail order bride, to Nevada and both of their fiancés. When she reaches her intended cowboy she sees his twin brother and there’s an immediate attraction. However, she stays...

Mail Order Bride: Mary & The Quirky Doctor In Arizona - Her mother suggests becoming a mail order bride so a woman chooses one from a catalogue and off she goes to Arizona, not knowing about a doctor’s past and about how quirky he really is.Mail Order Bride: Losing A Child Then Her Heart...

A woman decides to become the fiancé of a cowboy farmer in North Dakota but finds that his stubborn willingness to discuss his past is an obstacle she’s not sure she can overcome.

A blind woman from England decides to attempt the long and difficult journey across the sea, and then across America in a wagon train, after her former upper class life is destroyed by fire and circumstances. There are many hardships along the way but at her final destination, she begins to wonder why a man would willingly choose a blind woman to be his wife.

The Widow & Her Baby Meet The Handyman Along The Oregon Trail - A widow tries to provide for her baby along the arduous trek of the Oregon Trail. When a mysterious stranger joins the train, carrying precious little other than his carpentry tools, he tells her that the Lord will provide, if she has...

Mail Order Bride: Guardian Angel With A Gun - A blind woman leaves Liverpool without her arranged companion, towards California and a mail order husband she has corresponded with briefly. He’s a traveling preacher to many of the rough gold mining camps. Luckily, a young woman boards the ship at...

From The Royal Ballet To Her California Rancher -- A prima ballerina in London finds that her lover and costar is cheating on her and decides to throw it all in and apply to be a mail order bride in America. She meets a lower class woman in the mail order bride office and they form a fast and permanent...

This variety of five Christian stories contains both contemporary and historical themes and has over 52,000 words. They have been previously published under different authors.Moses Diamond: Baby Left Along The Oregon Trail & Rescued By Christian Pioneers, is a heart-warming story about a poor...