Ruth Ann Nordin

Eye of the Beholder


Mary Peters despairs that she will never marry. At nineteen, she has no prospects of finding a husband, so she takes matters into her own hands and becomes a mail-order bride. When she arrives to Omaha, Nebraska to meet the man she's due to marry, he takes one look at her homely appearance and rejects her.

But fate has other plans for Mary. Dave Larson happens to be nearby and thinks she will make a good wife. Though she is stunned that someone as handsome and as kind as Dave would ask her to marry him, she accepts. She knows that this marriage will not bear the fruits of love. Love, after all, is for beautiful women. Isn't it? [close]

Loving Eliza



All Eliza wanted was a new beginning...

Eliza leaves Omaha for a new life. A chance to be something she never had the opportunity to be before: a lady--a woman with a good reputation.

John Evans has never belonged in his small town. So when Eliza shows up and treats him better than anyone ever has, he's ready to marry her before she finds someone she'd rather be with.

But she harbors a secret that makes someone like her unsuitable for marriage, and she is determined that no one will ever find out. Ever.

Until someone from her past shows up...

Then who is going to dare love a woman like her?

Falling in Love with her Husbend


Todd Brothers loves Ann Statesman. But she doesn't love him. Ann loves Kent Ashton. When Kent gets engaged to another woman, Ann's world is shattered. She no longer trusts her judgment in picking the right man to marry. So she decides to choose the man her parents have always admired and respected. Todd.

But Todd plans to leave Virginia despite his father's objections. Knowing she doesn't love him, he tells her his decision to move to North Dakota to become a farmer. He is shocked when she asks him to take her with him. Hesitant, he finally agrees, torn between the reality that she doesn't love him but hoping she'll learn to love him over time.

They elope and embark on the beginning of friendship. At their new home, Ann gets to know Todd as more than her best friend's older brother. But will her newfound love for her husband be enough when Kent comes for her?

With This Ring, I Thee Dread


Ryan Jackson and Elizabeth Valentine can't stand each other. Unfortunately for them, their parents get along great and decide to play matchmaker in a very unusual way. In order to keep their jobs, they will have to get married and spend four months in a remote Alaskan cabin. They accept the terms but are determined that their parents' ruse will never work.

And it all goes according to plan...until Ryan decides he wants to stay in the marriage. Then all bets are off.