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A Convenient Christmas Wedding
(Frontier Bachelors #5)
by Regina Scott
The Marriage Agreement
Proposing a marriage of convenience to a rugged logger is the boldest move of Nora Underhill's sheltered life. In return for Simon Wallin's protection from her overbearing family, the unassuming seamstress offers prime frontier farmland. But their paper marriage changes when Nora's greedy brother tries to draw her back into a life of drudgery. Her only option: move to Simon's farm, and into the center of his loving, unruly family.
Years of shouldering responsibility have left Simon cynical and reserved. But little by little, Nora's warmth opens his shuttered heart to joy. With their marriage claim under threat, can this practical arrangement blossom over the holidays…and become a love for all seasons?
Fifth book in the Frontier Bachelors series, following The Bride Ship, Would-Be Wilderness Wife, Frontier Engagement, and Instant Frontier Family. Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged, and bound to be grooms.
Years of shouldering responsibility have left Simon cynical and reserved. But little by little, Nora's warmth opens his shuttered heart to joy. With their marriage claim under threat, can this practical arrangement blossom over the holidays…and become a love for all seasons?
Fifth book in the Frontier Bachelors series, following The Bride Ship, Would-Be Wilderness Wife, Frontier Engagement, and Instant Frontier Family. Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged, and bound to be grooms.
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages
November 8th 2016 by Love Inspired
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages
November 8th 2016 by Love Inspired
Other Books in the Series
The Bride Ship
(Frontier Bachelors #1) by Regina Scott
SWEETHEART REUNION
What was his brother's widow–his first love–doing on a ship full of prospective brides headed out West? Clay Howard had been tasked with escorting the Boston belle home, but he didn't anticipate Allegra being so strong-willed–or that he'd wind up traveling with her just to keep her from leaving without him!
Allegra Banks Howard isn't going to let Clay interfere with her plans for a new life with her daughter on the frontier. True, Allegra needs his wilderness savvy, but if Clay thinks he can rekindle what they once shared, he had better think again. Because risking her heart for a second chance at being his bride isn't something she'll undertake lightly... Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged–and bound to be grooms
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages November 1st 2014 by Love Inspired |
Would-Be Wilderness Wife
(Frontier Bachelors #2) by Regina Scott
The Kidnapped Bride
Drew Wallin's youngest brother is determined to see him married—so he kidnaps Drew a prospective bride. Not only is Catherine Stanway beautiful, but she's a nurse who can help their ailing mother. Drew doesn't have time for distractions—he's too busy watching over his fatherless siblings. Yet he's drawn to this woman who carries loss and pain equal to his own.
Catherine has traveled West to use her nursing skills to save lives, not to find a husband. She knows if she gives in to Drew's matchmaking family, she'll be risking her already bruised heart. But maybe it's time she takes the ultimate risk to win the groom she didn't know she wanted! Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged—and bound to be grooms
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages March 1st 2015 by Love Inspired |
Frontier Engagement
(Frontier Bachelors #3) by Regina Scott
School Bells and Wedding Bells
James Wallin's family is depending on him to find a schoolteacher for their frontier town. Alexandrina Fosgrave seems to be exactly what he needs to help fulfill his father's dream of building a new community. If only James could convince her to accept the position.
Alexandrina has traveled west to seek a fresh start, not to find a groom. But after she's stranded in the wilderness with James, he offers her his hand in marriage to protect her reputation. Both are afraid to fall in love, but maybe an engagement of convenience could make them reconsider… Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged—and bound to be grooms.
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages August 1st 2015 by Love Inspired |
Instant Frontier Family
(Frontier Bachelors #4) by Regina Scott
LITTLE MATCHMAKERS
Maddie O'Rourke's orphaned half brother and half sister have arrived safely in Seattle—with a man they hope she'll wed! Though Michael Haggerty's not the escort she planned for, Maddie allows him to work off his passage by assisting in her bakery…and helping care for her siblings. But she'll never risk her newfound independence by marrying the strapping Irishman—or anyone else.
In New York, Michael ran afoul of a notorious gang. Traveling west was a necessity, not a choice. The longshoreman grew fond of his young charges, and now he's quickly becoming partial to their beautiful sister, too. So when danger follows him, threatening Maddie and the children, he'll do anything to protect them—and the future he hopes to build. Frontier Bachelors: Bold, rugged–and bound to be grooms
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 288 pages January 5th 2016 by Love Inspired |
How to Have a Pioneer Christmas
by Regina Scott
Christmas glitters all around, starting earlier and earlier in the year, it seems. But the decorations and activities we’re so used to could be very different in pioneer Seattle, the setting for my Frontier Bachelor series.
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For one thing, Christmas celebrations didn’t start until very close to the actual day. Oh, there might be some scurrying around making presents—a hand-knit scarf for Uncle Joe, a new bonnet for the baby—and the goose would have to be plucked days before it went into the oven, but often even the decorating didn’t happen until Christmas Eve.
For another, most houses didn’t have a Christmas tree. The custom gained ground through the Victorian era, but pioneer houses were snug, with every space doing double and triple duty. There wasn’t room in many cases for a tree. |
Instead, garlands hung from mantels, and kissing boughs might hang over doorways. With the advent of Clement Moore’s “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (what we know as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”), people began hanging stockings more often in hopes of finding a little present. I was surprised to see red and green paper chains I’d made in elementary school used to decorate the mantel at Fort Nisqually, a living history museum centered around an 1850s trading post and settlement.
If you’re interested in recreating a pioneer Christmas, here’s a few ideas:
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What says pioneer Christmas to you?
— Regina
— Regina
Regina Scott
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Regina Scott started writing novels in the third grade. Thankfully for literature as we know it, she didn't actually sell her first novel until she had learned a bit more about writing such as vocabulary, sentence structure, and plot. After numerous short stories and articles in magazines and trade journals, she got serious about her novel writing. The Unflappable Miss Fairchild was her first novel to be published (March 1998).
Besides her novels, Regina Scott has had published three Regency novellas ("The June Bride Conspiracy" in His Blushing Bride, "Sweeter Than Candy" in A Match for Mother, and "A Place by the Fire" in Mistletoe Kittens). Two of her novels, A Dangerous Dalliance and The Twelve Days of Christmas, have been translated into German. A Dangerous Dalliance and The Incomparable Miss Compton have been translated into Italian. Starstruck and Perfection have been translated into Dutch. |
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Regina Scott and her husband are the parents of two sons. They reside in the Tri-Cities of southeast Washington State and are members of the Church of the Nazarene. Born in 1959 and raised in the Seattle area, Regina Scott is a graduate of the University of Washington. She comes by her writing talent naturally--both her parents are excellent writers in their vocations as teacher and electrical technician. Her mother envisioned the plot for "Sweeter Than Candy," the novella which was written as a tribute to her.
Regina Scott is a devout Christian and a decent fencer; owns a historical, fantasy, and science fiction costume collection that currently takes up over a third of her large closet; and has been known to impersonate an independent consultant specializing in risk communication. |
It's Time For A Giveaway!
1 winner will receive: Signed copies of Would-Be Wilderness Wife (which introduced Simon Wallin, the hero of A Convenient Christmas Wedding) and Instant Frontier Family (which introduced Nora Underhill, the heroine of A Convenient Christmas Wedding), and a set of pioneer Christmas ornaments that say "Joy, Peace, Love."
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- Ends November 18th
- Ends November 18th
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November 8th
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i blog 4 books
November 9th
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Katie's Clean Book Collection
Reading Is My SuperPower
Wishful Endings
November 10th
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Heidi Reads...
The Power of Words
November 11th
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