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Blue Bennett only enters the lottery because Jacob assures her he’ll win and they’ll stay here close to Gram. But when a beautiful blonde walks onto Lottery Field, he betrays her in a heartbeat. Now she’s married to a workaholic … Continued

When Sarah Godwin is almost raped on her way to the lottery prelude, it’s her handsome neighbor Raja Jacobson who saves her. He saves her a second time an hour later when an explosion kills everyone in the town hall … Continued

Hank Boyd isn’t who he appears to be. He’s really Hannah Boyd in disguise. After marrying and tossing back three husbands, her sister has made a reputation for the Boyd women that has carried down to Hank. The only way … Continued

Sophie Connell falls in love with Corinth and all the beautiful flowers, so she stays. She knows nothing of the ongoing feud until the town erupts in gunfire. When she sees a little girl and a baby in the street … Continued

Liberty McGovern is almost out of money, which means she’ll have to get married. She tried that once, with Brett, and it was a disaster. But when she starts the cabbage diet to lose weight before the lottery, all of … Continued

An independent woman. A selfish man. A terrible tragedy about to unfold. Allegra Farrell has faith in the lottery until Indiana Fullerton chooses her. She soon learns he is one of the most selfish, vain, and cruel men she’s ever … Continued

Sabrina Mahanon thought she had the perfect husband until she overhears him telling his brother she’s a moose, desperate, boring, and he’s going to use her and throw her back. She flees home only to be kicked out by her … Continued

Luke Lancaster comes to Paradise to marry Beverly Pettit, but his rigged lottery goes awry and he’s stuck with a teenage girl and her four brothers. But Polly turns out to be exactly what he needed and when he falls … Continued

Gabe Hancock has waited five years to enter the lottery, all for Cassidy Garrett. Her parents are dirt poor and she’s the rarest breed of women, humble. But when he leaves on a cattle drive and gets delayed coming home, … Continued

Lark Fraser has hope going into the lottery. That ends when her husband calls her fat and ugly then repeatedly lies to her. Raised in a family of bullies, Christopher White is just not worth keeping. Christopher White never expected … Continued

A town icon. A callous cowboy. A marriage about control. Charlotte Hampton doesn’t want to leave home, but an out-of-town cowboy chooses her in the lottery. When she falls in love with him, he makes all kinds of promises then … Continued

A kind widow. A rude young man. Penelope Gibb has hope for the lottery until Noah Hill picks her. He’s the epitome of her theory on lottery rude leftovers, people unsuitable to be married to anyone. Brody Daniels never expected … Continued

A kind young woman. A cruel young man. When Charlotte Meredith gets Beau Grant in the lottery, she’s delighted. But what starts out as a loving marriage soon turns very dark and very cruel. Each new day brings more pain … Continued

A man who just had a heart attack. A young mother with a sick baby. Two people with broken hearts are about to meet. Gillian Rosenthal is a woman with three big problems–a sick baby, a missing husband, and no … Continued

A woman with secrets. A kind, handsome rancher. Blair Baxter has tried the lottery three times. Martin was cruel, Bill was a hitter, and Levi has no backbone. But when Levi exposes her deepest, darkest secret, life as she knows … Continued

Alexis Dunne hasn’t led a simple life. As an orphan she’s been on her own for a long time. So Lottery Day means everything to her. It’s the first day of her new family. She never expected to be shamed … Continued

A widow. Her son-in-law’s younger brother. Cadence Whitman didn’t expect God to send her the perfect man in the lottery. But then he did. He sent her Dominic Summers, the perfect combination of kindness, intelligence, and sexiness. Just as her … Continued

A single mom. A sick son. The neighbor about to betray them. Briana Lambert has relied on her neighbor Brandon Walker to manage her farm and teach her son for ten years. So it never occurred to her he would … Continued

A woman who knows how to beat the lottery. A man ready to fall in love. Bethany Michaels has been married and divorced twice. She’ll probably never get married again. Then Wade Cooper pays her a visit and picks her … Continued

A woman who’s hard to kill. The cowboy who saves her. Bridget Monahan survives the fire that kills her parents, but little does she know that’s just the beginning. Over the next two years, her life will be in jeopardy … Continued

A beautiful orphan with four siblings. The handsome rancher who isn’t quite ready to have a family. Camille Benot never expected to be the head of her family at seventeen. But what surprised her most is how quickly she falls … Continued

Cleo Moore has been in love with Dallas McLaren for years. So when he insults her right before the lottery (and she knows he’s going first), she does something drastic–she switches the lottery ranking card. That one mistake will bring … Continued

A naive farmer. His gorgeous mountain neighbor. The last thing Courtland Dantrell wants in his life is a woman. But with just the two of them on this side of the mountain, they’re bound to keep running into each other. … Continued

One tornado. Five orphans. A special lottery. Laura Godwin survives a tornado that decimates her town and takes the lives of both of her parents. Now she’s the head of the family, a family of five. When the Brennanmen arrange … Continued

Galen Griffin has never won the lottery then one day he has an epiphany–Mrs. Right was in the lottery the one year he wasn’t. That means his Mrs. Right is one of two women–recently widowed Janice Montgomery or general store … Continued

Kylie Dallas is in love with Drew Fairchild and carrying his child. When his name is drawn first at the lottery, her happiness is short-lived because he draws another girl’s name, Amy Longberger’s. She passes out right there on Lottery … Continued

Mark Mathews never expected to fall in love at fifteen. Things like that just didn’t happen. But he does. And with none other than Peggy Jennings, the oddest girl in Stanhope. Peggy Jennings has a knack for finding things. Dead … Continued

A desperate orphan. A disappointed cowboy. Sarah Miles isn’t picky. As long as he’s kind, she’ll keep her husband. But she never counted on a husband in love with another woman. Buck Hunter enters what’s supposed to be the perfect … Continued

Three times Glenna Hartman has trusted God to send her Mr. Right in the lottery. Three times her husbands threw her back. The only reason she enters the fourth time is because Eli is convinced Lamont is her Mr. Right … Continued

When a strange cowboy enters their lottery, Mercy has no idea he’s there for her. Until he picks her name and becomes her husband. For the first time in her life, Mercy has someone who wants to take care of … Continued

A beautiful bride. Two personalities. A deadly secret. Dr. Adam Jekyll has it all: a beautiful wife, a baby on the way, and a thriving medical practice. Then three months into their marriage, his wife Jessica Hide goes to sleep … Continued

A deadly gold digger. Her kind and loving sister. Cameron Shields wins the lottery and marries Bethany Beaumont. But being married to Beth is not as perfect as it seems. She has a dark and deadly side driven by greed. … Continued

Caley Cartwright has an idyllic life until her mom dies and her dad marries a black widow. Within weeks, her stepmother has poisoned her dad and ordered her murder. Rather than kill her, her hit man sets her free with … Continued

Colleen Middleton doesn’t really want to enter the lottery, but Simon Kaufman talks her into it. One moment she’s in the middle of a huge wedding day party, the next she’s in the middle of a dangerous cattle stampede trying … Continued

Three rocking chairs. Three very different men. Marigold Murphy has endured and survived one of the worst tragedies imaginable. But she’s about to endure a husband who thinks of his brothers before her. Miles Brennan should never have agreed to … Continued

Juliet Capshaw has always lived in the shadow of her brothers, trying to be the third son her father has always wanted. When her mother dies she realizes her only chance at happiness is getting married and leaving home. Then … Continued

Rory Van Winkle wakes from an eight-year coma and discovers her family are all dead and her husband has remarried. Grief-stricken, she goes to the small town of Plainfield and enters the lottery only to become the bride of a … Continued

Olivia Cooper is orphaned right before planting season. With no experience and everything on the line, she hires farm hands and plants all one hundred twenty acres. As a backup, she enters the lottery, hoping her husband will help her. … Continued

Babette Clark enters the lottery for her parents’ sake. As their only child, she’s expected to at least give marriage a shot. Then James Stockton gets her name. He’s one of the four boys who has relentlessly made fun of … Continued

Polly Swan has loved Jackson Tucker for most of her life. He isn’t just gorgeous; he’s kind and generous too. He has the greatest parents and a farm big enough for a family. So when he gets her name at … Continued

Elliot Whitmore has no babysitter, four kids, and a crop to plant and harvest. When every single girl in town says no to babysitting, he enters the lottery and chooses the one woman who will treat his kids like her … Continued

A beautiful bride. A Greek devil. A perfect marriage. A painful tragedy. It took five long years for Kenna Brogan to get her life back and forget about the man who ruined it. Then out of the blue a reclusive … Continued

Jane is a chameleon by necessity. Raised on the streets she knows a good man when she sees one and she sees one in Michael Shore aka Robert Hood, the man who takes from the rich and gives to the … Continued

When June Chandler’s father dies he leaves their family heavily in debt. Without farming experience or money she’s left with only one choice–to take out a loan from the bank that has a lottery clause. As long as she marries … Continued

Emily Hubbard is relieved when Theo Graham buys the land next door. Because it means Pierce Keegan can’t buy it and force her into the lottery. But as her kids borrow one thing after another from their handsome neighbor, it … Continued

A killer with a gun. A woman with a pencil. When tragedy strikes the small town of Lofgren, Kelly Riley finds solace on Shadow Mountain with a lioness and her three lion cubs. They will lead her into a world … Continued

Amy Campbell is tired of being alone. So she enters the lottery and prays for a good husband. What she gets is an angry man on the rebound. But then she learns why he married her–because she was the homeliest … Continued

Becca Murphy just happens to be visiting Blue Mountain City on Lottery Day when a tall, dark, and handsome Brennan says he’s entering the lottery. She can’t get to Lottery Field fast enough. Too late, she discovers it was a … Continued

Chester Brennan does everything Maggie asks of him, including moving his entire life to Seattle. Then right there on Lottery Field she dumps him and runs off with another man. Now he’s married to a stranger and even though she’s … Continued

Edwina Lewis has spent years devoted to the Sisters of the Cross. Now she wants marriage, kids, the picket fence, all of it. But when a handsome Brennan enters the lottery and chooses her, he proves to be cruel and … Continued

An abandoned wife. A dying Brennanmen. Olivia Stanton has about given up hope when the Brennanmen finally grant her a divorce from her deserting husband. After being tied to his house for five long years, she can’t wait to leave. … Continued

Beth Brennan is deeply in love with her husband, but he’s never home. A year goes by and it gets worse, not better, so she does the unthinkable–she sleeps with another man to get Murphy’s attention. But nothing could’ve prepared … Continued

Cat McCann has waited eighteen years to enter the lottery again, terrified of witnessing another Lottery Day shooting. Instead, a Brennanmen arrives with his girlfriend, but marries Cat instead. Now his girlfriend’s relatives are beating him up and breaking his … Continued

Right before the lottery, Liam Brennan catches his girlfriend kissing his cousin. That sends him running to Lowell, looking for a stranger to marry, and he finds Mary. But he never expected to fall so deeply in love with his … Continued

One year ago, Holly Donovan waited on Lottery Field for her lover to show. When he didn’t, it had cost her everything, everything but their son Brandon. One year later, she’s in a different town and ready to take the … Continued

Angus Brennan has waited three years for a chance to get close to Melissa McNally, the woman who murdered his brother. She’s changed her name and moved miles away, but now she’s right there, attainable. The problem is her adorable … Continued

A woman with a terrible secret. The man who marries her. Diego Walker doesn’t want to enter the lottery. Like every other single man in town, he’s afraid of Crazy Sarah. Exactly one year ago she came to town and … Continued

A widow with a four year-old daughter. A man in love with another woman. Hope Delaware has lost just about everything–her husband Marcus, their savings, their livestock, and almost her life. It’s no longer safe for her and Faith on … Continued

A beautiful widow and her child. Four brothers determined to get their mother’s homestead back. Emma Charleston doesn’t want to remarry, but the man who keeps showing up at their farm has now broken in twice. The idiot magistrate won’t … Continued

For six years, Minnie Doherty has waited for Linus Applegate to enter the lottery, but he’s entering for young Maggie Walton. Heartbroken, it’s her friend Polly who convinces her to give the lottery a chance. Lincoln Applegate enters the lottery … Continued

The victim of a horrible crime. A vicious gossiping mother-in-law. Ivory Winchester takes her siblings far from home for the lottery. It’s a new place, a new start. But her loving husband Michael quickly turns into a pumpkin and tells … Continued

A beautiful woman with a terrible secret. The husband who’s about to betray her. Eliza Donahue has waited to enter the lottery for seven long years. When Ben gets her name, she’s so happy. Ben is the most trustworthy man … Continued

A young girl with nowhere to go. A cattle rancher with a place for her to stay. Nicole Freeling is just four days shy of lottery age when the lottery comes. She begs the magistrate to enter, but he firmly … Continued

Summer Bartholomew waits two years for Henry Addison to be old enough for the lottery only to discover he won’t be called. When Henry comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme involving marrying Tanner Clarenden, not only does she not go … Continued

Alice Fitzgerald has spent the last ten years raising her daughter Annabel alone. When Annie marries Lucas Hannigan, she’s only momentarily relieved, because they live thirty miles away in another town. When Annie wants nothing to do with her mom … Continued

A girl with a thyroid problem and controlling parents. A cowboy with a big heart and a short temper. Bonnie O’Reilly loves her parents, but being the daughter of a rich cattle baron is not all it’s cracked up to … Continued

A widow ready to start over. A cowboy ready to take a chance. Ellen Mahoney is all alone. Her abusive husband is finally dead and her selfish children have married and moved away. So she enters the lottery expecting to … Continued

Briana Fairchild makes beautiful wedding dresses. The problem is that no one is buying them. In an attempt to drum up business she enters the lottery wearing one of her beautiful creations. The naive young man who draws her name … Continued

Annabel McCoy has waited three years for Brady Dillon to ask her to the lottery. Until finally she asks him and he says…no. When he takes off on another one of his trips and isn’t there for the lottery, she … Continued

For a year, Megan O’Mara has been writing Grant Holdings a letter a week in the hopes they will sell her the land a the base of Berner’s Mountain to fulfill her father’s dream of an aqueduct to furnish the … Continued

A woman haunted by terrible dreams. A man with the power to stop them. Charissa Hart never intended on entering the lottery. But then she makes the mistake of telling God to send her a lightning bolt if he wants … Continued

An obedient daughter. A rich cowboy. A religious community that values obedience above compromise. Michaela Connor has always been the black sheep of her family. She prays for God to send her a savior on Lottery Day. God sends her … Continued

A woman afraid of trusting a man again. The ex-husband desperate to get her back. The niece who will force them back together again. Melinda Dillon was stupid to trust Shiloh with her heart. She won’t make that mistake again. … Continued

A beautiful widow with a child. A younger brother. A terrible tragedy. Amanda Lazarus’s life is perfect–the perfect husband, a baby on the way, a big ranch, and safety. But all of that is shattered when her husband Ben leaves … Continued

A devoted wife. An errant husband. Another woman. Charlotte Henry never suspected her husband Sam was cheating on her. But when Sam’s friend Jake comes to her door and tells her his wife Ginger is sleeping with Sam, all of … Continued

A redhead. Her handsome tormenter. Penny Mathers has been mercilessly teased about her red hair for the past six years, ever since her father built the new well and the rusty well water turned her deep mahogany hair to a … Continued

Fourteen men. One woman. A magistrate worried about losing his job. Kate Maguire and her sisters move to Yellow Fields for the quiet farming community and the beautiful farmhouse. But when she rents herself out as Wife for a Day … Continued

A frightened woman with six children. A man who really doesn’t want to get hitched. Emma Patrick took in the first of her runaways nine years ago. Since then she’s adopted another five. Six kids is too much for any … Continued

Five couples ready to get hitched. A determined man and his selfish stepsister about to ruin a lottery. Maribelle Fairweather has only entered the lottery once before, ten years ago when Jacob was murdered. It’s finally time she moved on … Continued

A dying mother. A husband’s old girlfriend. A terrible betrayal. Grace Jennings has always been the good daughter, the one who does exactly as everyone expects. That includes entering the lottery and undergoing a dangerous bone marrow extraction so her … Continued

Clover Chapman knows what the men of Rolling Meadows call her–talker. But when her parents move to San Francisco she enters the lottery so she can stay behind. Brigham Caldwell, the middle Caldwell brother, draws her name and immediately tells … Continued

Twelve men. Five women. One wild child. Marrying his bride would be one thing, taming her another. Keira Fitzgerald is only in the lottery because her sister made her enter. She needs a husband about as much as she needs … Continued

A cute guy with a great farm. A beautiful girl with three siblings. Chickadee Barn left Lakeside to avoid marrying the wrong man. The cute guy with the sun-kissed hair and hazel eyes was supposed to be the perfect catch, … Continued

Bonnie Hudson didn’t intend on entering the lottery, but the prospect of another year alone terrifies her. That’s how she ends up with rough-around-the-edges Decker Hastings. He’s handsome, but very intense. And sometimes his mouth can be quite cruel. Decker … Continued

On Valentine’s Day, Molly Burch finally tells Cullen she loves him and she’ll marry him in a church wedding. They make love and she runs home the happiest girl on the planet. But her world comes crashing down a week … Continued

A pregnant young girl. An absent boyfriend. An angry uncle. Annelise Baker has loved Coleman Parker since the day she met him. But sleeping with him before the lottery was a huge mistake. Now he calls her a nag and … Continued

Fifteen years ago, five year-old Maggie Dawkins was orphaned. Immediately after her parents’ death, she was kidnapped from the McBrides and taken to Bethany Goodall’s School for Orphaned Children. For years she waited for them to come and rescue her. … Continued

Morgan Monroe never expected to be married to the magistrate’s daughter. Kelly Fletcher is an odd bird and she talks too much. But try as he might to dislike her, there’s just something about her that pulls him in. By … Continued

A girl with scars. The boy who calls her Scarface. Lucy Lambert enters the lottery with hope. Until Jared Hamilton chooses her. Right there on Lottery Field she has a complete meltdown and sobs hysterically. But nothing can change the … Continued

China Meadows comes to Mountain Bluffs hoping to start over with her siblings. In a mountain farming community with no women she’s hoping the men there aren’t picky and won’t mind a wife bringing her four siblings into the marriage. … Continued

From the moment Jonathan Mahoney meets Magnolia Winters, he’s madly in love. But the first year of their marriage goes awry when the entire corn crop gets blight. He makes the worst decision of his life, leaving her to go … Continued

Bonnie has always been the perfect daughter. She’s spent most of her life working hard and getting little appreciation. So she’s understandably picky when it comes to marriage. Jimmy had hygiene issues and Kyle was more than a little OCD. … Continued

Penelope Jameson has had a crush on Warren Peterson for four years, but he doesn’t even know she exists. Then her parents die and she’s suddenly in charge of a farm and her three siblings. Time to grow up and … Continued

A woman in love. The man who doesn’t see her. A pack of gun-toting teenagers hunting coyotes. Molly Mayflower has been in love with Joe Barron for three years. When he gets her name at the lottery she thinks all … Continued

Chanel McIntyre survives a flu epidemic but loses more than half her family. Her boyfriend’s family is decimated too, leaving behind three siblings. Left with no one to marry who isn’t her dead boyfriend’s friend, she takes her siblings and … Continued

A young woman looking for a family. Two boys determined to get a mom. A father trying to keep his boys from being judged. Shannon Sullivan is on her way to the lottery when she comes across two teenage boys … Continued

When Meredith Nash goes on vacation in March, she has no idea that a lethal flu epidemic is going to hit her small town while she’s gone. In a single week everyone dies and the Brennanmen close the town. In … Continued

A young bride. A husband who’s in love with another woman. A disastrous marriage in the making. Christine Bishop has been in love with Chase Whitman since he moved to town. But he doesn’t even notice her. All she needs … Continued

Five years after her husband Max’s death, Kate McTierney finally enters the lottery again. But the man who gets her name is Tad Martin. Tad is young, impulsive, and follows Heather O’Leary around like all the other young men. She … Continued

Genevieve Lawson enters the lottery with hope. For two years her parents have denied her breast reduction surgery even though it’s disfiguring her body and causing her pain. Once she’s married, she’ll have half of her husband’s estate, enough money … Continued