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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

McKenna Lawson didn’t intend on getting married. Then her parents die two weeks before the lottery. On the absolute worst day of her life, a cowboy gets on the train and tells her exactly how to handle her parents’ burial … Continued

For fourteen long years, Savannah Miles has nursed her mother until she finally passes. Now she’s alone. She enters the lottery with hope, only to be stuck with her old beau’s younger snottier brother. So when a dance hall opens … Continued

A girl looking for her fairytale ending. Three aunts with magical powers. Angelica Rhodes has been in love with Billy Browning forever. So it’s a surprise when he stands in front of Haley Bennett on Lottery Day. Even when Haley … Continued

Two blondes. Two sisters. The problem was that he stood in front of the wrong one. March Lincoln is Abe Lincoln’s favorite daughter. She’s smart, she’s beautiful, and she’s single. But when March finally enters the lottery and finds the … Continued

Molly Brown has waited for this day, the day she’s finally free of her abusive father. There’s just one problem–all the men signed up for the lottery are from town. And they’re all afraid of her drunken father. Then an … Continued

A woman trying to escape her stalker. A man pining away for an old lover. Haley Monahan rides a hundred and eighty miles from her home in Brook Creek to attend the lottery in Clearwater for one reason: Jeremy Longworth, … Continued

A handsome farmer from a good family. A beautiful girl from a dead one. Sarah Daniels is desperate. The handsome guy with the expensive hat looks a little dangerous but she enters the lottery anyway and stands directly across from … Continued

Rachel McConnolly has raised her two brothers to be kind and generous, but the more time they spend with their dad, the meaner they get. On Lottery Day, only one man is brave enough to marry her–Griffin Hamm–and thankfully he … Continued

Violet Fernwood married Declan O’Neill expecting shopping, parties, and a doting husband. That’s the picture that he painted to her, but that’s not what her life becomes. Every day she’s up at five cooking for sixteen ranch hands and an … Continued

Hannah Hannigan is sixteen when she loses her family and home and the Brennanmen enter her in the lottery. Ben is the kindest man, but she’s not what he wants in a wife. After three months, she finds herself alone … Continued

Twenty-seven men. One unconscious woman. One girl. On Lottery Day, Annie Blake’s sister Beth chickens out of entering the lottery. Far from home and with no money left and three siblings to care for, she does what she has to–she … Continued

Shannon O’Shaughnessy is far from home on Lottery Day and looking for a kind man who won’t mind her siblings. When the hotel manager says Gabriel Blake is the kindest, handsomest man in town, she stands in front of him … Continued