Bride Ships: New Voyages by Jody Hedlund with Patti Stockdale is a new series by Sunrise Publishing releasing in 2024. Finally His Bride by Jody Hedlund is book one and will release February 13, 2024. Book two, His Treasured Bride, by Jody Hedlund with Patti Stockdale will release April 23, 2024.

Synopses for Bride Ships: New Voyages by Jody Hedlund and Patti Stockdale

Finally His Bride – A new world. A new hope. An unexpected love. What life awaits these brides? With the cotton mills closed and hunger rampant in Manchester, England, Willow Rhodes’s family encourages her to join the bride ship bound for the Pacific Northwest, where she is assured of employment. Willow agrees to go with the hope that eventually she can save enough money for her family to join her.

Rebellious knuckle-boxing champion Caleb Edwards loves Willow more than life itself. But Willow has been adamant that she sees him as a friend and nothing more. Unable to watch her sail away, Caleb uses his prize money to pay for passage to Vancouver Island to be with Willow. After arriving, Willow finds work as a maid and Caleb is a farmhand on the same property. As Caleb struggles to keep his feelings for Willow from growing, he’ll do anything for her, even take the blame for a theft to keep her safe. As the crime catches up to them, they’re forced to make choices that could finally rip them apart forever.

His Treasured Bride – In twenty-four hours, marriage, mystery, and mayhem. After recently arriving in Vancouver Island on a bride ship, aspiring seamstress Daisy Harper is determined not to rush into a hasty and quarrelsome marriage, a mistake her parents made. To avoid choosing the wrong man, she creates a rigorous list of ten requirements for a potential husband. Mapmaker Seth Ryann moved to the colony to assist his partially blind brother, a local missionary. They’ll soon return to Ireland, but first, Seth is tasked by a friend to find a treasure of gold hidden in the mountains.

Seth has the map to the treasure, but he’s missing the key. When he discovers Daisy somehow has the key, the two agree to search for the treasure together. They’re left with little choice but to quickly enter a marriage of convenience. As they venture into the wilderness and work together to overcome danger, an undeniable attraction grows. But will they find the treasure only to lose what matters most?

About the Authors

Jody Hedlund is the best-selling author of over forty sweet historical romances—with plenty of sizzle—and is the winner of numerous awards. She lives in central Michigan with her husband and is the mother of five wonderful children and five spoiled cats. When she’s not penning another of her page-turning stories, she loves to spend her time reading, especially when it also involves consuming coffee and chocolate.

Patti Stockdale is an author and freelance writer, born and raised in a small Iowa town. After uprooting 15 times, she and her husband finally returned to the Midwest to settle in Southern Wisconsin.

How to Purchase

You can pre-order both books for $4.99 (ebook). After the release, the ebook retail price will increase to $7.99. Paperback information will be available closer to the release date. Purchase at the Sunrise Shop or other retailers.

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