The Promise of Home The Rancher's Temporary Bride: A Slow-Burn Mail-Order Bride Western Historical Romance, Book 3, (Paperback)

<p><b>Caleb Mercer only wanted help for the winter. He never intended to risk his heart again.</b></p><p>Still grieving the wife he could not save, the Wyoming rancher sends for a mail-order bride to care for his quiet young daughter and help keep his failing ranch alive through the brutal winter months. What arrives instead is Eliza Hartwell, a composed former schoolteacher with sorrow in her eyes, secrets on her lips, and a strength that unsettles him from the very beginning.</p><p>Eliza never meant to stay long. She only needed a place to disappear.</p><p>But as relentless snowstorms trap them together on the isolated ranch, the distance between them begins to wear dangerously thin. Little by little, Eliza brings warmth back into a home hollowed out by grief. Sophie starts to laugh again. The long silences soften. And Caleb finds himself wanting things he buried alongside his wife long ago.</p><p>Yet Eliza's past is not as far behind her as she hoped.</p><p>When the truth finally follows her to Wyoming, Caleb must choose between protecting the life he has rebuilt... or fighting for the woman who has quietly become the heart of his home.</p><p><b>Can two wounded hearts learn to trust love again before fear drives them apart?</b></p><p><b><i>The Rancher's Temporary Bride is an emotional slow-burn Western Historical Romance filled with longing, forced proximity, found family, and a love worth risking everything for.</i></b></p>

• The Promise of Home The Rancher's Temporary Bride: A Slow-Burn Mail-Order Bride Western Historical Romance, Book 3, (Paperback)
• Author: Mary Hall
• ISBN: 9798196278785
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-09
• Page Count: 266