Mail-Order Mama

Synopsis

From Book 13:

Mary Ann grew up the daughter of a housemaid and a stablehand. Her coming of age was marked more by starting work as a housemaid alongside her mother. The young woman of the house is a bit wild and tries to drag Mary Ann into all of her schemes. One such scheme finds Mary Ann exchanging letters with a man settling in the west, which makes her imagine something other than the life of a housemaid.

Widowed at a young age, Mason has been left to care for his son as a single dad. He owns enough land and cattle to get them by, but it's hard to work the land, run the cows, and keep a toddling boy out of trouble. His sister and her husband help where they can, and they keep offering to take his son for at time. Love is the last thing on his mind as he tries to figure out how to keep all the plates spinning.