Widows, Brides, and Secret Babies

Synopsis

From Book 25:

When Celeste's husband dies under mysterious circumstances, she and her infant daughter are forced to move back to her father's home. But his new wife wants the house cleared of children and grandchildren.

Her sister, Miranda, has been looking after their father following a long stint of caring for their dying mother. Suddenly she, too, is no longer welcome in the family home, so she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride, but asks for her sister's help with the letters.

As the situation at home becomes dire, both sisters make their plans for escape. Will they find what they seek out West with strangers? And will their father find the missing gold?