What if your father tells you just before he dies that you need to marry a man of his choosing?
Lydia finds out at her father’s deathbed that he has arranged for her to marry the son of an old family friend to cancel a debt. At first, Lydia rejects the idea, but then circumstances suddenly make it so she feels she needs to honor her father’s last wishes, and she travels to Texas to meet the man her father has chosen.
Clinton doesn’t have a problem marrying Lydia. After all, he spends most of his time running his large Texas ranch, and he doesn’t have time to court a woman properly. Five years after their marriage, they have slowly learned to love each other, but they discover that Lydia will never be able to carry a child.
They hear about an orphan train that will be arriving in their small town, and Lydia feels this will be her last chance to have a child join them.
Will they be able to have the family that they so desperately want?
Arranged Marriage
Historical Romance
Found Family
Healing
Grief
Family
Second Chance
Smalltown
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length2 hrs 26 mins
Narrated bySelect Your Own
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 20, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
11. Chapter 1
1010. Chapter 10
22. Chapter 2
1111. Chapter 11
33. Chapter 3
1212. Chapter 12
44. Chapter 4
1313. Chapter 13
55. Chapter 5
1414. Chapter 14
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66. Chapter 6
1515. Chapter 15
77. Chapter 7
1616. Chapter 16
88. Chapter 8
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99. Chapter 9
About the author
Zoe Matthews
Zoe started writing as a young teenager and has kept that passion alive throughout her life. At any one time, she can be found relaxing and devouring a good western or paranormal romance, or gathering information for one of her own future books.
She loves living in the high mountain deserts of the western United States. Her perfect summer days would be spent up at the family cabin writing, painting, hiking, and spending time with family.
Zoe also publishes romances under the pen names Melynda Olsen and Sage Williams. View all by Zoe Matthews
