Fiction. Romance. Western. Historical Fiction. BEFORE THE MAIL-ORDER BRIDES OF THE WEST SERIES, BEFORE WILD MONTANA SKY, COMES THE PREQUEL TO THE MONTANA SKY SERIES, sweet historical western romance by NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author Debra Holland set in 1882Plain and timid, debutante Pamela Burke-Smythe is a wallflower at the high society Boston balls she attends, overlooked by possible suitors. One-by-one, her friends become engaged, and Pamela resigns herself as to life as a spinster.When rancher John Carter becomes guardian to his orphaned godson, Nick, nothing he does seems to help the grieving, angry boy. At his wit's end, he believes that a wife might help draw Nick out, and lonely himself, John's been thinking along the matrimonial lines for a while anyway. But small Sweetwater Springs, Montana, has no suitable candidates. He decides to visit his great-aunt Hester in Boston and bring back a wife who is kind and compassionate, can be a mother figure to Nick, and who can adapt to the hard life on the ranch.Hester, who's also Pamela's godmother, plays matchmaker for the two. John responds to Pamela's kind heart and believes he's found the ideal woman. But Pamela never thought to marry a stranger and leave Boston, and her family and friends are against the idea. She musters all her meager courage to defy her loved ones and seize her only chance at marriage.After a whirlwind courtship, the couple marries and travels west. Pamela discovers a run-down ranch house, a bunch of unruly cowboys, a sullen boy, and a different way of life. Can their new marriage survive the challenge?1880s Mail-Order Brides of the West Series in order:Beneath Montana's SkyMail-Order Brides of the West: TrudyMail-Order Brides of the West: Evie, by Caroline FyffeMail-Order Brides of the West: Heather, by Caroline FyffeMail-Order Brides of the West: LinaMail-Order Brides of the West: DarcyMail-Order Brides of the West: Kathryn, by Caroline FyffeWatch for more exciting Mail-Order Brides of the West books to come.Montana Sky Series1890sWild Montana SkyStarry Montana SkyStormy Montana SkyPainted Montana SkyMontana Sky ChristmasGlorious Montana SkySweetwater Springs Christmas.