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The Ohio Mail-Order Bride: A Mail Order Bride Novella - Clean Historical Western Romance [Slowburn Grumpy x Sunshine Runaway]
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 5 2025
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A Grumpy Farmer. A Runaway Bride. And a Hen That Hates Everyone.
Martha Mattie O'Sullivan has three problems:
- A forged debt that's about to land her in the clutches of Cincinnati's most ruthless creditor.
- A desperate plan to become a mail-order bride to a man who literally wrote No frills. No lies. Must tolerate silence and hard work in his ad.
- A chicken named Mrs. Peabody who seems determined to peck her to death.
Elias Carter has one rule: No complications. After losing his wife, he's content with his quiet farm, his bookish sister, and his life of predictable routine. But when his mail-order bride arrives-cheerful, reckless, and followed by bounty hunters-his carefully ordered world explodes into chaos.
Now they're on the run:
- Faking a marriage (badly)
- Outsmarting villains (with jam and a very brave dog)
- Surviving Mattie's cooking (burnt bacon has never been so romantic)
- Dealing with Mrs. Peabody's reign of terror (that hen will draw blood)
Between stolen kisses in stormy cabins, near-drownings in river crossings, and a ledger that could clear Mattie's name-or get them both killed-Elias starts to realize something terrifying: he might actually like this chaos. And Mattie? She's falling for the grumpy farmer who sees her-not as a burden, but as a partner.
But when the past catches up with them, they'll have to choose:
- Run forever (and let Hargrove win)
- Fight back (and risk everything)
- Or trust that love-like a well-aimed jar of jam-might just be the answer.
A wholesome, laugh-out-loud Western romance featuring:
✔ Grumpy x Sunshine (with maximum bickering and slow-burn tension)
✔ Fake Marriage (that feels very real)
✔ Found Family (including a sister who ships them hard)
✔ One Bed (and a very grumpy farmer who refuses to share)
✔ A Chicken of Doom (Mrs. Peabody deserves her own villain arc)
✔ No Passive Heroine (Mattie throws jam, outruns bounty hunters, and swallows evidence)
✔ All the Feels (healing, hope, and a proposal that'll make you swoon)
Perfect for fans of:
- The Bride Test meets True Grit (if Mattie Damon burned the bacon)
- Pride and Prejudice on the Oregon Trail (with more chickens)
- Stories where love is earned, not instant-and where the heroine's happiness is never the cost of her freedom.
Grab your bonnet and ride along-this romance is as sweet as apple pie, as wild as a wagon chase, and 100% clean (except for that one kiss in the rain...).
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