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Mail Order Madeline: Secret Baby Dilemma Book 9 Kindle Edition

by Jennifer Branson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 316 ratings
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An orphaned mail order bride determined to keep a promise to a dying friend, an unwilling groom with a prickly disposition, and a secret baby that complicates the already precarious situation.

Madeline Platt grew up in an orphanage, so when she becomes an adult, she’s forced to find a way to provide for herself. She answers a mail order bride advert, hoping she can start a new life out West. Days before she is set to leave, her best friend from the orphanage becomes sick. On her deathbed, she requests that Madeline take care of her one-year-old daughter. Madeline has no choice but to honor the wish, knowing what awful fate would await the child if she’s given over to the orphanage.

Brian Thornhill doesn’t want a wife, but his father decided it was high time he settle down if he wants to take over the family farm. When his father reveals he placed a mail order advert for him, Brian is dismayed to find out a bride is on the way to marry him. He’s completely dumbfounded when she steps off the train with a small child by her side.

Can Madeline find a way to love the thorny Brian? Can Brian open his heart to his new wife and stepdaughter? And will they be able to find a way to make their instant family work?

*This book was originally published under Jennifer Branson's pen name, Jenna Brandt.

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    March 26, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08SM5J2MJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (March 26, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1951 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 123 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 316 ratings

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  1. Jenna Brandt

    Jenna Brandt

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    Jenna Brandt is an international bestselling and award-winning author who writes inspirational romance. Her page-turning books have elements of humor, suspense and faith. She has several best-selling series including Disaster City Search and Rescue, First Responders of Faith Valley, and The Lawkeepers all based off the life of her husband in law enforcement. She also loves writing about billionaires and has several best selling series including Billionaires of Manhattan and the Billionaire Birthday Club.

    She has been an avid reader since she could hold a book and started writing stories almost as early. When she isn't working at her dream job, Jenna enjoys date nights with her hubby, cooking from scratch, and watching romcoms on Netflix. Jenna's three young daughters keep her busy with Girl Scout activities, going to the mall, and playing at the park where they live in the Central Valley of California. Jenna summers on the Golden Central Coast where she finds endless inspiration for her romance books. She is also active in her local church where she volunteers on their first impressions team and holds the position of story curator.

    Check out all of her social media and sign-up for her newsletter and receive free books at https://linktr.ee/JennaBrandtAuthor

    She also writes historical romance as Jennifer Branson.

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    Jennifer Branson

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    Jennifer Branson loves writing historical westerns and filling her stories with mail order brides, cowboys, and lawmen.

    Writing is her passion, but she also enjoys snuggling up with her hubby to watch old movies, introducing her daughters to the classics, and serving at her church.

    To find out more about her, to sign-up for her newsletter and get freebies, or to purchase her books, visit her reader group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/JoyfulPageTurners

    She also writes contemporary romance as Jenna Brandt.

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Lori Dykes
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Found!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2021
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Life can change in an instant as Madeline was soon to find out. Being orphaned she knew there were few opportunities for her to find a good husband and it seemed becoming a mail order bride was her only option. Unfortunately, her best friend fell ill and she agreed to take her little girl Grace with her.

What she found though was he "husband" Brian had not placed the ad at all, but it was his father who was determined for him to marry and settle down. To say he was surprised to see Grace was an understatement!

Brian was used to doing what he wanted and resented being tied down. So it was quite a long journey for him to realize what was really important and the ride was a little bumpy to their happy ending.

Jenna is the best at pulling you into the heart of the characters and making you sigh with happiness as she weaves her wonderful stories!
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Karen Brasher aka Avid Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Mail Order Madeline: Secret Baby Dilemma Book 9
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2023
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If you like mail order bride books, you will like this one. Madeline grew up as an orphan. Now she has to make her own way and wants to start a new life. Answering a mail order advertisement, she agrees to be a mail order bride. Before she can leave her best friend dies leaving her as the child’s responsibility per their agreement. Will the prospective husband still take her with a child?
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JoGlo
4.0 out of 5 stars Mail Order Madeline
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2021
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This was another good story that is clean with some danger, drama, and romance. ,Madeline is an orphan and ends up with her best friends little girl as she travels to meet her husband.
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Mary B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good and clean romantic fiction
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021
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Madeline starts out rejected and with only one real friend when they are released from the orphanage, it was a terrible place where children didn’t get enough to eat. When her dear friend has a baby and is very ill, Madeline promises if she were to die she would take her friends 18 month old daughter away, where the mean father couldn’t get his hands on her. The next day when. Maddie gets on a train to go west and become a mail order bride, her friend has passed ; so she takes the baby and heads to Dakota territory to meet her mail order husband , who doesn’t know she is coming ,and doesn’t want a wife,; let alone a baby that would cramp his style with the saloon women.
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Sarah White
5.0 out of 5 stars Mail Order Bride and Baby!
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021
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This delightful, sweet romance is about woman who was raised in an orphanage, who kept her murdered friend's baby girl and went across the country to become a mail order bride. Madeline and Grace were met with questions when they arrived, but quickly settled into life on the estate of her husband and his family. Read this book to learn about this transition in their lives.

I enjoyed this book and hope you enjoy it also.
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GH
5.0 out of 5 stars Mail Order Madeline Secret Baby Dilemma Book 9
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2021
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This is a good story and the ninth book in the series about a young woman that is a mail order bride finding love and happiness
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J Archibald
5.0 out of 5 stars Gentlemen farmer and orphan
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2021
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I wasn’t sure if Madeline and Brian would be able to overcome all of their problems. Brian’s father and Grace sure didn’t help them much. I love that the end and the beginning were tied together. I recommend it to readers who like interesting and exciting stories.
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AB658
1.0 out of 5 stars Didn’t love Brian. At all.
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021
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The writing was good. The book flowed well. But I have serious issues with the “man”. What kind of a man continues to visit his woman on the side while knowingly breaking his wife’s heart?!? And then complains about how he feels guilty and doesn’t enjoy his wild ways anymore. Umm not a man I want to read about. I wanted him to own up to his mistake. An acknowledgement that he’d done wrong and was a changed man. An apology to his wife at the very least. Maybe some groveling. Nope. He just got her some flowers. Have a backbone woman and some self respect. Too much of the book he was terrible and then suddenly he’s different without any real restitution made. Could have been so much better if he’d changed his ways earlier and been made to work more for his wife’s affection and trust. Brian needed more honor and integrity. And Madeline needed more self respect.
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Marie P
4.0 out of 5 stars Second chance?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2021
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But is this a second chance for Madeline or Brian?
It is a very rocky and bumpy road to a HEA for both Madeline and Brian, she feels rejected and abandoned, he feels cheated and blackmailed. They will need to get over the hurdles of expectation and guilt before they can begin to build trust...but eventually find working together provides a smoother more fulfilling path.
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