title: The Colton Bride (The Coltons of Wyoming)
author:  Carla Cassidy 
description: Carla Cassidy is a <em>New York Times </em>bestsellingauthor who has written more than 125 novels for Harlequin Books. She is listed on the Romance Writer's of America Honor Roll and has won numerous awards. Carla believes the only thing better than curling up with a good book to read is sitting down at the computer with a good story to write.
zlib_text: **Contents**
  
    
  
  Title Page
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Back Matter
  
  Copyright
  
    
  
    
    
  
   **Mail Order Beau**
  
  Brides of Sweetheart Falls series
  
  Book 2
  
    
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
    
  
  WYOMING, 1878
  
    
  
  "You don't know what I've bought you for your birthday," Rachel said, teasing
  her older sister, Martha.
  
  "Don't ruin the surprise," Martha told Rachel, as she steered the buckboard
  along the main, dusty thoroughfare of Sweetheart Falls.
  
  Martha parked the buckboard in front of the mercantile, stepped down onto the
  dirt street and composed herself. Rachel got down off the seat and folded her
  parasol.
  
  It was a warm afternoon, so it was relief to be able to loosen their bonnets
  once they stood safely in the shade of the building. The wooden boardwalks on
  either side of the street were busy with the inhabit