Mail Order Bride Free At Last In California

Download Mail Order Bride Free At Last In California full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Mail Order Bride Free At Last In California ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Rancher's Mail-Order Bride: A FREE small town contemporary romance all about cowboys

Author : Mindy Neff
Publisher : Mindy Neff
ISBN 13 : 1948319098
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (483 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Rancher's Mail-Order Bride: A FREE small town contemporary romance all about cowboys by : Mindy Neff

Download or read book The Rancher's Mail-Order Bride: A FREE small town contemporary romance all about cowboys written by Mindy Neff and published by Mindy Neff. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matchmaking Mix-up! In the heart of Shotgun Ridge, Montana, fate takes an unexpected turn for Wyatt Malone. What began as an ordinary day quickly spirals into a whirlwind of surprises when a little boy, with eyes full of hope, mistakes Wyatt for his new father. To make matters more complicated, a pregnant woman named Hannah Richmond insists she's his bride-to-be. It's a case of mistaken identities set in motion by four well-meaning matchmakers. Wyatt now faces a choice: to reveal the truth and untangle this web of confusion or embrace the unexpected role that destiny seems to have thrust upon him. As he looks into Hannah's eyes and experiences a newfound sense of completeness, he can't help but wonder if the meddling matchmakers might have been onto something. In Shotgun Ridge, where love blooms in the most unexpected places, Wyatt's decision could change the fate of the whole town." “A story full of heart and humor . . . vulnerable rancher Wyatt Malone will melt readers’ hearts.”–Romantic Time Magazine (4 ½ GOLD MEDAL) TOP PICK and W.I.S.H. award recipient for outstanding hero. From a USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over 30 romance novels comes an emotion, laughter-filled series of contemporary romances all about cowboys, community spirit and feel-good emotions. What do readers get with a Mindy Neff book? Small town romance filled with laughter and emotion, tough-guy heroes who are gentle and kind, and secondary characters—both human and animal—who help keep everyone stirred up! Books that touch your heart. Bachelors of Shotgun Ridge--Single, Sexy and soon-to-be wed!

The Mail-Order Brides Collection

Author : Megan Besing
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683224469
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (832 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Mail-Order Brides Collection by : Megan Besing

Download or read book The Mail-Order Brides Collection written by Megan Besing and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of woman would answer an advertisement and marry a stranger? Escape into the history of the American West along with nine couples whose relationships begin with advertisements for mail-order brides. Placing their dreams for new beginnings in the hands of a stranger, will each bride be disappointed, or will some find true love? Perfect for the Preacher by Megan Besing 1897, Indiana Fresh from seminary, Amos Lowry believes marriage will prove to his skeptical congregation that he’s mature. If only his mail-order bride wasn’t an ex-saloon girl, and worse, pregnant. The Outlaw’s Inconvenient Bride by Noelle Marchand 1881, Wyoming After a gang of outlaws uses a mail-order bride advertisement to trick an innocent woman into servitude, an undercover lawman must claim the bride—even if it puts his mission in jeopardy. Train Ride to Heartbreak by Donna Schlachter 1895, Train to California John Stewart needs a wife. Mary Johannson needs a home. On her way west, Mary falls in love with another. Now both must choose between commitment and true love. Mail-Order Proxy by Sherri Shackelford 1885, Montana A mail-order marriage by proxy goes wrong when a clerical error leads to the proxies actually being married instead of the siblings they were standing in for. In their quest to correct the mistake, the two discover outlaws, adventure, and even love. To Heal Thy Heart by Michelle Shocklee 1866, New Mexico When Phoebe Wagner answers a mail-order bride ad that states Confederate widows need not apply, she worries what Dr. Luke Preston will do when he learns her fiancé died wearing gray. Miss-Delivered Mail by Ann Shorey 1884, Washington Helena Erickson impulsively decides to take advantage of her brother’s deception and travels to Washington Territory in response to a proposal of marriage intended for someone else. How will Daniel McNabb respond when Helena is nothing like he expected? A Fairy-Tale Bride by Liz Tolsma 1867, Texas Nora Green doesn’t feel much like Cinderella when her mail-order groom stands her up. But could the mysterious jester from the town’s play be her Prince Charming? The Brigand and the Bride by Jennifer Uhlarik 1876, Arizona Jolie Hilliard weds a stranger to flee her outlaw family but discovers her groom is an escaped prisoner. Will she ever find happiness on the right side of the law? The Mail-Order Mistake by Kathleen Y’Barbo 1855, Texas Pinkerton detective Jeremiah Bingham is investigating a mail-order bride scam bankrupting potential grooms. When unsuspecting orphan May Conrad answers his false ad, she becomes the prime suspect in the case.

The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride

Author : Cora Seton
Publisher : One Acre Press
ISBN 13 : 1927036607
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by : Cora Seton

Download or read book The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride written by Cora Seton and published by One Acre Press. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Gunnery Sergeant Zane Hall wants to save his family’s ranch, he’ll need to fix up the buildings, stock the spread with cattle—and find a wife. The first two are easy with the help of his brothers, but getting hitched is proving more difficult. When he meets mountaineer Kenna North through an online ad, she seems like the perfect fit—at least in her e-mails. She wants the same thing he does: a temporary marriage to secure an inheritance. But when Zane meets Kenna, she’s nothing like he expects, and Zane finds himself changing his priorities, fast. If Storm Willow wants to save her family’s seaside cottage, she’ll have to keep her boss happy—which means taking Kenna’s place and marrying Zane when Kenna is detained out of the country. As long as Storm acts her part, no one will know that she’s an imposter. But when she falls for the handsome Marine, Storm begins to wonder if holding onto the cottage is worth giving up on love. Can a fake marriage lead to real happiness? Or is disaster just a heartbeat away? The Heroes of Chance Creek: BOOK 1: The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 2: The Soldier's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 3: The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 4: The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride BOOK 5: The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 6: The Navy SEAL's Second-Chance Bride (Novella)

Once Upon a Mail Order Bride

Author : Linda Broday
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492693731
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Once Upon a Mail Order Bride by : Linda Broday

Download or read book Once Upon a Mail Order Bride written by Linda Broday and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Linda Broday's heroes step right out of her books and into your heart."—Jodi Thomas, New York Times bestselling author An outlaw falls for his mysterious mail order bride in this sweeping western epic by beloved author Linda Broday. Accused of crimes he didn't commit, ex-preacher Ridge Steele is forced to give up everything he knew and make his home with outlaws. Desperate for someone to confide in, he strikes up correspondence with mail-order bride Adeline Jancy, finding in her the open heart he's been searching for. Upon her arrival, Ridge discovers Addie only communicates through the written word, but he knows a little of what trauma can do to a person and vows to stand by her side. Addie is eager to start a new life with the kind ex-preacher and the little boy she's stolen away from her father—a zealot priest of a terrorized flock. As her small family settles into life at Hope's Crossing, she even begins to find the voice, and confidence, she'd lost so long ago. But danger is not far behind, and her father will not be denied. While Addie desperately fights the man who destroyed her childhood, a determined Ridge races to the rescue. The star-crossed lovers will need more than prayers to survive this final challenge...and find their way back to each other again.

FREE WILL from Lockdown

Author : ShashiKiran Alur
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (873 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis FREE WILL from Lockdown by : ShashiKiran Alur

Download or read book FREE WILL from Lockdown written by ShashiKiran Alur and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-08-13 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Neeraja seeks counsel for divorce on her Facebook Yoga group, the will to separate from her love Willie is cathartic and not just a social media whim triggered by the confinement of the lockdown. Willie’s Zoom calls dressed in a blazer and boxer shorts bugs Neeraja, but there is a deeper divergence she sees with Willie. Or is it the clash of his American upbringing and her Indian one that would snowball them to crossroads in their marriage? She believes crossroads in life are not just about ‘the road not taken’. If the multiverse hypothesis by physicists like Sean Carroll, Stephen Hawking, et al, has some credence, it is about all the roads that leave that crossing. The destiny of these two intensely passionate, entangled souls is poised on the choices they make at an earlier crossroad. A free will chooses randomly each time, but what about consciousness?

The Mail Order Bride

Author : R Kent
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN 13 : 1635556775
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (355 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Mail Order Bride by : R Kent

Download or read book The Mail Order Bride written by R Kent and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin’s killed a man. Escaping his nefarious past and running from those who would force him to live as a woman, Austin dreams of becoming an upstanding man and homesteading alone on the fringes of the wild frontier. The burgeoning tent township of Molasses Pond is clenched in the bloody fist of the deadliest gunslinger the country has ever known, Lightning Jack McKade. McKade knows who Austin is. In fact, McKade knows more about Austin’s past than Austin does. He had a hand in creating it. On the last stagecoach until spring, a mail order bride, Sahara Miller, arrives in Molasses Pond. She claims to be Austin’s and has the documentation to prove it. But McKade’s gang will do anything to have her. Now Austin must choose: Strap on his twin six-shooters to protect the bride he never wanted, or turn a blind eye and keep his dream alive.

The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride

Author : Cora Seton
Publisher : One Acre Press
ISBN 13 : 1927036372
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride by : Cora Seton

Download or read book The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride written by Cora Seton and published by One Acre Press. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethan Cruz should be mending fences on his Montana ranch, but instead he's driving to the Chance Creek, Montana, airport - to pick up the bride he didn't know he had. This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend, Rob Matheson, has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his "bride" right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city bride. Autumn Leeds needs a story - fast - or she's going to lose her lucrative contract with CityPretty Magazine, so when she sees the crazy video plea for a modern mail-order bride for a cowboy, it sounds like the story of the century. Making a video of her own, she casts herself as the perfect mail-order bride for a rancher, but when she finally reaches Montana, she's surprised to find Ethan's the perfect cowboy husband-to-be. Against her better judgment, her plan to keep her handsome groom at arm's length disintegrates into a night of passion spent in his arms. Ethan knows he can't keep playing this game - he has to come clean with Autumn and tell her the truth; about the practical joke and about the state of his ranch. He's about to lose it all because of the debts his mother racked up before his parents' deaths. Now his sister, Claire, wants to sell the ranch and collect what little money they can. He'll be out of a home and a job, and in no shape to support the bride he desperately wants to marry, after all. Autumn's in bigger trouble than ever. Not only has she fallen in love with the subject of her expose - she might be carrying his child. If she doesn't write this article and secure her contract for another year, she'll lose everything - her career, her apartment, and more importantly, her family's approval. The only alternative is to stay and marry Ethan. But how can she trust a man she's just met when she knows too well that men always let you down? Can a love based on lies last? Cowboys of Chance Creek: BOOK 0: The Cowboy Inherits a Bride BOOK 1: The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride BOOK 2: The Cowboy Wins a Bride BOOK 3: The Cowboy Imports a Bride BOOK 4: The Cowgirl Ropes a Billionaire BOOK 5: The Sheriff Catches a Bride BOOK 6: The Cowboy Lassos a Bride BOOK 7: The Cowboy Rescues a Bride BOOK 8: The Cowboy Earns a Bride BOOK 9: The Cowboy's Christmas Bride

Mail Order Bride Collection

Author : Heather B. Moore
Publisher : Mirror Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1941145647
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (411 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mail Order Bride Collection by : Heather B. Moore

Download or read book Mail Order Bride Collection written by Heather B. Moore and published by Mirror Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Romance on a Global Stage

Author : Nicole Constable
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520238702
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Romance on a Global Stage by : Nicole Constable

Download or read book Romance on a Global Stage written by Nicole Constable and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-09-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Mail Order Family

Author : Amanda Davis
Publisher : Lovestruck Romance
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mail Order Family by : Amanda Davis

Download or read book Mail Order Family written by Amanda Davis and published by Lovestruck Romance. This book was released on with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sweet, Clean, Modern-Day Mail Order Bride Romance Tanner Holt neither wants nor needs a wife. For the wealthy rancher, his daughter Chloe, foreman Josiah, and ranch hands are all the family he needs. Chloe Holt loves her dad, but she needs a mom. So, armed with her dad’s credit card, the ten-year-old finds them the perfect wife and mother. She prays that the pretty lady with the kind eyes will give them a chance…. and that her dad doesn’t ground her for life when he finds out! Heather Ayer is down on her luck and has just done the craziest thing. She applied to a mail order bride agency. Marrying a man she’s never met is insane. Then again, maybe it’s the fresh start she needs. Mail Order Family is a short, 23,000-word novella. It is a contemporary mail-order bride romance with inspirational themes of family, faith, and love. As always, it is clean and wholesome with a guaranteed happily ever after ending.

Christmas Mail-order Brides

Author : Susan Page Davis
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781602609693
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Christmas Mail-order Brides by : Susan Page Davis

Download or read book Christmas Mail-order Brides written by Susan Page Davis and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel the Transcontinental Railroad in search of love.

A Bride for All Seasons

Author : Margaret Brownley
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1401688551
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Bride for All Seasons by : Margaret Brownley

Download or read book A Bride for All Seasons written by Margaret Brownley and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started with an ad in a mail-order bride catalogue . . . This charming bouquet of novellas introduces you to four Hitching Post Mail-Order Bride Catalogue prospects in the year 1870, all eager for second chances . . . and hungry for happiness. Year in, year out, they’ll learn that love often comes in unexpected packages. “And then Came Spring” by Margaret Brownley Mary-Jo has traveled halfway across the country to meet her match, arriving just in time for his funeral. Returning home seems like her only option until her would-be brother-in-law proposes a more daring idea. “An Ever After Summer” by Debra Clopton Ellie had no idea she’s not what Matthew ordered. And what’s wrong with being a “Bible thumper” anyway? She’s determined to show him she’s tougher than she looks—and just the girl he needs. “Autumn’s Angel” by Robin Lee Hatcher Luvena would be perfect for Clay if she didn’t come with kids. But kids are a deal breaker, especially in a rough-and-trouble mining town. e trouble is, there’s no money to send them back . . . “Winter Wedding Bells” by Mary Connealy David’s convinced he’s not long for the world. He needs someone to mother his boys when he’s gone—nothing more. Can plucky Irish Megan convince him to work at living instead of dying?

The Mango Bride

Author : Marivi Soliven
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101613742
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Mango Bride by : Marivi Soliven

Download or read book The Mango Bride written by Marivi Soliven and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women, two cultures, and the fight to find a new life in America, despite the secrets of the past… Banished by her wealthy Filipino family in Manila, Amparo Guerrero travels to Oakland, California, to forge a new life. Although her mother labels her life in exile a diminished one, Amparo believes her struggles are a small price to pay for freedom. Like Amparo, Beverly Obejas—an impoverished Filipina waitress—forsakes Manila and comes to Oakland as a mail-order bride in search of a better life. Yet even in the land of plenty, Beverly fails to find the happiness and prosperity she envisioned. As Amparo works to build the immigrant’s dream, she becomes entangled in the chaos of Beverly’s immigrant nightmare. Their unexpected collision forces them both to make terrible choices and confront a life-changing secret, but through it all they hold fast to family, in all its enduring and surprising transformations.

The Big Sleep

Author : Raymond Chandler
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Big Sleep by : Raymond Chandler

Download or read book The Big Sleep written by Raymond Chandler and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Wyoming Bride

Author : Joan Johnston
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 034552747X
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Wyoming Bride by : Joan Johnston

Download or read book Wyoming Bride written by Joan Johnston and published by Dell. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensational second novel in Joan Johnston’s Western historical romance series set in the world of Bitter Creek. CAN SECRETS AND SECOND CHOICES EVER LEAD TO LOVE? After three months in a mail-order marriage, Hannah Wentworth McMurtry is a widow—pregnant, alone, and near death in the Wyoming wilderness. Though she is saved by a man with a face cut from stone, she still grieves the husband who died on their journey west. Hannah needs a husband, but does she dare marry another stranger? Flint Creed has also lost someone he loved—when the woman he hoped to marry chose his younger brother instead. Now he must find a ranch wife of his own. But every female in the remote Wyoming Territory is too old, too young, or already married . . . until he discovers Hannah on the prairie. Flint doesn’t pretend to love her, but he doesn’t tell her he loves another woman, either. Hannah doesn’t pretend to love him, but she doesn’t tell him about the child she carries. Though danger surrounds them on the Wyoming frontier, the greatest threats of all are the secrets within—revelations that could destroy the new life Hannah and Flint have begun to cherish. The passionate Westerns in Joan Johnston’s Bitter Creek series can be enjoyed together or separately, in any order: TEXAS BRIDE • WYOMING BRIDE • MONTANA BRIDE • SINFUL • SHAMELESS • BLACKTHORNE’S BRIDE • SULLIVAN’S PROMISE

The Telegraph Proposal

Author : Becca Whitham
Publisher : Zebra Books
ISBN 13 : 1420144022
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Telegraph Proposal by : Becca Whitham

Download or read book The Telegraph Proposal written by Becca Whitham and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Montana Brides Inspirational Romance Book 3 In the rough and rugged Montana Territory, the journey to true love is filled with unexpected twists—and sweet rewards—for daring frontier women who faithfully believe every heart has a home . . . With the help of the Archer Matrimonial Company, Yancey Palmer has finally put Hale Adams, the man she’s loved for ten years—sometimes not wisely or well—behind her. Yancey is so sure of her love for the man the agency matched her with, she readily promises a friend that she’ll help Hale with his mayoral campaign without chasing him. Hale has also engaged the services of the matrimonial agency. He’s so pleased with one lady, he requests that she join him in Helena to commence a sixty-day courtship. But instead, the Archer ladies arrive in town to reveal the true identities of both Hale’s and Yancey’s matches: each other. Can they look past their misunderstandings and hurt to see that they are still a perfect match?

Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband

Author : Ericka Johnson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822389754
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband by : Ericka Johnson

Download or read book Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband written by Ericka Johnson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the American media, Russian mail-order brides are often portrayed either as docile victims or as gold diggers in search of money and green cards. Rarely are they allowed to speak for themselves. Until now. In Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband, six Russian women who are in search of or have already found U.S. husbands via listings on the Internet tell their stories. Ericka Johnson, an American researcher of gender and technology, interviewed these women and others. The women, in their twenties and thirties, describe how they placed listings on the Internet and what they think about their contacts with Western men. They discuss their expectations about marriage in the United States and their reasons for wishing to emigrate. Their differing backgrounds, economic situations, and educational levels belie homogeneous characterizations of Russian mail-order brides. Each chapter presents one woman’s story and then links it to a discussion of gender roles, the mail-order bride industry, and the severe economic and social constraints of life in Russia. The transitional economy has often left people, after a month’s work, either unpaid or paid unexpectedly with a supply of sunflower oil or toilet paper. Women over twenty-three are considered virtually unmarriageable in Russian society. Russia has a large population of women who are single, divorced, or widowed, who would like to be married yet feel that they have no chance finding a Russian husband. Grim realities such as these motivate women to seek better lives abroad. For many of those seeking a mail-order husband, children or parents play significant roles in the search for better lives, and they play a role in Johnson’s account as well. In addition to her research in the former Soviet Union, Johnson conducted interviews in the United States, and she shares the insights—about dating, marriage, and cross-cultural communication—of a Russian-American married couple who met via the Internet.