Wretched Chastity (The Mail Order Brides of Boot Creek) (Volume 1)

Amidst the lawlessness of 1880's New Mexico, the mayor's wife, Mrs. Hershey, is determined to find wives for the towns most notorious and eligible bachelors. But little does she realize the magnitude of the challenges that face her, because matching perfect strangers is far more difficult than it looks.

Down on her luck and on her last dime, Chastity Donovan arrives in Boot Creek to marry a miner, but she soon discovers he's an alcoholic outlaw with a murderous bent. Chastity is now responsible for Enoch's two children, who have run wild over the years with little schooling. Dismayed and dejected, Chastity finds her new life is not what she had envisioned.

Lucian Ellison's train robbing past is about to put him on a collision course with Chastity, after he arrives on Enoch's doorstep to collect his share in a robbery. One look at Chastity changes everything, because the lovely redhead is in desperate need of rescuing, and he's just the man to steal her away. But, her new husband might have a thing or two to say about that ... and the law as well, as someone is about to hang for his crimes.