Doreen Milstead 
The Time of Our Lives: Four Historical Romance Novellas 

The Secret Message – A poor & lonely Victorian woman eking out her living in Brighton by making seashell jewelry, finds a message in a bottle on the beach PLUS The Second Chance Town – two female con artists decide to scam a couple of rich men out west so they take two priests with them to get married, as the town’s population is only fifty people. Things start to unravel quickly when everyone pokes their noses into everyone else’s business PLUS The Smallest of the Orphans – A destitute woman in New York gives birth to a tiny baby and the orphanage there is unsure of the newborn’s survival. After feeling that it’s the baby’s only chance for a good life, a friend of the orphanage takes the baby out to Indiana for adoption by a childless couple PLUS The Strong English Woman & The Outlaw In Arizona – A mail ordered bride expects to be met at the railway station by her intended but he’s nowhere to be found. She eventually trudges two miles to his home, but is repulsed by both his attitude, appearance & his gang.