Rachel Wesson

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 2016
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Clover Springs Mail Order Brides

1 - Katie (Feb-2016)
2 - Mary (Feb-2016)
3 - Sorcha (Apr-2016)
4 - Emer (May-2016)
5 - Laura (Jul-2016)
6 - Ellen (Aug-2016)
7 - Thanksgiving In Clover Springs (Nov-2016)
8 - Christmas in Clover Springs (Jan-2017)
9 - Erin (Feb-2017)
10 - Eleanor (Jun-2017)
11 - Cathy (Nov-2017)

Clover Springs East

1 - New York Bound (Nov-2017)
2 - New York Storm (Nov-2017)
3 - New York Hope (Oct-2017)

Hearts on the Rails

1 - Orphan Train Escape (Jul-2018)
2 - Orphan Train Trials (Oct-2018)
3 - Orphan Train Christmas (Nov-2018)
4 - Orphan Train Tragedy (Jun-2019)
5 - Orphan Train Strike (Feb-2020)

The Orphans of Hope House

1 - A Home for Unloved Orphans (Oct-2020)
2 - A Baby on the Doorstep (Jan-2021)

The Resistance Sisters

1 - Darkness Falls (Mar-2022)
2 - Light Rises (Mar-2022)

Trails of the Heart

1 - Oregon Bound (Mar-2017)
2 - Oregon Dreams (Jan-2017)
3 - Oregon Destiny (May-2017)
4 - Oregon Discovery (Jul-2017)
5 - Oregon Disaster (Dec-2017)

Multi-Author Series List

The 12 Days of Christmas Mail-Order Brides

8 - The Maid: The Eighth Day (Dec-2017)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Katie

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 1

    The Irish Famine tore apart her family...Her abusive uncle threatens her life…Her only escape is to the west…To get there she must marry a stranger… Options are limited for Irish beauty, Katie O’Callaghan. After losing her family to the Iris...

  • Mary

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 2

    Be sure to check out my new release, Thanksgiving in Clover Springs amzn.to/2hhdM2U Mary Ryan leaves the orphanage and heartbreak behind and follows her friend Katie to Clover Springs to become a mail order bride. She's nervous but reminds herself...

  • Sorcha

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 3

    Eighteen year old Sorcha Matthews happy future is shattered when her soul mate, Luke, is tragically killed before she even gets to unite with him in Clover Springs. She flees Boston rather than face a life filled with horrific abuse.Widower Brian Pet...

  • Emer

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 4

    Life isn't easy for a young woman alone in 19th Century Colorado, but when Emer Matthews needs to escape an untenable situation, she only has herself to depend on. She has no time for men having seen first hand the high price women pay for love, so ...

  • Laura

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 5

    Recently widowed, Laura has no intention of tying herself to any other man. She is finally free of the life she choose after leaving the orphanage. But when evil catches up with her, she is left with no option but to run to Clover Springs. There her ...

  • Ellen

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 6

    Be sure to check out my new release, Thanksgiving in Clover Springs amzn.to/2hhdM2U Returning from University, Ellen is disenchanted with her chosen career. Leaving home wasn't what she wanted. She missed Clover Spring...

  • Thanksgiving In Clover Springs

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 7

    Little Beaver, while happy with his lot as deputy sheriff in Clover Springs, wants what his friends have -- a wife and children. But his heart is stuck on Asha, a woman who lives on the reservation and her father refuses to allow Little Beaver court ...

  • Christmas in Clover Springs

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 8

    Alicia Carstairs had it all -- or so she thought. Financially secure, well brought up, engaged to a prominent young man. So why was she on a train headed west in the hopes of securing a position as a governess?Aaron Higgins thought he was happy unt...

  • Oregon Dreams

    Trails of the Heart - 2

    Oregon DreamsJohanna Thompson understands her father’s wish to go to Oregon. Can she use the time together to convince him to let her follow her dream? Rick Hughes inherits two small children, a wagon and a dream to go to Oregon. But it’s not his...



  • Erin

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 9

    Running from her past, Doc Erin arrives in Clover Springs for a short stay but it seems Father Molloy has other ideas. Mick Quinn can't leave his past behind him. There is trouble in Clover Springs. The opening of a new house, not the sort that hos...

  • Oregon Bound

    Trails of the Heart - 1

    Oregon Bound1852 Illinois, Eva Thompson has her future mapped out. Marriage to David Clarke and a family is all she wants.Her Pa has other ideas. He insists on taking the Oregon Trail to a better life and favors Harold Chapman as Eva’s suitor.Mar...

  • Oregon Destiny

    Trails of the Heart - 3

    Becky Thompson doesn’t take no for an answer. She knows what she wants and his name is Scott Jones. Scott Jones’s future was stolen along with his heart. He cannot love Becky, but can he keep her safe?After months of illness, deprivation an...

  • Eleanor

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 10

    Eleanor Templeton, recently arrived in Clover Springs, is looking for a place to hide and nurse her invisible wounds. Gary Barrett, the saloon owner, tries to break down the barriers she has erected, convinced he has found the woman of his dreams. ...

  • Oregon Discovery

    Trails of the Heart - 4

    They thought the Oregon Trail was the hard bit.The mistakes of the past are impacting the future. Can Almanzo, now a grown up, take control of his destiny or ...will he let being an orphan destroy his chance of happiness? He needs to leave what hap...

  • New York Hope

    Clover Springs East - 3

    With the NYC blizzard behind them, the Clover Springs vacationers thought the worst of the danger had receded. They didn’t bank on Ned Duffy, the local mobster, to intervene in their plans. His evil intentions know no bounds. The stakes are higher...

  • Cathy

    Clover Springs Mail Order Brides - 11

    A long lost relative escapes to Clover Springs, but it's not the happy reunion anticipated by her sister. She’s escaped with her life -- but brought baggage that jeopardizes her future. When her past threatens her once more, Clover Springs rallies ...

  • New York Bound

    Clover Springs East - 1

    Erin and her friends head to New York but who will survive the trip and return home?Erin Quinn, Clover Springs, Colorado’s beloved doctor, and her party arrive in New York to meet her past -- just when the most devastating blizzard ever recorded is...

  • New York Storm

    Clover Springs East - 2

    New York is besieged by the biggest white out known to man. People are dying on the street, freezing to death by the hundreds. For two young couples, the next few days are a matter of life and death.Jamie Headford has his life planned out -- he won...

  • Oregon Disaster

    Trails of the Heart - 5

    Pregnant and alone, Sarah Hughes finds herself in a village at the mercy of strangers. Along comes Bear who is determined to bring her home. She doesn’t want to leave but having killed a man she is left with little choice.On the run with an Indian...



  • The Maid: The Eighth Day

    The 12 Days of Christmas Mail-Order Brides - 8

    A wanted murderer, a young maid on the run...and five days left to save the town. Accused of murder and shunned by his former peers, Colin Deane tells himself he doesn’t want a wife but will take one to save his hometown of Noelle. He owes Noelle. ...

  • Orphan Train Escape

    Hearts on the Rails - 1

    Bridget Collins is in dire straits - she needs to get out of New York, fast. With two young siblings under her wing, her options are limited.Her priest sends her as an outplacement agent on the orphan trains that run from New York to out west.With a...

  • Orphan Train Trials

    Hearts on the Rails - 2

    Bella Jones and Kathleen Collins are as close as sisters and that’s how they want things to stay.But fate intervenes. Kathleen’s brothers have disappeared, they traveled from New York on the Orphan Train and nobody has heard from them since. Sh...

  • Orphan Train Christmas

    Hearts on the Rails - 3

    Kenny Clark knows Santa is magical and only he can find his family. Kathleen Collins fights poverty and desperation every day in her bid to find new homes for the orphans of New York. But what about her happy ever after?Can the magic of Christmas bri...

  • Orphan Train Tragedy

    Hearts on the Rails - 4

    Kathleen Green longs for a child of her own. Her work with the orphan trains only serve to heighten her need. When tragedy strikes, will she get the child she always wanted? Will the cost be worth it?...

  • Orphan Train Strike

    Hearts on the Rails - 5

    Two New York girls, Maria Mezza and Alice Doe wake up one November morning in 1906. Their lives are about to change forever. Maria is heading to her first job in a shirtwaist factory wishing she was heading to the country side. Alice is leaving New Y...

  • A Home for Unloved Orphans

    The Orphans of Hope House - 1

    “Heartwrenching… I loved each and every minute… Reminded me of JoJo Moyes The Giver of Stars with a dash of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help… An emotional rollercoaster.” Rachel M Writes, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐   Virginia, 1933: Her heart broke ...

  • A Baby on the Doorstep

    The Orphans of Hope House - 2

    Virginia, 1934: In the middle of the night, he crept through the bushes, thankful for the darkness, for the clouds covering the stars. Tenderly, he opened his bag, lifting the small bundle out. With tears in his eyes, he held her tight, not wanting t...

  • Stolen from Her Mother

    With a broken heart, she sinks to the ground. Tears run down her face as the truth hits her. You can't do this. She's my daughter, my flesh and blood. I'll never stop looking for her. Never. No matter what you say or do, I'll find her.Galway, Ireland...

  • Darkness Falls

    The Resistance Sisters - 1

    Paris, 1940: As the German soldiers march down the Champs-Élysées, the Bélanger twins know there is no escape - their lives are about to change forever. But while Sophie, a third-year medical student, works long days and nights saving ...



  • Light Rises

    The Resistance Sisters - 2

    France, 1942: With Europe struggling under German occupation, Sophie Bélanger, grieving the deaths of her brother, fiancé and friends, is no longer prepared to stand on the sidelines. Risking everything, she becomes increasingly involved in...

  • A Mother's Promise

    Germany, 1942: Trudi, Ada pleaded. How will we survive? Our rations aren't enough to keep one person alive let alone two. Trudi took her friend's hands in hers. We'll stick together. We made a promise to our children, remember?Her heart torn in t...

  • Orphan Train Memories

    Book 7 in the Orphan Train series takes listeners on a journey to Ireland, where Lily and Charlie find themselves on an adventure. Meanwhile, back at the Sanctuary in New York, Kathleen is left in charge and is facing a host of problems. With the new...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rachel Wesson has published 32 books.

Rachel Wesson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Orphan Train Memories, was published in October 2024.

The first book by Rachel Wesson, Mary, was published in February 2016.

Yes. Rachel Wesson has 6 series.
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