The Texan's Wager - Jodi Thomas

This new Texas trilogy introduces three spunky women who get kicked off a wagon train and agree to enter a local town's Wife Lottery. In this first novel, Bailee Moore is won by Carter McKoy--who doesn't utter a single word to her. Still she can't help thinking there's something about this strong, silent farmer that could be the key to leaving her troubled past behind--and making a worthy wager with her heart. Original. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas takes readers to the Old West, where an emotionally wounded man and woman discover the true nature of love and marriage in the first romance in the Wife Lottery series. Thrown off a wagon train with two other women and trying to avoid jail for a murder they committed, Bailee Moore agrees to enter a Wife Lottery--a ploy concocted by the Cedar Point sheriff to secure wives for the men in the small Texas town. For the sensible Bailee, however, marrying Carter McKoy is like exchanging one life sentence for another--especially since her new husband hasn't even seen fit to utter a single word in her presence. But still, she can't help thinking that something about this strong, silent farmer could be the key to leaving her troubled past behind...and making a worthy wager with her heart.