Matthew's Stolen Bride

By Susannah Calloway

Betty Owen's life in New York is modest but content-long factory hours, laughter with friends, and treasured letters from Matthew Johnson of Silver Creek, Idaho. When she loses her job, his long-awaited proposal arrives as if sent by providence. With nothing left to keep her in the city, Betty gathers her courage, a single suitcase, and the photograph of the man she believes she loves-and boards a train west to become Mrs. Johnson.

But the man waiting at the Idaho station is not Matthew.

Instead, a tall, solemn stranger introduces himself as George Waters, Matthew's longtime friend-with news that shatters Betty's dreams. Matthew has changed his mind about marriage... and has offered George the chance to take his place.

Humiliated and heartsick, Betty faces an impossible choice. Return to New York, where no job and no future await her? Or remain in Silver Creek and consider marrying a man she has never written to, doesn't know at all... yet cannot quite dismiss?

George Waters is steady, kind, and far more honorable than the man who brought her west. But as Betty begins to question everything she thought she knew, unsettling doubts surface. Why did Matthew truly withdraw? And what secrets linger beneath the quiet surface of Silver Creek?

Her journey west was meant to lead to love. Instead, it may uncover something far more unexpected.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPPXL263
• ISBN13: 9798249180096
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"