Frontier Vows Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Romancing the Bride |
2018 |
Buy |
| Pretending to Wed |
2020 |
Buy |
| Depending on You |
2020 |
Buy |
| Marrying Mr. Wrong |
2022 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Strengthen Your Fiction by Understanding Weasel Words |
2018 |
Buy |
Teaville Moral Society Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Engaging the Competition |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Heart Most Certain |
2016 |
Buy |
| A Love So True |
2017 |
Buy |
| A Chance at Forever |
2018 |
Buy |
| Tied and True |
2018 |
Buy |
Unexpected Brides Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Love by the Letter |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Bride for Keeps |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Bride in Store |
2014 |
Buy |
| A Bride at Last |
2015 |
Buy |
| Tied and True |
2015 |
N/A |
Melissa Jagears writes Christian historical romance set in the American frontier during the late 1800s. Her stories take place in small Kansas and Missouri towns where faith, hard work, and unexpected love shape the lives of her characters. Before becoming a published author, she homeschooled her children and worked as a freelance writer. She earned her first book contract through the Genesis Contest, a writing competition for unpublished Christian novelists.
Her debut series, Unexpected Brides, launched in 2013 with A Bride for Keeps and won the ACFW Carol Award that same cycle. She followed it with the Teaville Moral Society series, set in a fictional Kansas town where a group of women dedicated to moral reform find their own lives upended by love and personal change. Her Frontier Vows series continued in the same historical setting, focusing on mail-order brides and the challenges of building marriages on the open prairie. She has also published a non-fiction writing guide on eliminating weasel words from prose. She lives in Kansas with her family.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Melissa Jagears written?
Melissa Jagears has written fifteen books across four series.
What was Melissa Jagears's first book?
Melissa Jagears’s first book is A Bride for Keeps, published in 2013.
Has Melissa Jagears won any literary awards?
Yes. Her debut novel A Bride for Keeps won the American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award for Historical Romance in 2014. The Carol Award is one of the most recognized honors in Christian fiction publishing. She has also been a finalist for additional Carol Awards with later books in her catalog.