Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belle | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 2 | Lauren | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 3 | Beatrice | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 4 | Lila | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 5 | Corrine | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 6 | Josie | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 7 | Mathilda | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 8 | Elise | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 9 | Amanda | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 10 | Ellen | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 11 | Layla | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 12 | Dagmar | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 13 | Mabel | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 14 | Treise | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 15 | Luella | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 16 | Louise | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 17 | Abilene | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 18 | Grace | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 19 | Sabrina | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 20 | Minerva | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 21 | Audrey | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 22 | Claire | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 23 | Wanda | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 24 | Eveleen | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
| 25 | Julia | 2023 | Elissa Strati | Buy |
The Rescue Me - Mail-Order Brides series by Elissa Strati features 25 women who become mail-order brides because they need to be saved from difficult circumstances. Like the Prairie Roses Collection, each book is titled with just the heroine’s name, from Belle to Julia. All 25 books were published in 2023, showing Strati’s ability to produce a full series in a single year.
The “rescue me” angle gives these books higher stakes than a typical mail-order bride story. Each woman has a reason she cannot stay where she is, and heading west to marry a stranger is her best option. The men who take them in are not just looking for wives but stepping up to protect women in need. It is a straightforward premise that Strati executes across a wide cast of characters, each with her own backstory and set of problems to solve.