RITA Honor finalist Karen Witemeyer pens heartwarming historical romances that lift the nature and the soul. Short-Straw Bride discovers Meredith Hayes struggling to forget about her childhood crush on Travis Archer – the strapping young lad who kept her as just a little girl. With a practical proposal through the eligible Roy Mitchell on the table, it’s time on her behalf to go on. But when Meredith overhears a plot to drive Travis and his brothers off their sought after land, she’s no choice but to intervene.