Espoused: A Short Story

by Ruth Newell

Born in Boston and raised in an Irish convent after the death of her parents, Adeline returns to America to claim her inheritance. Accompanied by her uncle, former schooner captain to Kamehameha’s, the young beauty voyages to Hawaii where she catches the eye of Sheamus Campbell, heir to a sugar dynasty. As Campbell's dark past resurrects after the death of his daughter, he flees unexpectedly, leaving his love struck bride in the doting hands of the Earl of Suffield's fourth son, Clement Sanborn.

18 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 16, 2014

About the author

Ruth Newell is an independent author of several collections of poetry, flash fiction and essays. Professionally, she produced hundreds of travel and news articles and has spent decades promoting zero waste technology and sustainability, composing a variety of technical documents, fundraising and marketing material, as well as website content for Native American tribes, government entities, and corporations. Prior to that, she was the schoolmarm in a one-room schoolhouse where she taught creative writing.