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Courageous Brides Head West #1
The Surprise Bride
Lollie is heading West as a Mail Order Bride – Surprise, Secrets and Anguish await her but will she find true love?
When Lollie was given her ultimatum, become a nun or leave the orphanage she knew there had to be a better way. So she wrote to a good man out West. Four months they exchanged letters and she was falling a little in love. At last he asked her to marry him and she couldn't be happier.
Now she is heading West, despite her best friends misgivings. "They pretend to be sweet and caring, and then when you get there it's all a lie… they're ugly, nasty creatures who want a slave and not a wife," Emma said as they waited for the train.
But it is too late. Lollie is committed, somehow she knows this is right for her. It is as if God is guiding her hand.
As she steps off the train Lollie knows it is too late to have doubts she is here. What will she find? An ugly, nasty creature who wants a slave? But it is worse. All this time she hasn’t been writing to a man, but to his mother… Garner Gentry has no idea who she is…
Alone in the West without a friend in sight. Can Lolly find love or will she have to go back to Boston and become a nun or enter the workhouse?
Find out in this Christmas Mail Order Bride story - The Surprise Bride a clean, sweet and inspirational Mail Order Bride novella by bestselling author Indiana Wake.
When Lollie was given her ultimatum, become a nun or leave the orphanage she knew there had to be a better way. So she wrote to a good man out West. Four months they exchanged letters and she was falling a little in love. At last he asked her to marry him and she couldn't be happier.
Now she is heading West, despite her best friends misgivings. "They pretend to be sweet and caring, and then when you get there it's all a lie… they're ugly, nasty creatures who want a slave and not a wife," Emma said as they waited for the train.
But it is too late. Lollie is committed, somehow she knows this is right for her. It is as if God is guiding her hand.
As she steps off the train Lollie knows it is too late to have doubts she is here. What will she find? An ugly, nasty creature who wants a slave? But it is worse. All this time she hasn’t been writing to a man, but to his mother… Garner Gentry has no idea who she is…
Alone in the West without a friend in sight. Can Lolly find love or will she have to go back to Boston and become a nun or enter the workhouse?
Find out in this Christmas Mail Order Bride story - The Surprise Bride a clean, sweet and inspirational Mail Order Bride novella by bestselling author Indiana Wake.
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74 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 14, 2015
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January 3, 2016
A quick read
This is a super squeaky clean mail order bride book. I think there's 1 kiss at the end. I don't expect hanging off the ceiling craziness but a little more affection would have been nice.
Lollie doesn't have many options for a husband or a future. Growing up in an orphanage with no prospects except a convent or work house she chose to take a chance on a stranger.
Garner doesn't want a wife. He had the perfect wife but lost her in childbirth. He's happy with his life the way it is, just his young daughter and the ranch. Unfortunately, his mother has other plans for him and he's not going to like it.
This is a super squeaky clean mail order bride book. I think there's 1 kiss at the end. I don't expect hanging off the ceiling craziness but a little more affection would have been nice.
Lollie doesn't have many options for a husband or a future. Growing up in an orphanage with no prospects except a convent or work house she chose to take a chance on a stranger.
Garner doesn't want a wife. He had the perfect wife but lost her in childbirth. He's happy with his life the way it is, just his young daughter and the ranch. Unfortunately, his mother has other plans for him and he's not going to like it.
December 24, 2015
As Above
This was one of a kind a Special Story. Very well written This Writer is Very Talented with A Gift From God.
Thank You and God Bless
Shirley Ketcham
This was one of a kind a Special Story. Very well written This Writer is Very Talented with A Gift From God.
Thank You and God Bless
Shirley Ketcham
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