![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Can two people accustomed to keeping their distance let the barricades around their hearts down long enough to fall in love? When, despite their hesitations, they agree to a marriage in name only, neither one is prepared for the feelings that soon arise to complicate their arrangement. Having run out of all other options, Julia resorts to a mail-order marriage in far-away Kansas.Įverett is skeptical a cultured woman like Julia could be happy in a life on the plains, while Julia, deeply wounded by a past relationship, is skittish at the idea of marriage at all. Having finally worked up the courage to leave her life in Massachusetts, she’s determined to find a place where people will value her for more than her looks. Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. She’s the prettiest woman he’s ever seen, and it’s just not possible she’s there to marry a simple homesteader like him. ![]() When a well-meaning neighbor goes behind his back to bring yet another mail-order bride to town, he has good reason to doubt it will work, especially after getting a glimpse at the woman in question. Blurb: Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won’t humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate ever again–not after being jilted by three mail-order brides. ![]()
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