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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Romance / Historical / General
  • Language:English
  • Pages:194
  • eBook ISBN:9798350907735
  • Paperback ISBN:9781667809212

Mail Order Bride

by Linda Morrow

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Overview
Twenty-two-year-old Sarah Catherine McNairy and her mother Elizabeth leave Ireland in 1847 on a ship bound for America. Elizabeth dies on the ship; Sarah is alone and devastated. While working in a boarding house in Boston she answers a newspaper ad from a Willis Harwell, who owns a farm in Kansas and wants a wife. After months of corresponding, Willis sends Sarah money to come to Kansas. She arrives only to learn, Willis died and left two young children. She is overwhelmed and panic stricken. Sarah does not have enough money to leave and where would she go? Sarah meets Willis's family. His mother and father invite her to stay on the farm and help with the children, until she can decide what to do. Logan, Willis's brother begins to fall in love with Sarah, Jesse a farmhand is showing interest in Sarah. Logan becomes jealous. Sarah's Irish temper flares when Logan orders Jesse to stay away from her. In the midst of the turmoil, love shines through, and Sarah falls in love with the man of her dreams.
Description
Twenty-two-year-old Sarah Catherine McNairy and her mother Elizabeth leave Ireland in 1847 on a ship bound for America. During the journey Elizabeth dies of Typhus, Sarah is devastated and alone. She finds work in Boston at a boardinghouse but soon realizes how much she misses living on a farm. She answers a newspaper ad from a Willis Harwell who lives on a farm in Kansas and wants a wife. After months of corresponding, Willis sends Sarah money to come to Kansas, but her journey did not end as planned. She arrives in Kansas only to find out, Willis has died and left two young children. She is overwhelmed and panic stricken. She does not have enough money to leave, where would she go? Sarah meets Willis's family. His mother and father invite her to stay on the farm with them and help with the children until she can decide what to do. Logan, Willis's brother begins to fall in love with Sarah but feels tremendous guilt, what would people think if he got involved with the woman who came to marry his brother? Jesse a farmhand is showing interest in Sarah. Logan becomes jealous. Sarah's Irish temper flares when Logan orders Jesse to stay away from her. In the midst of the turmoil, love shines through, and Sarah falls in love with the man of her dreams.
About the author
Linda Morrow has many hobbies; she loves to travel with her husband. Enjoys reading, and writing, crocheting, gardening, and is interested in genealogy. She is learning how to quilt. Each day Linda tries to find something creative to do. She exercises daily, says it is good for the body, mind and soul. Linda and her husband have two married daughters, and four grandchildren. All live in beautiful Southern California.