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description:  Magnolia Texas 1880's - Lucas Bentley needs a wife. Not because hes lonely. Not because hes in love. If he gets married in the next two months he can lay claim to a thousand acres of prime Texas ranch land. With no prospects in sight he decides to pursue the third OBrian sister in Boston. So far she has refused to return his letters ignored him and some might say insulted him. But none of that matters now. He sets off to Boston planning to court the impossible girl for as long as it takes. Just so it takes less than two days. Then hell bring his bride back to Texas where hell explain everything. A perfect plan if he says so himself. Hope OBrien has the perfect plan. Hope yearns to visit her sisters in Texas. They each married a man named Bentley brothers who might not be as terrible as shed feared. Their youngest brother however is a different matter. Theres no way she can visit her sisters while Lucas is unwed. Lucas Bentley is arrogant not to mention bossy. Based on his letters she fears he might also be dangerously unhinged. He has written telling her she needs to come to Texas to get away from her pitiful spinster life in Boston. This man whom shes never met both offends and troubles her. Shell keep her distance thank you very much. She resolves to wait to visit her sisters until Lucas marries some poor hapless girl one who doesnt mind taking orders from an uncouth cowboy. Until then shell continue her tidy well-ordered life tending the bookstore in Boston...
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title: Mail Order Hope
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