num_pages: 74
description: Ella Young barely avoided making the worst mistake of her life. Just months before her marriage to Bill Phelps she saw through his character and called off the wedding. And as glad as she is to have avoided marriage to such a man she fears she will never be free of him. Bill continues to pursue her showing up at odd times and making thinly-veiled threats. When Ella witnesses his participation in a crime she knows her very life is now in danger. Josh Johnson was supposed to be a minster. But when he can't follow in his stern father's footsteps he makes a new but promising life for himself far from home. He loves the hard work and the unlimited potential. But the loneliness and the desire for a family drive him to something he would never have considered which is seeking a mail order bride. While Ella takes refuge at the local Young Women's Christian Association trying to hide for her own protection her new friends concoct a different plan for her life. Suddenly what started as a lark seems like the very best option for her future. Full of doubts but desperate for freedom Ella travels to California to be the bride of an orange farmer a life far from what her parents hoped for her or from what she once dreamed for herself. But Josh and Ella find that their meeting in person only confirms what their letters revealed which is that they have much in common and can build a new life together. As Ella plans their wedding feeling hopeful for the future the unimaginable happens. Bill has tracked her even thousands of miles away and is determined she will never know a moment's joy apart from him. Will Ella ever experience the secure and loving home for which she longs? Will Josh be able to shake his father's disapproval to see himself as the man that Ella needs? Can the southern California paradise become a true home for two lonely hearts in need of a new start? Read Ella's Escape now to find out...
language: None
title: Ella's Escape
publisher: Beyond Original LLC