num_pages: 186
description: A mail-order bride becomes scarred and is betrayed by her would be groom. A cowboy with honor comes to the rescue. Will the scars of their past prevent their happily ever after? Winner of the 2015 Diamond Lear Award for Best Historical Romance Texas 1867. Shannon left the slums of New York for a better life out west as a mail order bride. But when she refuses her betrotheds request to become a prostitute instead he slashes her face and leaves her bleeding on the Asherville streets. Hopeless and scarred for life she doesnt expect the man who lends a helping hand to be tall rugged and single Cinders doesnt stand for cruelty to women but after he offers the injured Shannon a job he gets way more than he bargained for. When the widower is forced to wed the woman he saved he begrudgingly accepts. With horse thieves and local Indian troubles on his mind hes not sure about the added responsibility of his gritty insecure wife. While Shannon can sense an attraction forming between them her husband remains distant during both the days and the nights. But a frightening town rumor may just force her to confront the proud rancher once and for all. Can the scarred bride and the cold cowboy trust each other enough to find true love? Cinders Bride is the first book in the Mail Order Brides of Texas historical western romance novels. If you like frontier adventure sweet relationships and gutsy heroines then youll love Kathleen Balls award-winning tale of mail order marriage. Buy Cinders Bride to give love a second chance today! A Western Mail Order Bride Romance***This is not a Christian Book
language: English
title: Cinders' Bride
publisher: Forever Home