num_pages: 53
description: Grace Smith is dissatisfied with being a governess for one of the wealthiest families in Vermont. After being dismissed of her duties over breaking a few house rules, Grace wonders what she will do next to help support her ill mother, father and her younger siblings.  Grace receives a letter from Mr. Porter, a mysteriously charming and wealthy man with whom she has secretly been writing back and forth to for six months. This latest letter reveals Mr. Porter’s love and intent to have Grace move out west to Kansas to get married. Grace feels that she loves Mr. Porter as well but also feels something is suspicious. Throughout their entire six months of correspondence, Grace has sent many pictures of herself to Mr. Porter but has never received one of him.  Will Grace take the risk of a lifetime and travel out west to marry someone she loves but has never seen before or will she follow another path to save her loving family from financial struggles?
title: The Cowboy's Widow