num_pages: 26
description: Dear AuthorIve never thought much about taking a wife. Eligible women are scarce here. When Ma died it took all of our energy to keep the farm going. Pa died last year and I have help in the field but its not enough. A year of living alone has made me long for the sound of a voice besides my own and a warm body to help stave off the night chill. So I finally put in an ad for a mail order bride. And shes on the next train. She seems perfect. She can cook clean tend a garden and read and write. Maybe too good to be true. But Im desperate and cant help but hope.Photo Description: The photo for this prompt shows a muscular young man wearing a cowboy hat bandanna leather work gloves jeans and belt. He is looking at a white horse whose bridle he grips. The mans eyes are shielded by his hat.This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group's Love is an Open Road event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story. This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
language: English
title: Shelter from the Storm
publisher: M/M Romance Group @ Goodreads