num_pages: 101
description: When Catherine Lee finds herself widowed and on the verge of losing her home she quickly agrees to become a mail-order bride. She can withstand another loveless marriage so long as she has a place to live and food to eat. However just before she arrives in Grover's Gulch Colorado to be married she discovers that she is expecting a babya child her intended knows nothing about.Jonathan Clark needs a wife to help him run the new boarding house he's opened in town. It'll be hard work cooking and cleaning after any number of boarders. When he learns Catherine is expecting he worries she won't be up to the task. Not to mention of course that he never saw himself raising another man's child. But Catherine wins over both Jonathan and their boarders with her quiet friendliness lovely singing voice and thoughtful touches throughout the boarding house.As Christmas their feelings for each other and the birth of their child grow near a dangerous encounter in the mining town makes Jonathan question whether Grover's Gulch is the right place for Catherine and a new baby. Will Catherine be able to change his mind? Or will she find herself celebrating Christmas alone?A Christmas Carol for Catherine is part of the multi-author sweet and clean Mail-Order Brides' First Christmas series. It can be read as a standalone or enjoyed as part of the series.
language: English
title: A Christmas Carol for Catherine
publisher: None