title: Courting Grace
author: Stuart, Kay
description: Melody snorted in disbelief. “You say that because you’re an old maid,” she insisted. “Ain’t…not a man will look at you. You’re plain looking and mean mouthed and the older you get the more cantankerous you become. No wonder Papa wants you out of his house.” “Pembroke says Melody can’t marry until after Grace does.” Trey Alwin explained to his older brother. “And,” Ross asked. Knowing there was more to come. “Nobody in their right mind is going to marry Grace Pembroke.” Trey swallowed, wishing he hadn’t said that part, but it was too late to take the words back. “Any how, if she doesn’t marry, I can’t marry Melody. Pembroke won’t change his mind on the matter. Me and Melody figure the only way we can get married is for us to find Grace a husband.” When Melody Pembroke announced she was having his brother’s baby, what else could Ross Alwin do except propose to Grace? They made it through the wedding ceremony, now all they had to do was survive the marriage!