A bride for all seasons
Subtitle: a mail-order bride collection
By: Margaret Brownley, Debra Clopton, Mary Connealy, Robin Lee Hatcher
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print Christian historical fiction; Thorndike Press large print historical Christian fiction
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Waterville, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
ISBN-13: 9781410460684
Subjects: Mail order brides; Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life; Large type books; Short stories
Description: Melvin Hitchcock of the 'Hitching Post Mail-Order Bride Catalog' isn't dishonest -- not exactly. If he tweaks his clients' applications a bit, it's because he's looking out for their best interests. This charming bouquet of novellas introduces four Hitching Post prospects in the year 1870, each one eager for second chances and hungry for happiness. Year in, year out, they'll learn that love often comes in unexpected packages.
Table of contents: title: And then came spring  -- Margaret Brownley; title: An ever after summer  -- Debra Clopton; title: Autumn's angel  -- Robin Lee Hatcher; title: Winter wedding bells -- Mary Connealy.; title: And then came spring: Sheriff Tom Garrett wants vengeance on his brother's murderers, but he must think of his orphaned nephew. Then Mary-Jo shows up, swearing she married Tom's brother by proxy and he'd neglected to mention a son.; title: An ever after summer: Widower Matt McConnell wrote his ad with no room for misunderstanding; title: Bible believers need not apply. But Bible-thumping Ellie shows up on his doorstep. Matt's so desperate for her help that he accepts.; title: Autumn's angel: Luvena Abbott is a singing sensation in New York. But as guardian to her brother's children, she has few options to provide a home. Clay Birch won an abandoned theater in a poker game. The Hitching Post editor thinks they'll make a perfect match.; title: Winter wedding bells: David Laramie is looking for a woman to care for his children. In exchange he'll make her financially comfortable for life. But no woman wants to marry a dying man. Then Megan responds to his ad. It seems his edited letter contained no mention of him dying.