At twenty-eight, Wanda Lenore Hendrickson has worked for the Albany Gazette for six years now, the last two as one of their crime reporters. When she and her editor attempt to check out a lead in warehouse robberies, the editor is murdered in cold blood, with her as a witness. A crooked police detective puts her in the murderers’ crosshairs, causing her to flee the city. Unfortunately, danger is hot on her heels.
Along the way, she meets a woman who runs a matrimonial service and she submits her application using her mother’s maiden name rather than her family name. She leaves for Bakersfield, California and marriage to the owner of a lemon orchard. While she’s uncertain, she knows that she can’t keep running forever. With any luck, changing her name and hiding away on a farm will thwart the men following her.
Caleb Hornsby is the owner of the largest Meyer lemon grove in the mid-state area. It’s taken him nearly two years to rebuild his late uncle’s failing business. Working night and day has left him little time for courting. And, given the area isn’t exactly teaming with would-be brides, he follows his best friend’s advice and sends for a mail-order bride.
It isn’t until strange men show up in town looking for a supposed runaway wife and mother. When they relay facts about the woman, Caleb starts to worry. Has he married a woman on the run? Or, a criminal? More importantly, someone he can no longer trust.
Genre: Inspirational
Along the way, she meets a woman who runs a matrimonial service and she submits her application using her mother’s maiden name rather than her family name. She leaves for Bakersfield, California and marriage to the owner of a lemon orchard. While she’s uncertain, she knows that she can’t keep running forever. With any luck, changing her name and hiding away on a farm will thwart the men following her.
Caleb Hornsby is the owner of the largest Meyer lemon grove in the mid-state area. It’s taken him nearly two years to rebuild his late uncle’s failing business. Working night and day has left him little time for courting. And, given the area isn’t exactly teaming with would-be brides, he follows his best friend’s advice and sends for a mail-order bride.
It isn’t until strange men show up in town looking for a supposed runaway wife and mother. When they relay facts about the woman, Caleb starts to worry. Has he married a woman on the run? Or, a criminal? More importantly, someone he can no longer trust.
Genre: Inspirational
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