The Lame Bride Promised to His Brother
(2023)(The Crippled Bride Promised to his Brother)
(The first book in the Pioneer Brides Mail Order Brides Agency series)A Novella by Indiana Wake
It is 1885 and a lame bride heads west in search of love.
Anna is tired of the horrible comments and pitying glances. So she has a limp, does that mean she can’t find love?
Encouraged by her best friend, Jolene she applies at the Pioneer Brides Mail Order Bride Agency to see if she can find a husband. She fills in every detail about her leg. At last, she will meet a man who will not be surprised by her limp, one who is happy to accept her for who she is.
Mrs. Hawkins has run the Mail Order Bride agency for years. She knows what men want and she wants to help this precious little flower who is so in need of love. Doing something she has never done before, a little rub of the eraser, and Anna has a much better chance.
Anna travels west to meet the Gellman brothers but they are surprised by her limp. How do they cope? Do they think she lied and will they send her home?
Anna is promised to Ryan, the oldest, but finds herself spending a lot of time with his brother Ian. For the first time in her life, a man is treating her with respect. She finds her heart falling for the wrong brother.
What is she to do and will she ever find true love?
In this much-loved series, ordinary women overcome extraordinary circumstances to find true love with real men strong enough to ignore prejudice and give in to love.
This book was previously published as The Crippled Bride Promised to his Brother. This is a second edition with additional content.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Anna is tired of the horrible comments and pitying glances. So she has a limp, does that mean she can’t find love?
Encouraged by her best friend, Jolene she applies at the Pioneer Brides Mail Order Bride Agency to see if she can find a husband. She fills in every detail about her leg. At last, she will meet a man who will not be surprised by her limp, one who is happy to accept her for who she is.
Mrs. Hawkins has run the Mail Order Bride agency for years. She knows what men want and she wants to help this precious little flower who is so in need of love. Doing something she has never done before, a little rub of the eraser, and Anna has a much better chance.
Anna travels west to meet the Gellman brothers but they are surprised by her limp. How do they cope? Do they think she lied and will they send her home?
Anna is promised to Ryan, the oldest, but finds herself spending a lot of time with his brother Ian. For the first time in her life, a man is treating her with respect. She finds her heart falling for the wrong brother.
What is she to do and will she ever find true love?
In this much-loved series, ordinary women overcome extraordinary circumstances to find true love with real men strong enough to ignore prejudice and give in to love.
This book was previously published as The Crippled Bride Promised to his Brother. This is a second edition with additional content.
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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