Callie Gardner
ASIN: B07CDR4V6P
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 71
Marianne Pryor had thought that her life was perfect. She had a caring husband, a flourishing homestead, and a darling son, Peter. Tragedy strikes when her husband dies suddenly from yellow fever, and now she is at the mercy of her brother-in-law.Carlton Pryor is an evil brute of a man who has designs on marrying Marianne for himself.Widowed, Robert Darnell, the sheriff of Last Chance, Texas, has seen it all, from bank robberies to drunkards, he’s taken care of the place for four years. Now settled, he harbors a dark secret and has no time or inclination for love. Realizing he needs something to help him fend off the local townswomen’s unwelcome advances, he advertises for a mail-order bride. Strictly a business arrangement he tells himself.But, when she finally arrives, will Robert be able to accept her? Especially when his bride to be, Marianne, arrives with Peter, a child he hadn’t ...