The Mail Order Groom: A Novel - Tapa blanda

Tired of the disruptions caused by beautiful Melissa Grayson among the men of Silver Wind, the town mayor insists that Melissa choose a husband or have one chosen for her, but when Lucky Lawrence, a gambler pursued by a notorious outlaw, arrives in town, he finds himself mistaken for Melissa's supposed fiancT, a position he is only too happy to fulfill. Original.

In Motion . . .

Stunning Melissa Grayson, a veritable Helen of Troy in the Wild West, will do anything to satisfy her one burning passion--teaching art and poetry to the children at Grayson Academy, the private school left to her by her beloved father. But it isn’t easy when every trip she makes into town drives the unmarried men into a frenzy of fisticuffs in their attempts to win her hand. Exasperated by the civil unrest caused by Melissa’s beauty, the local clergy and sheriff finally give her an ultimatum: marriage or jail, the latter of which would surely mean the end of her school.

Prepared to make any sacrifice for her students, Melissa writes her pen pal in New York, James Harold Pickney IV, a sickly, sensitive scholar. Together they agree to forge a platonic marriage whose real commitment will be to the cause of education.

Plainspoken Passion . . .

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