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Nobody's Bride: A Nellie Bishop Romance
Washington Territory, 1878
White River Valley
He’d seen a face in a window on his wedding day that he couldn’t forget. Six months later his pretty young wife has run off with the traveling photographer from their wedding, leaving Joseph Abernathy wifeless and without a helpmate for his farm. In a letter left behind by his former wife, Joseph discovers that the face he’d seen belongs to ‘Nobody’s Bride,’ an unmarried, hardworking, strong in body and spirited natured woman. She also happens to be a cousin of his former wife. After a brief correspondence, and without having met Nellie, marriage is agreed upon. However, little did Joseph know that by offering Nellie a new life would reveal a scandalous secret that would rip her family apart.
Wishing to remove herself from a life of servitude, Nellie Bishop accepts Joseph’s offer of marriage. He wishes to start a new life with her; someone who is acquainted with the responsibilities and hardships associated with farm life. Nellie hadn’t forgot his handsome face in the window, and from his letters to her she feels at ease. He offers her ‘a comfortable home that is hers to manage as she sees fit.’ But not wishing to mislead him she writes, “In beauty I possess—little; of earthy possessions—few; of monetary property—none.”
Not wanting to place his heart at risk again, Joseph tells Nellie and reminds himself that love is not part of the offer.
**THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT & SENSITIVE SCENES
White River Valley
He’d seen a face in a window on his wedding day that he couldn’t forget. Six months later his pretty young wife has run off with the traveling photographer from their wedding, leaving Joseph Abernathy wifeless and without a helpmate for his farm. In a letter left behind by his former wife, Joseph discovers that the face he’d seen belongs to ‘Nobody’s Bride,’ an unmarried, hardworking, strong in body and spirited natured woman. She also happens to be a cousin of his former wife. After a brief correspondence, and without having met Nellie, marriage is agreed upon. However, little did Joseph know that by offering Nellie a new life would reveal a scandalous secret that would rip her family apart.
Wishing to remove herself from a life of servitude, Nellie Bishop accepts Joseph’s offer of marriage. He wishes to start a new life with her; someone who is acquainted with the responsibilities and hardships associated with farm life. Nellie hadn’t forgot his handsome face in the window, and from his letters to her she feels at ease. He offers her ‘a comfortable home that is hers to manage as she sees fit.’ But not wishing to mislead him she writes, “In beauty I possess—little; of earthy possessions—few; of monetary property—none.”
Not wanting to place his heart at risk again, Joseph tells Nellie and reminds himself that love is not part of the offer.
**THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT & SENSITIVE SCENES
343 pages, Paperback
Published March 31, 2023
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August 13, 2023
Really enjoyed this story. Wonderfully written book with characters you really connect to.
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