Marianne: Wild Rose Ridge Historical - Paperback

by Linda Jo Reed (Author)

A mail order bride who changed her mind
A groom that stood firm
Will she honor her contract?

Marianne Foster becomes a mail order bride when her society mother remarries. She needs a new life and in a hurry. She joins a company of mail order brides and arrives in Wild Rose Ridge in time for Christmas. Only she has changed her mind about being married and wants to open a millinery shop instead.
Jeremy Stafford wants a legacy. A logging accident permanently injures his knees. He recovers from the accident and starts a carpentry business. But his life is incomplete without a family. He orders a mail order bride and eagerly anticipates her arrival. When they meet and she reveals her intent, he insists they marry immediately. She signed a contract.
If only Jeremy's past would stay in the past. It keeps showing up and causing havoc.