The Tenderhearted Christmas Bride
(2025)(The seventh book in the Christmas Mail Order Bride Romance series)
A novel by Terri Grace
The only thing more dangerous than the secret she was keeping was the man she was falling in love with.
Rachel Fowler has always lived in her twin sister Leah’s shadow. Mocked for her "plain looks" and unfairly treated by her family, Rachel's humiliation reaches a breaking point when Leah steals Rachel's fiancé and then cruelly suggests Rachel become her servant.
Desperate to escape a life of constant scorn, twenty-one-year-old Rachel flees her home and heads to Haydenville, Arizona, searching for a man who will see past her appearance and accept her for who she is.
Brent Lockhart is wealthy, humble, and ready to marry. But his elderly uncle warns him against fortune-hunters, advising Brent to test his bride-to-be. When his mail-order fiancée arrives, Brent disguises himself—pretending to be scarred, blind in one eye, and walking with a severe limp.
Predictably, the woman recoils and immediately rejects him.
To Brent's shock and delight, it's her quiet companion, Rachel, who steps forward.
Tired of prioritizing looks and wealth, Rachel accepts the flawed, modest man who stands before her.
But as a true, gentle love blossoms between them, how long can Brent keep up his elaborate deception? And what will happen when Rachel discovers the man she married has been hiding his true self all along?
Genre: Historical Romance
Rachel Fowler has always lived in her twin sister Leah’s shadow. Mocked for her "plain looks" and unfairly treated by her family, Rachel's humiliation reaches a breaking point when Leah steals Rachel's fiancé and then cruelly suggests Rachel become her servant.
Desperate to escape a life of constant scorn, twenty-one-year-old Rachel flees her home and heads to Haydenville, Arizona, searching for a man who will see past her appearance and accept her for who she is.
Brent Lockhart is wealthy, humble, and ready to marry. But his elderly uncle warns him against fortune-hunters, advising Brent to test his bride-to-be. When his mail-order fiancée arrives, Brent disguises himself—pretending to be scarred, blind in one eye, and walking with a severe limp.
Predictably, the woman recoils and immediately rejects him.
To Brent's shock and delight, it's her quiet companion, Rachel, who steps forward.
Tired of prioritizing looks and wealth, Rachel accepts the flawed, modest man who stands before her.
But as a true, gentle love blossoms between them, how long can Brent keep up his elaborate deception? And what will happen when Rachel discovers the man she married has been hiding his true self all along?
Genre: Historical Romance
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