Josiah Canfield never asks for a wife.
Raised by his grandfather in Montana’s rugged Rattlesnake Mountains, Josiah has spent his life mining gold and keeping mostly to himself. But when Asa Canfield’s failing health convinces him to seek a warmer climate, he refuses to leave his grandson alone on the mountain. His solution? Send to New York for a mail-order bride.
Only the wrong woman steps off the train.
Opal Tabb is six years older than the bride Josiah expected—and she arrives with a five-year-old daughter at her side. Yet circumstances leave little time for second thoughts. Josiah and Opal marry that very day, and Asa heads south after extracting one promise from his grandson: give the marriage thirty days. If it fails—and remains unconsummated—it can be annulled.
Thirty days shouldn’t be difficult, except accidents, frightening encounters, and the harsh realities of mountain life keep pushing Josiah and Opal closer. Little Ruby begins stealing his heart, too, and the woman he never meant to marry starts looking less like a mistake and more like an unexpected blessing.
But Opal brought more than a child from New York. Her past—and the truth about Ruby’s father—may destroy the fragile love growing between them. Can two strangers joined by mistake discover that God sometimes sends His greatest treasures in the most unexpected packages?
Genre: Romance
Raised by his grandfather in Montana’s rugged Rattlesnake Mountains, Josiah has spent his life mining gold and keeping mostly to himself. But when Asa Canfield’s failing health convinces him to seek a warmer climate, he refuses to leave his grandson alone on the mountain. His solution? Send to New York for a mail-order bride.
Only the wrong woman steps off the train.
Opal Tabb is six years older than the bride Josiah expected—and she arrives with a five-year-old daughter at her side. Yet circumstances leave little time for second thoughts. Josiah and Opal marry that very day, and Asa heads south after extracting one promise from his grandson: give the marriage thirty days. If it fails—and remains unconsummated—it can be annulled.
Thirty days shouldn’t be difficult, except accidents, frightening encounters, and the harsh realities of mountain life keep pushing Josiah and Opal closer. Little Ruby begins stealing his heart, too, and the woman he never meant to marry starts looking less like a mistake and more like an unexpected blessing.
But Opal brought more than a child from New York. Her past—and the truth about Ruby’s father—may destroy the fragile love growing between them. Can two strangers joined by mistake discover that God sometimes sends His greatest treasures in the most unexpected packages?
Genre: Romance