Annabelle's Tender Promise
(2026)(The eighth book in the Rejected Mail-Order Match series)
A novel by Aurora Kelly
The fall of 1873 finds Annabelle Whittaker standing at her father's grave, making a promise she cannot break—to marry and secure her family's future.
Her father had always dreamed of uniting their land with that of his closest friend. Once, Annabelle had dreamed of it too... of marrying Angus Taylor.
But Angus never returned home after the war.
Instead, he married another.
Determined to honor her father's dying wish, Annabelle agrees to marry Angus's younger brother, Robert. Yet only days before their wedding, the arrival of a woman forces Robert to admit a painful truth—he cannot give Annabelle the love she deserves.
Rejected and humiliated, Annabelle is left with a broken promise and an uncertain future.
Then Angus returns to Stanton.
Widowed and burdened with children and responsibilities of his own, Angus never expected to find himself standing before the woman he'd once left behind. As Annabelle is drawn into the lives of Angus and his children, the future she thought she'd lost begins to look very different.
But with old feelings resurfacing and a ready-made family beginning to feel like home, Annabelle must decide whether she is willing to risk her heart for a second chance at love.
Will she cling to the promise she made at her father's grave, or dare to hope for something more?
Genre: Inspirational
Her father had always dreamed of uniting their land with that of his closest friend. Once, Annabelle had dreamed of it too... of marrying Angus Taylor.
But Angus never returned home after the war.
Instead, he married another.
Determined to honor her father's dying wish, Annabelle agrees to marry Angus's younger brother, Robert. Yet only days before their wedding, the arrival of a woman forces Robert to admit a painful truth—he cannot give Annabelle the love she deserves.
Rejected and humiliated, Annabelle is left with a broken promise and an uncertain future.
Then Angus returns to Stanton.
Widowed and burdened with children and responsibilities of his own, Angus never expected to find himself standing before the woman he'd once left behind. As Annabelle is drawn into the lives of Angus and his children, the future she thought she'd lost begins to look very different.
But with old feelings resurfacing and a ready-made family beginning to feel like home, Annabelle must decide whether she is willing to risk her heart for a second chance at love.
Will she cling to the promise she made at her father's grave, or dare to hope for something more?
Genre: Inspirational
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