Brides of Deadwood Mail Order Brides 4 Book Set by Dreams Brittany

Author:Dreams, Brittany [Dreams, Brittany]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brittany Dreams
Published: 2017-08-09T05:00:00+00:00

Falling From Grace

A Mail Order Bride Historical Romance

Chapter One

Katherine sat tight lipped while her intended talked. Counseled.

Persuaded. He went to the trouble to order a meal and she could hardly eat.

She was famished yet her nerves stole her appetite. And her husband –to-be was taking it personally.

He was a handsome enough man. More than enough. The second she laid eyes on him, her insides hiccupped and warmth spread throughout her.

She was pretty sure the nuns back at Precious Blood would beat her soundly if they knew she took such delight in looking at a man.

Jack Clearwater was more than delightful to look at. He was tall and lean but not a skinny man. He was broad and his body was cut with well-formed muscle apparent through his cowboy’s clothes. There was no problem with attraction as far Katherine was concerned.

And she herself knew she was a handsome woman. She came from handsome parentage. Philadelphia society. But she was the ninth of ten and though her family had lots of money and just about as many servants, they stuck her in a convent. She took her last beating and broke out. It was time she left anyway. She was eighteen. She was pretty sure. Yes she was eighteen.

Though her family all but forgot her, Katherine was afraid they would come after her and make her go back. There were women in the convent that were older than dust or at least looked like they were made of dust. She did not want that for herself.

Yes, even though her family never visited her or expressed a thought towards her, Katherine was consumed with fear that suddenly they chased her. She had earned privileges to tidy the rectory for the priests adjacent to the convent itself. She performed administrative duties for the convent office. She was being groomed to be a nun for sure and Katherine had to escape.

Fate intervened. She spied a newspaper which contained an ad for mail order brides. She took amazing risk in responding. She smuggled her letter in with the rest of the post, checking the mail daily for a response.

When her letter from Jack Clearwater came, Katherine stole two gold lip chalices and sold them for just enough money to get somewhere. With all the money she had in the world, she caught a train to Dodge City to meet her future husband. She arrived half-starved and thirsty.

Now sitting across from him at a dirty saloon table, Katherine felt the same sort of imprisonment she knew in the convent. She felt like she had no choice. And yet there was something in her reaction to Jack that made her feel a little bit of hope. Like she wanted more of that. Like she could like him. But she was so afraid of it.

“You sure are pretty,” said Jack, lightly touching her hand.

Katherine trembled. From the time she was a little girl, from those first days in the convent, where she had craved affection, she had wanted human contact.

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