Faith (Goldwater Creek Mail-Order Brides 1) by Leighann Dobbs

Author:Leighann Dobbs [Dobbs, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Western, Romance, Sweet, Victorian, Regency, 19th Century, Adult, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Mail-Order Bride, Philandering Husband, Deceased, Travel West, Secrets, Society, Marriage Of Convenience, Past Issues, Husband's Debt
Goodreads: 26845539
Publisher: Leighann Dobbs
Published: 2015-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

Last night, your beauty rivaled all of the poems in this book.

Yours,

Jax

The clatter of pots and pans lured him toward the kitchen where Maisie was busy behind the stove. The sweet smell of buttermilk flapjacks mingled with the spicy smell of sausage made his stomach growl.

“Oh, Mr. Jax. You’re just in time. I got a new maple syrup recipe for you to try. You sit right down and have some flapjacks.” Maisie glanced toward the door. “Where is Mrs. Faith?”

“I’m letting her sleep in. We had a late night last night.”

Jax grabbed a plate and reached around Maisie to pick some sausage out of the frying pan.

Maisie slapped his hand. “You know better than that. You sit down and wait until I can serve you proper.”

Jax laughed and sat down at the table, letting Maisie wait on him as she had done since he was a child. She slid a stack of flapjacks onto his plate, topped them with mounds of butter and a puddle of maple syrup, then stood back, hand on hips, waiting for him to taste it.

Jax lifted a fork to his mouth. The sweet maple flavor tickled his taste buds. He closed his eyes to savor the delicious taste.

“Well? It’s my best yet, isn’t it?”

“Uh huh.” He didn’t want to waste time talking. The food tasted too good.

“Varnet Williams done gets the sap out of his trees!” Maisie threw her hands up as if this was the most outrageous thing ever. “Imagine that. Then I boiled it down and added some secret ingredients. Better watch out. Ezekiel Brown says I should bottle this and then I’ll be famous and won’t be taking any of your gump anymore.”

Jax smiled. “Now, Maisie, come on, I know you wouldn’t know what to do without me to look after.”

Maisie smiled at him affectionately. “That may be, but you got a wife to look after you now. Speaking of which, when you gonna’ start acting like a real husband to that poor girl?”

Jax was taken aback. Maisie knew about his reason for wanting a wife and also that he never intended for it to be a real marriage. But, by her tone and the look on her face, he could tell she knew things weren’t going as planned.

“You think she wants that?” he ventured.

“You bet. I know how women think and I see the signs.” Maisie glanced at him sideways. “And I think I see some signs from you, too.”

Jax sighed. Was he that transparent? He never could hide anything from Maisie. The woman knew him better than anyone and was like a second grandmother to him. She’d practically kept him alive after Mary’s death. If it wasn’t for her almost force-feeding him, he would have starved. But he knew that Maisie had loved Mary, too.

“Do you think it’s okay?” Jax asked. “I mean, Mary hasn’t been gone that long.”

Maisie put her hand over Jax’s. “Three years! It's long enough. And it’s perfectly fine. Mary would want it this way. You

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