Gabrielle: Bride of Vermont (American Mail-Order Bride 14) by Emily Claire

Author:Emily Claire [Claire, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Victorian Era, Western, Fifth In Series, Saga, Fifty-Books, Forty-Five Authors, Newspaper Ad, Short Story, American Mail-Order Bride, Bachelor, Single Woman, Marriage Of Convenience, Christian, Religious, Faith, Inspirational, Factory Burned, Pioneer, Vermont, Love Another, Forced Circumstance, Renewed Heart, Emotional Baggage, Determined, Texas, Moving
Goodreads: 27826534
Publisher: Virtual Bookpublishing, LLC.
Published: 2015-12-02T05:00:00+00:00

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Gabrielle had stayed up too late. She was exhausted. Her goal had been to finish Boone’s new shirt by the end of the evening, and she had done it. But it was two o’clock in the morning.

Turning off the lamp, she dragged herself down the hall to her bedroom and slipped into her nightclothes. Snuggling under the blankets, she shivered a moment before warming up and then quickly falling into a deep sleep.

Her dream was of Boone in a red shirt, tall and stunningly handsome. He was so pleased with it that he grabbed her, hugging her tightly before he danced across the room with her in his arms. Her eyes flew open, yet she lay still, unsure as to why she had awakened. Just then, the covers were suddenly thrown back and there he was, falling into bed with her!

She screamed, her arms flailing. Her balled fist hit him hard in the face. Somehow it registered with her that it wasn’t Boone. This man had no beard that she could feel.

A stranger was in her bed. She yelled loudly, “Boone! Help me!” All the while, she kicked and hit.

Boone awoke to the sound of Gabrielle’s scream. He jumped out of bed and ran to her room. He found her yelling, kicking and hitting a man who was covering his face to ward off the blows she was applying to his head.

“Who are you?” he bellowed. “Get out!” He grabbed the man’s shoulders and began pulling him off Gabrielle’s bed, while she scrambled out on the other side.

Boone was about to punch the man in the face. “Pa! Pa! It’s me. What are you doing?”

Boone stopped himself from slamming his fist into his son’s face, just in time. “Buck? Is that you? What—? Why are you here?”

Everyone stopped talking at once. Gabrielle grabbed a quilt and wrapped it over her nightgown. “You know him? This is your son?”

Boone released Buck, who stepped over to the bed and picked up his shirt, rushing to put it on.

“I’ll light a lamp,” she grumbled, walking angrily from the room.

“Get some more clothes on and come out to the kitchen,” Boone ordered, none too happy with the situation.

Gabrielle was in the kitchen, stirring the coals in the stove. It was four o’clock in the morning, and she didn’t expect to be able to go back to sleep, so she slid the already-full kettle over to one side to heat some water.

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