Love at Harvest Moon (Holiday Mail Order Brides, Book Seven) by Morgan Kit

Author:Morgan, Kit [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Angel Creek Press
Published: 2014-10-11T16:00:00+00:00

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Eva's trunk had arrived, and Mrs. Mullaney was beside herself helping her unpack it.

“Really, you don't have to do all this,” Eva told her as she watched the woman shake out her dresses and hang them in an armoire.

“Well, yer not going anywhere, now are ye? So why shouldn't I get ye settled in?”

Eva sighed. “But Mrs. Mullaney, I don't think your son would agree with you.”

Mrs. Mullaney hung up the last dress and turned to her, hands on hips. “Lorcan Brody didn't want Ada when he first met her either.”

“He didn't?”

“Not at all. In fact, he was more adamant about getting rid of her than Finn is about …” She sighed and let her hands fall to her sides. “I'm sorry, dearie; that was a poor choice of words. Anyway, Mrs. Brody decided her son was being an idiot, much like I've decided Finn is. So she hired Ada on to work for her in the bookshop, ye see. That way, Lorcan would have to be around her, and she knew he'd fall in love eventually.”

Eve's mouth dropped open. “That's positively – and, might I add, diabolically – clever!”

“Innit, though?” Mrs. Mullaney asked with pride. “Though there was nothing diabolical about it.”

“How long did it take Lorcan and Ada to fall in love?”

“Not long, as I recall. In fact, they were already married when the trouble broke out.”

“Oh yes, that fighting business you told me of.”

“Aye, but there's no such nastiness going on here – there’s nothing to keep Finn from falling in love. Except Finn, of course. And while he may be stubborn, my son is not stupid. And,” she added with a wink, “yer a pretty girl, and he still has his eyesight.”

Eva blushed almost purple.

“So don't worry, dearie,” she said with a smile. “Love will catch up to him soon enough.”

Eva shook her head in wonderment. The woman was so confident it was scary. She decided to ask an equally scary question. “How long do you think it will take Finn to fall in love with me?”

Mrs. Mullaney crossed the room and sat next to her on the bed. “Trust me, lass – as soon as he forgives himself, it’ll be full steam ahead!”

Eva bowed her head and folded her hands in her lap. “I hope so, Mrs. Mullaney, I … I rather like it here. But … what if I don’t fall in love with him?”

Mrs. Mullaney put an arm around her. “Pah! I’m not worried about that at all. Besides, we like having ye here, too. More than anything, the Mister and I would love to keep ye around.”

Eva looked at her and smiled. “Thank you for saying that – it makes me feel better. But I don't know how much use I’d be if you put me to work in your … business.”

“I won't put you to work in the funeral parlor, if that’s what yer worried about. I don’t think yer fit for the type of work that needs to be done – unless ye'd like to start digging graves.

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