Midnight Sons 01 & 02 (Volume 1) by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Historical
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-03-16T23:00:00+00:00

DEBBIE MACOMBER

The Marriage Risk

MILLS BOON

CHAPTER ONE

SO THIS WAS Hard Luck.

Lanni Caldwell slung her backpack over her shoulder, picked up her suitcase and crossed the gravel road that ran past the mobile office for Midnight Sons. The small airline—which served the Alaskan interior—had been mentioned in the news several times during the past week. Her curiosity piqued, Lanni had read the paper eagerly and watched the television reporters tell their tale. And what a tale it was! Midnight Sons had apparently spearheaded a campaign to attract women to Hard Luck with offers of jobs and housing.

Leave it to a bunch of lonely bush pilots to come up with such a crazy scheme! A number of single women had already arrived, and more would soon be joining them. TV reporters from down south were calling them "mail-order brides"—they weren't—and referring to Hard Luck as "the frozen north." It wasn't, at least not in June.

The sun shone bright and golden in a clear blue sky. The weather was in the comfortable seventies, with wildflowers blooming in a sassy array of colors that stretched from one end of the tundra to the other.

Lanni, who had grown up in Anchorage, had only been north of the Arctic Circle once before on a childhood visit to Hard Luck. But this all seemed familiar, because her grandmother, Catherine Fletcher, had often spoken of this town and her life here. Lanni could remember sitting on Grammy's knee as a child and listening to wondrous descriptions and exciting adventures, but those times with her grandmother had been few. Catherine's visits had come less and less often as the years progressed.

With Catherine's failing health, this might well be Lanni's last chance to learn about her grandmother's life on the tundra. It was the reason she'd agreed to spend her summer in Hard Luck. Beginning in September, she would become an intern at the Anchorage daily newspaper. After four years in college, her dream of working as a journalist was about to be realized. Lanni knew how fortunate she was to be chosen for the coveted position, and she was thrilled with the opportunity.

Her visit to Hard Luck had been prompted by a call from Sawyer O'Halloran to her mother, Kate, earlier in the month. Kate had seemed surprised to hear from one of the O'Hallorans, and even a bit annoyed. Lanni only vaguely understood why. She was aware of bad blood between her grandmother and the O'Hallorans, but she'd never really understood the reasons. It was something the family simply didn't talk about.

Sawyer O'Halloran had politely explained that with so many women moving into town, Hard Luck was in desperate need of housing. Catherine's home sat vacant, and Sawyer had asked if Kate would talk to her about renting it out.

Lanni wasn't entirely sure her mother had discussed the situation with Grammy. But Catherine Fletcher's health had worsened since her move to the nursing home in Anchorage, so perhaps it was best she hadn't been consulted.

"Hi." A young, freckle-faced boy smiled at her from atop his bicycle.

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