ROMANCE: Holiday Romance: Her Christmas Surprise (Sweet Clean Holiday Romance) (Holiday Bride Book 1) by Mercy Levy

Author:Mercy Levy [Levy, Mercy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-22T06:00:00+00:00

Margaret’s New Beginning

1.

Meg bit her lip. The ground was sheeted with ice and her thin shawl was not nearly warm enough to keep her from shivering, making walking all the more treacherous. Her aunt glanced over at her, a thoughtful look on her face.

“Sorry dearest Margaret, I should’ve realized my brother would have forgotten all about how much colder it is here, than down in Baton Rouge.” Margaret smiled painfully, through her quickly bluing lips.

“Mother made me double up, and Father sent more than enough money for all new clothes, Aunt Bea. We tried, but couldn’t get warm fabric in time to have them made before I left. I’ll be fine for a few more minutes.”

Beatrice sighed heavily, but nodded. It had been a spur of the moment idea to bring Margaret up to Connecticut for the winter social season. But, when she and Meg’s cousin, Alma, had made their annual Spring visit, it had struck them both how lovely Margaret had become, and how mature she was for her age. It seemed to make sense to them both, to introduce her to a life outside of the bayou folk and plantation owners that seemed to be her only marriage pool. After all, Meg was Alma’s favorite cousin. She often teased her parents, gently, that the girl should have been her sister, not her cousin. But, although Dewey was a constant thorn in his sister’s side, Beatrice knew she would never wish her older brother gone.

The older woman sighed again. Dewey had finally left home to make his own fortune, and Alma needed someone around. Meg was such enjoyable company, and so in need of experience off her father’s plantation, that Bea had jumped at the excuse to finally bring her north to see more of the world. She took her own shawl off and wrapped it around Meg’s thin shoulders, rubbing the girl’s arms to warm her.

“I am sure your father had good intentions, but it has obviously been far too long since he has been here, if he thought even a short wait for a cab was acceptable in that thin cotton. Don’t you worry about me,” She cut her niece off when she tried to argue. “One of us is wearing wool under her dress, and a wool dress, and a wool jacket. This nice warm wool shawl was just to keep these old joints moving well.” She raised a hand to her husband, who was leaning out of a cab door a few steps away. He jumped down and helped the cab driver lift the trunk into the baggage sling, and the ladies climbed inside to wait in the warm space with Alma.

“I am so glad to see you!” Margaret stuttered through her chattering teeth. Her jaw ached from clenching it tight, and now that she was getting warm, it seemed her teeth only wanted to clack together even more. Alma chuckled sympathetically and patted her hand.

“Oh, poor, sweet Meg. This is your very first winter,

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