The Peashooter Society's Plan by Linda K. Hubalek

Author:Linda K. Hubalek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: american historical romance, victorian romance, western romance, mail-order bride, sweet Christian romance
Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc.
Published: 2019-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

What happens next?

HERE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL stories in the Mismatched Mail-Order Brides Series.

Amelia changes her Fellow (Amelia and Barton)

Avalee exchanges her Fiancé (Avalee and Gordon)

Maggie shifts her Gent (Maggie and Peter)

Maisie swaps her Groom (Maisie and Squires)

Molly switches her Man (Molly and Tobin)

Nadine trades her Partner (Nadine and Wesley)

Here’s the start of

Amelia changes her Fellow

for you to enjoy!

Amelia changes her Fellow

Chapter 1

Fall 1892

Clear Creek, Kansas

Barton Miller marched purposefully down the downtown boardwalk toward their destination, the parsonage, where their fate rested in the hands of Mrs. Kaitlyn Reagan, the minister’s wife.

He glanced at his brother Gordon, matching his own steps, and then back at his youngest brother, Squires. All three of them matched each other with their deep-tanned skin, brown hair, brown eyes, and six-foot height. Only their personalities set them apart.

Their three childhood friends followed them. Wesley Preston, with light blonde hair, Peter Gehring, with coal black hair, and Toad Billings, with flaming red hair.

Tobin! Not Toad. Barton chided himself for the umpteenth time. Everyone used Tobin’s nickname for ten years, and it was hard to remember to use his real name on this critical mission.

Barton promised the others they would always stick together when they left New York on the orphan train. Even though Barton was only ten years old at the time, it helped his brothers, and the other three boys in their section, to face the uncertainty of their lives.

Through his insistence, they managed to all end up in the same farming community in Shawnee County, Kansas, even if they lived in different households. Attending the same school and church kept them connected through their youth.

When Squires and Peter turned eighteen, they signed up together for a five-year commitment at the nearby Fort Riley to learn new skills.

And now, even as adults, the six voted to stay together, thus the reason they were in Clear Creek, Kansas.

“I sure hope this Mrs. Reagan is nice. I didn’t care for her son,” Toad, no, Tobin, pipped up from the back of the line. Tobin had always been short and pudgy—hence his nickname—and talkative. Half the time Barton tuned out Tobin’s conversation, but he couldn’t this time.

“Tobin, please keep your voice down and your opinions to yourself. All our livelihoods are on the line with our first impression,” Barton quietly reminded him as he walked backward a second.

Which was a stupid comment, because he was the one who stumbled into a young woman as she stepped out of a storefront.

“I’m so sorry, Miss,” Barton exclaimed as he caught her by the elbows, so she didn’t fall backward. His eyes were drawn to her carrot-colored hair before he looked into her shocked light blue eyes.

“Are you all right?” Gordon asked when Barton couldn’t use his vocal cords to speak. What was wrong with him?

“Yes, thank you. I wasn’t watching where I was going, either,” the woman added a subtle jab at Barton’s misstep.

She had on a scratched, thin leather work apron much like a shoe repairman might wear. Barton wondered what she did for a living, then realized she probably helped at her husband’s business.

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