Mail-Order Mishap
- Authors
- Mildred Colvin
- Publisher
- Mildred Colvin
- Tags
- forgiveness , love story , mailorder bride , victorian romance , broken family , soul salvation , 1865 missouri , civil war time period , covered wagon train , faith love and trust
- Size
- 0.25 MB
- Lang
- en
A man looking for a wife to further his political career, a woman who needs a home after her husband's death at the end of the Civil War, and the trusted escort who needs to forgive and find forgiveness with the father he hasn't seen for ten years. Together they journey an emotional road of danger and healing.
After receiving word of her husband's death, Olive Williams accepts the opportunity to marry a wealthy rancher in New Mexico territory. Mike Dugan is from Olive's hometown, but she doesn't remember meeting him. Reluctantly she begins the long journey and meets Mr. Dugan's foreman who will be her escort. Samuel Conner is also from her hometown, and she remembers him as her rescuer when she was only ten and he was a troubled boy of thirteen.
Sam also remembers Olive, and her presence reminds him of his family and the deep rift between him and the father he hasn't seen for ten years. After the shocking truth of her husband's death is revealed, Olive becomes...