[Spinster Mail-Order Brides 22] • A Runaway for Christmas

Annabelle Grayson, the daughter of a rich businessman, is promised to a man more than double her age. He is so repulsive he makes her gag. He treats her badly, but only when others aren’t around to witness it. Minutes before her getaway train arrives, Annabelle stumbles across a mail-order bride advertisement in a discarded newspaper. Can she put a plan into action?

Blacksmith Harrison Price wrote away for a mail-order bride some months earlier, then promptly forgot about it. He receives the telegram announcing his bride’s arrival only minutes before the train was due, leaving him no time to make himself presentable. His new bride is not impressed.

Can these two put aside first impressions, or are they doomed to live a life of misery?

Author's Promise: This is a heartwarming historical Christmas novella with a happily ever after ending and no cliffhangers. It is a clean and wholesome story with nothing more than hugs, kisses, and holding hands.