Please note: This is narrated by AI.
Eric Johnson has been writing to his mail-order bride for months, and at long last, the day sheโs due to arrive has come. Only, the young lady who comes off the stagecoach isnโt at all what he expected. She's homely in appearance, and she has an orphan child with her.ย ย
However, he is a man of his word, so he's going to marry her. He had enjoyed their correspondence over the past year, after all, and really, initial impressions arenโt everything. But when the preacher pronounces them husband and wife, he finds out sheโs the wrong lady.ย
Caroline Bentonโs just as shocked as he is, not realizing sheโd gotten off at the wrong town and followed the wrong man home. Why, oh why, didnโt she think to ask him his name? Now she and the orphan child she brought with her are stuck in a strange town with a man whoโd been waiting for someone else.
She canโt imagine heโs at all happy to be paired up with her for the rest of his life. Not only is she rather unattractive, but she doesn't know the first thing about housekeeping. Just what is she supposed to do to convince him itโs not the end of the world that he married the wrong mail-order bride?
Ruth Ann Nordin has written almost 100 romances. Most are historical westerns and Regencies. For more information about her and her books, go to https://