Alice: Bride of Rhode Island
Paperback
Series: American Mail-Order Brides, Book 13
ISBN13: 9780997665116
Publisher: K. McCaffrey LLC
Published: Jun 20 2016
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Fleeing her stepfather and an arranged marriage in Newport, Alice Endicott finds work as a seamstress at the Brown Textile Mill near Boston. When a devastating fire destroys the factory, she and all the girls face dire unemployment circumstances. But hope arrives when their manager, Roberta McDaniel, shares the Grooms' Gazette with them. Each woman will choose a husband and become a mail-order bride. As Alice's friends-Lottie, Leora, Judith, Beth, Lessie and Josie-embrace the idea, she too becomes caught up in the excitement of a grand new adventure. When fisherman Frank Martel contacts her, Alice can't pass up the opportunity to return to Rhode Island despite her stepfather's presence. Upon arriving at the train station in Tiverton, however, Frank neglects to meet her.
James Martel is shocked to find a woman at the rail depot claiming to be his brother's fiancée. Even more surprising is her connection to a man who ruined James' father years before. When Frank confesses that he can no longer wed Alice, James steps forward to fill the role since the beautiful young woman holds the key to avenging the Martel name.
Can Alice convince her new husband that their marriage is worth saving once she discovers his subterfuge? And will James learn that love is more important than revenge?
A sweet romance set in 1890 America.
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