The Mail Order Groom: A Novel - Softcover

Chastain, Sandra

9780553580501: The Mail Order Groom: A Novel

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ISBN 10: 0553580507 ISBN 13: 9780553580501

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 2002

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Tired of the disruptions caused by beautiful Melissa Grayson among the men of Silver Wind, the town mayor insists that Melissa choose a husband or have one chosen for her, but when Lucky Lawrence, a gambler pursued by a notorious outlaw, arrives in town, he finds himself mistaken for Melissa's supposed fiancT, a position he is only too happy to fulfill. Original.

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About the Author

Sandra Chastain has published twenty-five novels under the Loveswept imprint. Not only is she the author of more than forty books, she is also one of the co-founders of BelleBooks, along with many other well-known authors. Over the years her work has received many accolades, including the Maggie Award for writing excellence.

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In Motion . . .

Stunning Melissa Grayson, a veritable Helen of Troy in the Wild West, will do anything to satisfy her one burning passion--teaching art and poetry to the children at Grayson Academy, the private school left to her by her beloved father. But it isn’t easy when every trip she makes into town drives the unmarried men into a frenzy of fisticuffs in their attempts to win her hand. Exasperated by the civil unrest caused by Melissa’s beauty, the local clergy and sheriff finally give her an ultimatum: marriage or jail, the latter of which would surely mean the end of her school.

Prepared to make any sacrifice for her students, Melissa writes her pen pal in New York, James Harold Pickney IV, a sickly, sensitive scholar. Together they agree to forge a platonic marriage whose real commitment will be to the cause of education.

Plainspoken Passion . . .

When he’s not hightailing it from one of his many mi

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