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In Want of a Wife
Jo Goodman · Bitter Springs #3
A desperate New York woman answers a mail-order bride ad — but her Wyoming rancher doesn't think she's up to the job.
Description
She has nowhere left to turn... Jane Middlebourne needs a way out. In 1891, life in New York is unforgiving for a young woman with no prospects, especially when her family wants nothing to do with her. So when Jane discovers an ad for a mail-order bride needed in Bitter Springs, Wyoming, she responds with a hopeful heart. He has everything to lose... Rancher Morgan Longstreet is in want of a wife who will be his partner at Morning Star, someone who will work beside him and stand by him. His first impression of the fair and fragile Jane is that she is not that woman. But when she sets out to prove him wrong, the secrets he cannot share put into jeopardy every happiness they hope to find....
Bitter Springs series
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