Heidi Vanlandingham

The Woodworker's Mail-Order Bride Heidi Vanlandingham

Can a handsome bachelor running from his past slow down long enough to fall in love? Ashamed of his criminal past, Anthony Trevain is living the solitary life he wants, but when he finds himself raising his orphaned younger sister, he's forced to take a bride. Marriage to Rebecca is nothing like he thought, each day a struggle as he tries to keep his past a secret and his wife at arms' length. To provide for his new family, he must accept a job from the one man who could put him back in the criminal life. To escape the clutches of her society-driven mother, Rebecca Townsend flees Baltimore as a mail-order bride. When she arrives in the mining town of Creede, Colorado, nothing is as she thought it would be. Rebecca falls in love with the stranger she married, but does Anthony love her enough to make their marriage work? A series of incidents puts Rebecca and Anthony, their family, and friends in grave danger. Will their new family be torn apart before they can come together?