Welcome to Romance Sweet Reads! Today, we’re featuring the sixth book in the exciting new series ~ Mail-Order Brides’ First Christmas ~ twenty-one wonderful happily-ever-afters, spread out over the next two-and-a-half months for your reading enjoyment!
Today’s featured story is A Christmas Comfort for Elsie by author Regina Walker.
Cover by Virginia McKevitt of Black Widow Books.
Orphaned at just one-year-old, with her newborn sister, Elsie has grown up scrubbing and cleaning the orphanage in exchange for room and board. Her eighteenth birthday comes with the shocking announcement that she has a husband waiting and she must board the train at once to go meet him.
The headmistress insists on sending Elsie away without allowing her to bid her sister, Eleanor, farewell. Riding the train to Colorado, Elsie’s stomach is in knots, and she wonders where Eleanor what will happen to her sister.
Dr. Clark has had his nose in books ever since he could read. Helping the sick and the injured has been his passion and it has held his focus over finding a wife or creating a family. In the booming Georgetown, Colorado there are plenty of miners but there are few, if any, marital prospects for the good doctor. When Elsie shows up, has no idea why she’s come to be his bride since he’d specifically told his nephew to find him an assistant for his medical practice.
Will the pulse of love start to beat between the doctor and Elsie, or will she run away to try to find her sister?
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August 1870
The words coming from the headmistress’ mouth were gibberish in Elsie’s mind. Sent away? To a waiting husband? In Colorado? She’d only ever known New York. The streets of New York. The orphanage. Begging. Doing odd jobs. Pulling her weight, as the headmistress would often say.
“What about my sister?’ Elsie asked when the short, dark haired woman stopped speaking.
“Can she come with me?” Elsie steadied her gaze on the woman.
“That’s ridiculous. In so many ways you are still such a child.” The headmistress rolled her eyes and turned away from Elsie. “The gentleman didn’t place an ad for two wives.”
“Is she staying here, then?” Elsie studied the backside of the woman who’d been her caretaker for years.
“That’s none of your concern!” Headmistress Hawthorne shouted. She swiveled around and slapped her hands down on her desk. “Go pack your belongings and get ready for the train.”
Elsie wanted to protest, put up a fight, and demand that Eleanor be sent with her, but what good would it do? Her past arguments fell on deaf ears and often got her flogged. She just needed to find Eleanor and tell her where she was going...except the headmistress had left out exactly where in Colorado she was being sent.
“Before I go, can you tell me where I’m going?” Elsie used a softer tone than before.
“You’ll find out when you get to the train station. Now go pack.” Headmistress Hawthorne stared at Elsie with a commanding expression.
“And if I don’t go? If I don’t get on the train?” Elsie narrowed her gaze at the woman standing across the desk from her.
“Excuse me?” Headmistress Hawthorne wasted no time circling the desk and with her finger wagging in Elsie’s face, she said, “You will go pack this instant. And you will get on that train. I’ll see to it myself if I must. But know this, I’ll spare no effort in making your life, and Eleanor’s, miserable if you even attempt to disobey me.”
Regina is an Oklahoma import, although she was born and raised in the beautiful state of Colorado. She likes to curl up on the couch and binge-watch crime shows with her hard-working husband. When she's not wrestling with a writing project, she can be found wrangling their children, riding their horses, or working around their small hobby farm.
You can find all twenty-one books listed on the Amazon Series Page
Thank you so much for joining us today. We invite you to come back every release day to get a sneak peak at the individual books, as well as the occasional exclusive excerpt available only here at Romance Sweet Reads.
Blessings,
Nancy
“Is she staying here, then?” Elsie studied the backside of the woman who’d been her caretaker for years.
“That’s none of your concern!” Headmistress Hawthorne shouted. She swiveled around and slapped her hands down on her desk. “Go pack your belongings and get ready for the train.”
Elsie wanted to protest, put up a fight, and demand that Eleanor be sent with her, but what good would it do? Her past arguments fell on deaf ears and often got her flogged. She just needed to find Eleanor and tell her where she was going...except the headmistress had left out exactly where in Colorado she was being sent.
“Before I go, can you tell me where I’m going?” Elsie used a softer tone than before.
“You’ll find out when you get to the train station. Now go pack.” Headmistress Hawthorne stared at Elsie with a commanding expression.
“And if I don’t go? If I don’t get on the train?” Elsie narrowed her gaze at the woman standing across the desk from her.
“Excuse me?” Headmistress Hawthorne wasted no time circling the desk and with her finger wagging in Elsie’s face, she said, “You will go pack this instant. And you will get on that train. I’ll see to it myself if I must. But know this, I’ll spare no effort in making your life, and Eleanor’s, miserable if you even attempt to disobey me.”
Regina Walker crafts compelling characters facing some of life's hardest challenges. Her heart's desire is to always point toward Jesus through the way her characters face challenges, relationships, and adversity.
Regina is an Oklahoma import, although she was born and raised in the beautiful state of Colorado. She likes to curl up on the couch and binge-watch crime shows with her hard-working husband. When she's not wrestling with a writing project, she can be found wrangling their children, riding their horses, or working around their small hobby farm.
Just in time for the holiday season, wonderfully romantic books from some of your favorite authors. A whole stocking full of heartfelt happily-ever-afters!
You can find all twenty-one books listed on the Amazon Series Page
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Thank you so much for joining us today. We invite you to come back every release day to get a sneak peak at the individual books, as well as the occasional exclusive excerpt available only here at Romance Sweet Reads.
Blessings,
Nancy
What a lovely post. Thank you for celebrating with me!!
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