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    Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon: Sun River Brides, #9
    Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon: Sun River Brides, #9
    Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon: Sun River Brides, #9
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    Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon: Sun River Brides, #9

    By Karla Gracey

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    Alberta Freemont, the daughter of a prominent Boston politician knows all about the need to marry well and that love isn't always a consideration. Yet, she finds herself alone and with no husband as her friends are all beginning to marry and have children. Longing for a child of her own, she is prepared to take matters in to her own hands, but will she find more than she bargained for in the wilds of Montana?

    Gideon MacAlpine wants to be Governor of Montana, but he doesn't want a wife. He loves his bachelor life, but will the public ever trust a man who cannot even commit to one woman? Feeling the pressure to conform, he prays that a solid political match will suit his needs, but will he find that he wants more after all?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKarla Gracey Books
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9781536557749
    Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon: Sun River Brides, #9

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      Mail Order Bride - A Bride for Gideon - Karla Gracey

      Mail Order Bride

      A Bride for Gideon

      Sun River Brides: Book 9

      Karla Gracey

      Contents

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

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      Chapter One

      Get me Aaron Simmons. Now! Gideon demanded. His clerk looked petrified; his eyes were wide and he shuffled his feet anxiously. Damn it man, I am not a demon. Please stop acting as though I am. Just get my campaign adviser here, and quickly. The poor man continued to stand in front of him, wringing his hands. Do you not understand English? Oh, forget it. I will find him myself. He barged past the young man and rushed along the corridor. He was beginning to wonder if there was anybody he could trust to actually get any work done He was surrounded by idiots.

      Aaron? he yelled as he poked his head round each of the doors.

      Do calm yourself Gideon, the handsome ex-journalist said with a smile. He was always so infuriatingly chipper, and nothing ever seemed to worry him. But, Gideon was sure that this time he had a problem his bright-as-a-button campaign manager might not be able to solve for him.

      To start with, who is that fool you assigned to be my clerk?

      Alfie Cahill. He is a wonder with a typewriter, Aaron said. He is a little nervous, seems to go into shock if you speak too loudly at him, but I have never known a more conscientious worker.

      You should have warned me, Gideon admonished him. I think I have probably just scared him half to death in that case.

      He’ll get over it. I warned him you might get a little heated on occasion. Now, what has gotten you worked up this time my friend?

      This. He handed Aaron a newspaper. The headline was bold, and it made him cringe. ‘Can you trust this man?’ The columnist had gone on to deliver a damning personal profile, most of which was untrue.

      I had hoped that we might not have to deal with something like this, here in Montana, Aaron admitted as he looked up to look Gideon straight in the eye. Gardener is known for his overly critical portraits of political candidates. I thought he was working for the Globe in Boston, but I should have known he wouldn’t let any governor’s race escape his eye.

      But it isn’t true!

      It doesn’t have to be. It is an opinion piece. He is commenting about his own personal bias. The problem is that people like him, and read his columns most avidly. His opinion has a lot of sway. Aaron’s voice was calm, his demeanor gave nothing away. Gideon simply couldn’t believe that this hadn’t rattled him, but he was doing a very good job of hiding it.

      So what do I do? Why aren’t you more worried about this?

      For a number of reasons really. Firstly, because I believe that people here in Montana are unlikely to read the East Coast newspapers too often. Secondly of those that do, few will be impressed with this kind of posturing, and finally because there is a very simple thing we can do to get him to change his mind.

      How do you come to such conclusions? Aaron said incredulously, raising an eyebrow quizzically. No, I don’t think I want to know, am sure it is best if I don’t. But I am intrigued. What is the single thing I need to do? You know I will do anything!

      Be careful who hears you saying something like that my friend, he said with a smile. You need to get married.

      Married, Gideon spluttered, his knees felt as though they might give way. It certainly wasn’t the response he had been expecting. Bribe a few newspaper men to write rebuttal pieces, ignore the comments, make a grand declaration maybe, but not marriage! But, why?

      Because, when you read between the lines of all his complaints against you in that piece of drivel, that is precisely what he is saying. He doesn’t trust you because you aren’t married and do not have the unquestioning support of a loving wife with the right connections. You are suspect because you stand out.

      I don’t have time to court a woman, marry her and fight a gubernatorial campaign Aaron! And, I hate to say it but there aren’t exactly a lot of women in Sun River for me to choose from, nor do I really wish to be wed.

      She doesn’t have to be from Sun River. She can come from anywhere in the country, Aaron said with a grin. Do you dislike women, or just the idea of matrimony?

      You are enjoying this aren’t you? And of course I like women, you know that if anybody does!

      "It is definitely amusing. The idea that the most honest and hardworking candidate I have ever met, as

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