A Mail Order Bride For Christmas
By Cia Leah
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Sweet western romance short story.
Nora Crandle travels west to meet her future husband, Clay Denton. She's a little nervous about being a mail order bride, but figures it's the only option she has, or be an old maid. She's also concerned that she will never be able to replace Clay's late wife in his heart.
Clay is anxious to meet his future bride. After his wife passed, he put life on hold for five long years, shutting out family and friends. He wants a wife at Christmas to bring the holiday to life again and hopes to put his late wife's memories in the past where they belong.
Cia Leah
Cia Leah is a multi-published author written in a variety of genres. Her favorite genre to read and write are westerns and historical romances. She successfully completed the Writer's Digest Short Story Course and a creative writing course. She is a member of Romance Divas and highly recommends it and the wealth of knowledge provided on the site for readers and writers. Semi-retired, she writes as time allows due to real life and thanks her readers for their support. At present time, she is writing western short stories, novelettes, and novellas.
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A Mail Order Bride For Christmas - Cia Leah
A MAIL ORDER BRIDE FOR CHRISTMAS
BY CIA LEAH
COPYRIGHT – 2017 – CIA LEAH
This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental.
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Nora Crandle held her lace-edged handkerchief to her nose wishing her journey were over. She comforted herself that they were on the last leg of the trip to Blue Creek. At that thought, her hand trembled as she tried to keep the dust at bay that seeped into the stage. She was a mail order bride, and soon to meet her intended.
Thoughts of the letters that she’d exchanged with her husband to be filled her mind and her heart. Clay Denton seemed to be a sincere man, hard working all his life, and was lonesome. His wife passed five years before and he said it took him a long time to come to terms with it. He wanted a wife to stand beside him in his later years. She smiled at that thought. Forty years old was not that ancient, but his letters made him seem older. It didn’t bother her that he was eight years older than she. Her chances of marrying back home were slim. The only man who ever offered was Charles Greedy, the town banker. When her aunt died, Nora learned she was the sole heir, and quite wealthy, which she figured was the reason Charles offered to marry her in the first place. She kept that