The Deserving Bride (Damaged Widows, Brides & Babies Series)

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Liza Donavan is thirty-six years old and new to the massive state of Texas, a widow created by the war and struggling to raise her baby daughter. Liza and Lilly have come to stay with Liza’s sister, who had come west as a mail order bride and found happiness on a ranch. Although writing to a man in Colorado with the same intention, she is reluctant to marry a stranger and decides to take some time to think it over first. The visit with her sister turns out to be the best decision of her life, although it almost costs her everything she most holds dear.

She meets her sister’s brother-in-law, a handsome and rugged man named Russell who is immediately favored by her baby daughter. At first she is grateful for his friendship, but when more begins to develop between them, she is hesitant to admit it. When he steps in during the most frightening moment of her life, she has no choice except to tell him the truth…

“Why do you care? I thought that was what you wanted – to have a wife and children.” Liza laughed painfully.

“I would never use you like that,” the man sounded indignant.

“You never said anything…” she said, the accusation evident in her voice.

“You never told me what you think…” he responded in kind.

“Okay,” Liza almost shouted at him. “This is going nowhere. Tell me, what do you want?”

“I told you, I want you to be happy.”

“And I told you that that is not going to happen just like that.”

Russell Rogers cannot understand the changes springing into place around him, and he’s afraid that they’ll forever be imbedded in his mind. He’d planned to find a wife, and seems to have a few new options with a beautiful neighbor and his sister-in-law’s beloved sister, but they are very different women. One is ruthless and cunning, willing to go to unspeakable lengths to secure a marriage of financial stability. The other is kind and loving, taking in an orphaned child named Daniel when her own situation is so precarious.

The marked differences between the two, in addition to advice from his brother, lead Russell to marry the pretty widow, caring for her children and considering them his own. When the evil woman attempts to steal away the baby in order to get his attention, he will stop at nothing to rescue her, determined to salvage happiness for his little family. After all, he has a secret that he now knows he must share with Liza, a secret that will change their lives forever…

Will Liza allow love to find her once again, or will she draw the line at affection and friendship with Russell?

Can Russell break through Liza’s walls of stubbornness, and will his secret finally be the catalyst to their future together?