The past clashes with the present to jeopardize their future.
Fiona Quigley's parents came to America for a better life, but illness and the Civil War took them from her. Now, she's barely scraping by as a seamstress to Boston's elite. A chance for a new start arises in the form of being a mail-order bride, but to her dismay, she must marry the man by proxy. Once they're wed, there will be no turning back.
After being jailed one too many times for protesting against the Unionists in Ireland, Keegan O'Rourke heads for America-land of the free. He takes advantage of the Homestead Act to create a farm in his new country, but he has no one to share his success, so he advertises for a mail-order bride. They wed by proxy, but after she arrives, he discovers his Irish lass hails from the northern reaches of the Emerald Isle - the very area he fled.
History, intrigue, and romance will keep you turning pages in this addition to the exciting Proxy Bride serie
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