1876. Bachelor Hector Dawes owns the stagecoach business in Paradise, Iowa; but it's also next door to his overbearing mother's, Lizzy Dawes, dress and garment shop. Hector's bachelor routine is thrown into disarray when Lizzy puts out an ad for a mail-order bride on Hector's behalf, without his knowledge. Stubbornness and sparks run amok when young Mabel Lynn arrives in Paradise, thinking her future is secure... Book 2 in the Brides Of Paradise mail order bride series BUT can also be read as a standalone novelette!

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