Julianne MacLean
Madeline Oxley has been ruined by a scandal through no fault of her own, and her future looks bleak. When a gentleman from her past requests that she set sail for the New World to become his wife, she jumps at the chance to become a mail order bride and marry the man she has loved since she was a girl.,Adam Coates was a mere tenant farmer when he left England for the British Colony of Nova Scotia, but now he is a prosperous and influential landowner. What Madeline doesnâ€™t know is that her father has hoodwinked them bothâ€”for the bride Adam truly wanted was her beautiful, older sister, Dianaâ€”his first love. When Madeline steps off the ship with romantic dreams of her long-awaited happily-ever-after, she is shocked and dismayed to discover the truth. Madeline is furious with her father for his treachery, but she has sailed across an ocean to an unfamiliar land and must remain, at least temporarily, under the protection of the man she still lovesâ€”the man who still intends to wed her sister.,Over the coming weeks, as their friendship deepens and grows, will Adam come to realize that heâ€™d set his heart on the wrong sister all along? Or will it be too late to find the happiness they both desire?
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Adam's Promise