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Add this copy of The Mail-Order Brides to cart. $4.99, very good condition, Sold by TheWellHouse rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Springs, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Harlequin Books.
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Very good. Same as picture, Ships First Class from Nevada, faint spine creases, tight pages, 4/19. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Harlequin Historical, 589. Audience: General/trade.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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This book really spoke to me; the main and secondary characters were well-developed and the location was an added bonus. The story begins in April 1899, in a mainland city not far from St. Brides Island, North Carolina. Dora Sutton's life has unraveled in a matter of a few days.
Her father entered into a risky venture and lost the family fortune; unable to handle the shame, he killed himself. Dora's fiancé dumped her after seducing her and told others she was a loose woman. Lawyers and creditors were crawling over Doras home and she had to leave; even the citizens were shunning her.
She saw an offer for marriage and received passage to St. Brides Island. Upon arrival, Grey St. Bride told Dora she wasn't good enough. Horrified, Dora doesn't know what to do. As she's walking back to the dock, a man calls her to help him; Emmett Meeks has fallen from his perch (working on the roof) to the ground. With some difficulty, Dora and Emmett struggle to get him inside.
Dora sees that Emmett isn't well enough to care for himself for a few days. Dora stays to cook and take care of him. Unfortunately, Dora has never learned to cook. It was totally charming when Emmett offers her his dead wife's cookbook; he eats and compliments Dora on each of her culinary disasters.
It was so heartrending to hear Emmett admit to Dora that he had several medical problems and did not want to be alone anymore. Eventually, he asks her to marry him as a way to protect her with his property and small bank account. When Grey gets back from visiting his brother, he erupts because he thinks Dora has twisted Emmett to her needs. He starts watching Emmett and Dora and discovers that they laugh, talk and help each other.
When tragedy strikes, I cried along with the characters. This hasn't happened in many years; I was stunned by my reaction and total immersion in the book. I read it from cover to cover in one night; I just could not stop reading. The author has a way with words and writes beautiful scenes.
