She had nowhere to go. Her future was suddenly uncertain, and she was afraid and confused.When Emily’s mother decides to marry, her fiancé says that twenty year old Emily needs to find a new place to live before the wedding. Emily has always been exceedingly shy and has no idea what to do. She runs across an advertisement for mail order brides and responds, hoping to find a good situation. Filled with trepidation, she boards a train for Minnesota, leaving all she knows and loves behind.Benjamin lost the love of his life just months ago, and he and his girls need a new mama in their house. He doesn't plan to love again because he's already given his heart to a woman who was perfect for him. Marrying a stranger seems the perfect way to guard his heart because she can be a mother to his girls without being someone he loves.After Emily's arrival, her new mother-in-law makes it clear Emily isn't good enough to be married to her son, and Benjamin would have been better off marrying the young woman his mother chose for him.Emily falls in love with the girls almost immediately, but her mother-in-law is frightening and cruel. Will she be able to get past the way she is treated? Or will their marriage fail shortly after it starts?
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