



Nellie
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4.2 • 815 Ratings
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Nellie Wallace is a young widow with two children. In post civil-war New York, the men are scarce and none want the burden of a wife with children. Her dead husband's family is wealthy, and cruel. Desperate to escape their influence, and eager for a home, a husband, and a stable life for her children, Nellie decides to make a new life in San Francisco as a mail order bride.
Saloon owner Blake Malone is a bachelor and likes it that way. He worked hard for everything he has, but the San Francisco City Council won’t approve his plans to build a family emporium unless he is a family man himself. The solution? A mail order bride from New York who will bring him a ready-made family, stability, and the council's approval.
Blake expects his future wife to care for his home and, other than helping him impress the city council, to stay out of his business. He expects life as usual. What he gets is an unexpected desire to win Nellie's heart, a dangerous threat to his new bride, and a rich benefactor determined to steal his new family out from under him. Blake believed his battle for success a hard one. But he will discover that the battle to win Nellie's heart and keep his family safe is going to take everything he's got.
Customer Reviews
Good plausible plot
Interesting. Historically accurate. Not crazy about such detailed sexual encounters, but at least they were married! I’m glad the plot is plausible without any ‘cat pulled out of the hat’ episodes. The Greeks called it something else. Anyhow, overall pleasing experience.
Soppy
Juvenile superficial writing. Boring stilted
Must read
Love love ❤️ this book, I finished it in one sitting.