Duchess on the Run by Christa Fairchild
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: December 2005
- Publisher: Vintage Romance Publishing
- Format: Paperback, 348pp
- ISBN-13: 9780977010745
- ISBN: 0977010740
Synopsis
Betrayed and lonely, Elizabeth flees war-torn England for America and answers an ad for a mail-order bride. Graham is desperate for companionship, needs a caring person to share his lonely nights on the Nebraska prairie and help raise his children. Can a debutante find happiness with a hog farmer?
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December 05, 2006: Elizabeth Edwards has lived the embodiment of a privileged life. All the money in the world can't secure the heart of her affianced lord though, and she flees England when his betrayal cuts too close to home. When she takes refuge in the Boston home of her grandparents, not even an ocean is enough to thwart his increasingly disturbing actions. An ad out of Nebraska for a mail order bride catches her eye. She knows the man penning it might be the means to her salvation. Through many heartfelt and cautious letters, she begins to know this steadfast and seemingly quiet man. Graham Ballard needs a wife, pure and simple. His first attempt at marriage was a disaster in all ways except his two children, but he doggedly pursues another through the mail. The only answer to his missive, a young lady of obviously genteel origins, intrigues him like no other ever has. Despite this, can she survive the vast loneliness the long winters and cold nights induce? Graham has reached the end of his tolerance for the wretched emotion and he invites the young miss to visit. Will the shadows of his former marriage haunt his and Elizabeth's budding feelings? Even more alarming, will the long hand of her oppressive duke shake their tenuous beginnings? Author Fairchild makes it abundantly clear what makes this novel a winner from the very first page--it's marvelous characters and their riveting emotions. Rarely do we see the time taken to delve into the hero's depths as Ms. Fairchild does with Graham. Failure can be a crippling force, one Graham feels almost everyday until Elizabeth bursts into his cold Nebraska nights, and filling them instead with a warmth and vitality he feared long dead. For one so young, Elizabeth displays an amazing intuition or those around her and her and Graham's attraction is endearingly sweet and then blazingly hot at alternating times, tipping the emotional scales from one end to the other. There is a marvelous setup for a sequel involving Elizabeth's brother, one I can't wait to read! Bravo to a wonderful, heartwarming romance that has remained in my memory since reading the first page. Highly recommended for those relaxed, treat filled weekends.
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November 10, 2006: Christa Fairchild?s debut novel marks this author as one to watch. Elizabeth and Graham are the heroine and hero of this historical, which takes place during the last years of WWI. The story opens in England, moves to Boston and then to Nebraska. Elizabeth discovers Barnard Frederick, Marquess of Bridgechester, the man she and all society thought she?d one day marry, is a morally corrupt cad. Tired of seeing pity in everyone?s eyes, Elizabeth travels to Boston to live with her grandparents. While there, her grandmother circles an ad for a mail-order bride. Elizabeth is not pleased to learn Barnard still intends to wed her and make her his duchess. She responds to the ad. Graham once before married a woman by mail-order. The result was disastrous, except for the two children produced. Now a widower, Graham craves companionship and the warmth of a good woman. Because of the fear she might be abducted and returned to England and forced to marry Barnard, Elizabeth travels to Nebraska, surprising Graham. Both are immediately taken with the other. Before long, doubts surface. Elizabeth, daughter of an earl, wonders if she can be happy with no maid or cook, doing the chores expected of her?and married to a hog farmer. Graham has difficulty believing Elizabeth is as good as she seems. Didn?t his first wife appear perfect at first? I enjoyed how the author brought in WWI history and made it integral to the novel, yet didn?t overwhelm the reader, and how she brought up important, basic questions not usually seen in romance novels. Duchess on the Run is a sweet, delightful romance and I look forward to reading more from this author. I recommend this book.
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