false 843841 8 Responding to an Advertisement, She Crossed an Ocean to Meet a Total Stranger and Became a Mail-Order Bride-</P><P>Kathleen O'Malley stood on the deck of the <i>Barreth Lily</i> and watched the land she'd called home for more than a dozen years slip from her view. She had thought she would be glad to see the last of it, but she was not. Emotions in turmoil, her whole being yearned to slip from the ship and return to what she knew. Even though Kathleen had not been happy with her situation, it was all she had ever known. As the shoreline faded into the morning mist, her only certainty was that she was bound for America to marry a man whose name she did not even know and whose face she had never seen.</P><P>On the other side of the Atlantic, Donnigan Harrison anxiously awaits Kathleen's arrival on a prairie farm far from her port of arrival in Boston. He has known the wonder of a dream fulfilled a snug frame cabin, the sturdy log barn and outbuildings, a fine herd of livestock, and crops in the field that made his eyes sparkle. Yet Donnigan felt a loneliness on the western frontier that pierced his very soul. With so limited opportunities for finding a wife, the notion of ordering a wife that once seemed unthinkable had come to make some sense. Now that the time has come, Donnigan feels like a small boy waiting for Christmas.</P><P>But Donnigan's anticipation is overshadowed with terrifying uncertainties <i>What have I done?</i> And that question is echoed in Kathleen's heart as she nears the po 1240999 1993 A Bride for Donnigan (Women of the West Series) total:481|5:161|4:130|3:150|2:33|1:7| 481 1848 586 26 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 18:58:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:06:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 22:11:51 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 22:15:52 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 12:42:06 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 12:47:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 21:22:21 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 21:25:54 -0800 2009 3 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:57:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:49:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Mar 27 09:07:21 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:08:37 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jan 16 14:02:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 14:04:08 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 03:58:42 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 02:42:22 -0700 2008
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