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Mail-Order Matches
A Man To Be Proud Of
Sarah Davis finds herself out of a job when the schoolhouse she taught in was destroyed. With no family or prospects of marriage, she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Traveling to Wyoming Territory, she has every intention to marry Slade Holcomb. Upon arrival, Sarah discovers something about Slade that he didn't mention in his letter. She is shocked and dismayed to discover the truth of her soon-to-be husband. So shocked, that she is uncertain if she can still marry him. As a compromise, Slade gives her one week to decide. She makes a decision and as she adapts to a new life, the feared Wright Gang makes an appearance. In a time of crisis, can Slade and Sarah admit their love?Dear Please note this is sweet, historical romance SHORT STORY of 40 pages.Don't miss Leah's newest Mail-Order Husband story- Riches of the Heart is now available!
39 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 10, 2014
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About the author
Leah Atwood
94 books124 followersLeah is a small-town girl at heart and currently lives in a rural town in South Louisiana, though Maryland will always be home. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in International Business but gave up a career in sales and marketing to follow love, a decision she's never regretted.
Always a dreamer, she loves to think of times gone by and discover what the American West was really like as the frontier was bring tamed. Because time-travel doesn't really exist, she uses her stories as an outlet to transport back in time and experience the days of old. Never one to ignore inspiration, she is also branching out into contemporary romance.
Her works have reached best-seller status and have topped the categories of Western and Inspirational Romance. She gives thanks to God for blessing her with the amazing opportunity to share her faith in a way to inspire people and bring a smile to their faces.
10 Random Facts about Leah
1) Her favorite book is A Moveable Feast
2) She was once in a governor's inaugural parade
3) Her daughter and she share the same initials
4) Diet soda is her coffee. Every morning must with a glass of the fizzy beverage.
5) On the day of her daughter's birth, Leah's family was so excited they ran out to the car and locked all the keys inside the house. Her husband had to break in the house through a window before they could leave for the hospital
6) She loves to garden despite her black thumb
7) When Leah was a kid, she and her cousin would write their own songs
8) Her favorite movie is Gone with the Wind
9) Holidays bring out her inner child
10) She has a mild obsession with anything pumpkin
Always a dreamer, she loves to think of times gone by and discover what the American West was really like as the frontier was bring tamed. Because time-travel doesn't really exist, she uses her stories as an outlet to transport back in time and experience the days of old. Never one to ignore inspiration, she is also branching out into contemporary romance.
Her works have reached best-seller status and have topped the categories of Western and Inspirational Romance. She gives thanks to God for blessing her with the amazing opportunity to share her faith in a way to inspire people and bring a smile to their faces.
10 Random Facts about Leah
1) Her favorite book is A Moveable Feast
2) She was once in a governor's inaugural parade
3) Her daughter and she share the same initials
4) Diet soda is her coffee. Every morning must with a glass of the fizzy beverage.
5) On the day of her daughter's birth, Leah's family was so excited they ran out to the car and locked all the keys inside the house. Her husband had to break in the house through a window before they could leave for the hospital
6) She loves to garden despite her black thumb
7) When Leah was a kid, she and her cousin would write their own songs
8) Her favorite movie is Gone with the Wind
9) Holidays bring out her inner child
10) She has a mild obsession with anything pumpkin
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July 24, 2017
4.25 Stars
January 27, 2014
The story telling flow of this little tale was all wrong. I liked both the main characters, Sarah and Slade, and thought their story together had great potential & to be honest too much depth for a novella. However it felt like someone had taken a longer book and chopped big chunks out of it to make a novella, but skipped over the critical high points of romance. It ploughs straight into 'oh by the way they got married, got it on & fell in love while we weren't watching, but now I'm going to tell you about making bread and rounding up cows because *that's* important'. Huh?! The thing is the story has so much potential I'd love to see the author start over & have a crack at a full length novel for Sarah and Slade.
January 8, 2015
Predictable mail order bride romance...still I enjoyed it. It was a light, short and clean read. I liked the characters although they could have been developed more. The intro caught my attention but then the romance was really rushed. There was an outside plot which I appreciated.
September 2, 2019
Great read
Short and sweet easy to read quickly. but would like to see them longer to paint a picture of their life together ❤Carmen
Short and sweet easy to read quickly. but would like to see them longer to paint a picture of their life together ❤Carmen
March 14, 2014
This was Love at first sight
This was my first reading by Leah Atwood but it will not be my last! I intend to buy more after I release my review. I enjoyed reading this first clean and wholesome story. I got excited thinking what it may have been like to know how it was to live in the days of respect for what you were and the hard work to it took to make a life then. Today there is too much evil to trust making a decision of this magnitude sight unseen.
This was my first reading by Leah Atwood but it will not be my last! I intend to buy more after I release my review. I enjoyed reading this first clean and wholesome story. I got excited thinking what it may have been like to know how it was to live in the days of respect for what you were and the hard work to it took to make a life then. Today there is too much evil to trust making a decision of this magnitude sight unseen.
November 1, 2014
I enjoyed the first half of the book, although there were some grammar and spelling issues. However, then it felt as if the story fell off a cliff edge - we jump from the mail order bride getting off the train and meeting her groom for the first time, to them having been married for two weeks.
As hard as I tried, I could not engage with the rest of the story after a big chunk of it seemed to be missing.
As hard as I tried, I could not engage with the rest of the story after a big chunk of it seemed to be missing.
May 25, 2016
Going in, I knew it was a short story. And I'm proud at the story the author was able to write in such a short space. A man who was 1/4 Lakota worried that no woman from the East would have him when she realized he was Indian (he wore his hair long to show his Lakota heritage). And when Sarah stepped off the train, she was shocked and he was disappointed.
I can't revel too much of the story, but I thought it was sweet - even a bit of suspense put into the story!
I can't revel too much of the story, but I thought it was sweet - even a bit of suspense put into the story!
November 16, 2014
Ha sido excesivamente corta. Tan corta y tan apresurada que apenas te da tiempo a conectar ni con la historia, ni con los personajes. No me ha gustado, me ha estresado que todo haya ido tan rápido, tan ligero y tan a la ligera para llegar al final… no sé qué hay de malo en escribir un capítulo más y dejar que la historia fluya…
Una pena…
Una pena…
February 25, 2014
Excellent
Another excellent short story by Leah Atwood. I felt this one could have used a little more story but it was still an awesome book.
Another excellent short story by Leah Atwood. I felt this one could have used a little more story but it was still an awesome book.
January 30, 2015
I enjoy the difference between people of
Difference races living in the wild west and making work between them. I give
It a five star rating thank you.
Difference races living in the wild west and making work between them. I give
It a five star rating thank you.
June 7, 2015
Sweet story, quick read.
November 15, 2016
Nice short read
An enjoyable half-hour escape. Sweet. I look forward to reading more short stories by Ms. Atwood. Can safely be read by all ages.
An enjoyable half-hour escape. Sweet. I look forward to reading more short stories by Ms. Atwood. Can safely be read by all ages.
March 30, 2020
Slade and Sarah-
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