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Mary Robinson is in deep trouble. At the end of her rope and with no place to go, she begs Doc Reeves for help, and he comes up with an outrageous plan—find a fella and get married by proxy. Dwight, the brother of her best friend, steps in to fill the bill. Everything will be fine as long as Dwight keeps up his end of the bargain and stays away. No one will know the truth. However, her proxy groom, Dwight Christiansen, soon finds himself in some hot water of his own back home in Louisville. A rich young girl has designs on him and won’t take NO for an answer. Resorting to making up lies about him, she winds up costing him his job. Things escalate to an overwhelming degree and Dwight feels he has no other recourse than to go back on his word and join his wife in Brownville, for a while at least. Surely, she’ll be glad to see him…right? Wrong. Having her absentee proxy husband in town causes all kinds of trouble for Mary. She wishes she could send him back where he came from…if only he wasn’t so darn handsome, funny, sweet, kind, and everything a girl could want in a beau. The problem is—once their agreement is over, he’ll be gone. She simply can’t let down her guard and fall in love with him! At the end of just his first day there, Mary’s heart is already standing at love’s door. Oh, heaven help me! What have I gotten myself into? This is a clean, inspirational romance. The story contains themes of real life, but is suitable for all ages, as it contains no illicit sex or profanity. CLARIFICATION - The man who got Mary pregnant had given her a shot of whiskey and since she hadn't ever drank liquor before, it really lowered her inhibitions. She knew what she was doing, and believing the man's flowery words, she gave herself to him of her own free will - that's why she was so ashamed later. That, however, is not RAPE in the traditional sense of the word. There was no violence or force. Just a bad choice that was later regretted. There is nothing in the story to cause distress. This scene is not 'lived', but told in memory.
Author
Linda Ellen is an historical romance writer who made her debut with Depression Era romance, rich with history, love, heartache, and real life. Linda was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, where she resides with her husband of thirty-eight years She began her writing career penning articles for a small neighborhood newspaper, The Southwest Reporter. In 2009, as a labor of love, she began writing fan fiction, under the pen name Linda4him59, based on the Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman television show, stories that were well received thanks to Linda's talent for upbeat narration, good-natured humor and heart-thumping romance. Twenty-eight short stories and four novels later, she decided to try her hand at writing a ‘real’ novel. The novel Once in a While is loosely based on the author's parents’ romance in the late ‘30’s. Wishing to give her readers the most accurate account of the time, place and mood, she extensively researched details regarding the 1937 flood that incapacitated the entire Ohio Valley. The Flood plays a large part in the early chapters of the book. The local newspaper did a story on her, her mom, and the book - click here: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/... When she isn't busy writing stories to enchant her readers, Linda, a born-again Christian, and her family are faithful and active members of Evangel World Prayer Center in Louisville, KY. She is very involved in the prison ministry at her church, where she is the office manager and in charge of facilitating a large correspondence course operation with a sizable number of volunteers, serving inmates in all 50 states.
