Melissa White couldn’t understand the heartbreaking twists and turns that life had dealt her. Losing her mother at a young age, her father’s new wife hated her with a passion. But when her Papa died a few months later, Melissa was suddenly homeless. With nowhere to go, Melissa did what any other woman of a marriageable age did! She found herself a husband quickly, forgoing all her dreams of marrying for love like her parents once had… until she met her charming groom, Alaric. Alaric Chevalier had once served as a soldier in France, but a bitter spat with a commanding officer suddenly had him reassigned to Lore Valley, contracting the very illness that nearly wiped out the town. Weak, proud, and with a new outlook on life, Alaric realizes that fate has given him a second chance at life and love. *** A sweet and clean romance Mail-Order Bride series that can be read together or individually with a Happily Ever After that is legendary…