A substitute bride? Is this a cruel hoax? Anna Martin finds herself in this insidious position after losing her job. Dayne Pengelly’s prized cattle have been stolen. To get them back, he needs to leave his ranch and his daughter, Frankie. A mail-order bride seemed the perfect solution, until the woman who is supposed to marry him, refuses to do so. Miss Anna Martin is dispatched as a replacement, and Dayne is desperate enough to accept her. If Anna wants to do more than just care for little Frankie, she must first win the trust of the child. If she can’t do this, how can she ever hope to win the rancher’s heart?
Author
Margaret Tanner is an award winning, best selling author. As well as writing historical novels set in frontier Australia she has discovered a love for writing Western Romance. Her novella, Edwina of Connecticut is one of the 50 novels in the American Mail Order Bride series. Christmas Cowboy is in the Western Christmas Anthology, Silver Belles And Stetsons. . She has had numerous short stories published over the years, but writing Historical romance novels is her passion. Her favourite historical period is the 1st World War. Not only has she painstakingly researched this era, but was fortunate enough to make a poignant pilgrimage to the battlefields of Gallipoli (in Turkey), France and Belgium. She is married with three grown up sons, and two gorgeous grand-daughters. Margaret lives in Australia. She has recently retired from work, and hopes to concentrate on her writing.
