The Bartered Bride
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Can true love result from a business deal?
Jonathan Kennebrae is furious when his grandfather informs him that his future has been decided. He will marry Melissa Brooke or lose his inheritance.
Melissa, too, is devastated when her parents make their announcement. As little more than a bargaining chip in her father’s business maneuvers, she feels her secure world slipping away.
Can Jonathan and Melissa find a way out of this loveless marriage, or must they find a way forward together?
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2 primary booksKennebrae Brides is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Erica Vetsch.
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A fun short book about a man who's ordered by his grandfather to marry—or else. It's set in 1905 in Minnesota; elderly Abraham Kennebrae is a shipping magnate and intends to divide his fortune among his three grandsons, but only after they marry the young ladies he chooses for them.
Jonathan Kennebrae's outrage over the arrangement is huge, but pretty soon he is finding admiration for beautiful, determined Melissa. What if he does let his grandfather win this round? But many other things are about to happen...
I'm often hearing about the suffrage movement in historical books about this era, though in period novels it wasn't often in the forefront. This was one of the more engaging and interesting representations of it, and one of the least stereotypical.
