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A Bargain Struck

A Bargain Struck

Author(s): Liz Harris

Location(s): Wyoming

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1880s

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Widower Connor Maguire advertises for a wife to raise his young daughter, Bridget, work the homestead and bear him a son.

Ellen O’Sullivan longs for a home, a husband and a family. On paper, she is everything Connor needs in a wife. However, it soon becomes clear that Ellen has not been entirely truthful.

Will Connor be able to overlook Ellen’s dishonesty and keep to his side of the bargain? Or will Bridget’s resentment, the attentions of the beautiful Miss Quinn, and the arrival of an unwelcome visitor, combine to prevent the couple from starting anew?

As their personal feelings blur the boundaries of their deal, they begin to wonder if a bargain struck makes a marriage worth keeping.

Set in Wyoming in 1887, a story of a man and a woman brought together through need, not love …

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It’s been awhile since I ve read a historical novel set in the Old West and I m glad I found A Bargain Struck. It s a sweet story of two people both healing...

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