Annie Markum grew up with a bible in one hand, and a disapproving father holding the other. At twenty-two, she dared to dream of a different life and risked everything to become a mail order bride. One year later, she finds herself on a friend's doorstep, penniless, pregnant, and a widow. Her husban
Annie Lash
โ Scribed by Dorothy Garlock
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing;Thorndike Press
- Year
- 2001;1995
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
After the death of her parents, Annie Lash yearned for a man she could give her love to completely. Then a young frontiersman offered her a chance to escape her childhood home. When Annie arrives on the frontier, she discovers hostile Indians, river bandits, and a hidden passion that grows as the strong, young man who fought to tame the wild also begins to tame her stubborn heart.
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