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Becky Lower
Basil Fitzpatrick was born
into a life of privilege. In 1856, at 23 years of age, he is the owner of the
St. Louis branch of the family banking business. He has his pick of the ladies
and life by the horns. Temperance Jones and her family are far from privileged.
Her father is a circuit-riding preacher from Pennsylvania. But the rumblings of
a war between the North and the South force the preacher to move his family to
Oregon rather than to take up arms against his fellow man. However, hardship
and sickness have slowed their pace, and they are forced to spend the winter in
St. Louis, waiting for the next wagon trains to leave in the spring.
Basil is drawn to the large
family the moment they roll into town, partly because they remind him of his
own big family in New York. But also because of the eldest daughter,
Temperance. She is a tiny, no-nonsense spitfire who is bent on fulfilling her
father’s wish to get the family safely to Oregon. Basil is only interested in
finding a mistress, not a wife. He knows if he allows Temperance into his
heart, he is accepting the obligation of her entire family and their quest to
settle in Oregon. He wants Temperance like he has wanted no other, but the
burden of her family may be too much for him. And he can’t have one without the
other.
Banking on Temperance
Can't wait to read this, Becky.
ReplyDeleteI am a huge Becky Lower fan! All her books in the Cotillion Series have been excellent, and I am looking forward to finishing this one :-D
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