by Mary Burton
So, she’d taken matters into her own hands. She’d placed an ad in the San Francisco Morning Chronicle.
Hilda tapped her finger on the assortment of letters on her desk. She’d received three dozen letters from women interested in marrying Holden, but none had stood out like Rose O’Neil.
Yes, sir. Rose O’Neil and Holden would make a fine couple.
A fine couple indeed.
ISBN: 978-1-4592-4006-3
THE UNEXPECTED WIFE
Copyright © 2004 by Mary T. Burton
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