Rose's Destiny — Rosie Attwood

It’s 1868 and the terrible Civil War took many eligible men to their graves. The whole nation was badly affected, the East hardest of all. In Boston, Massachusetts, Asa Mercer tried to solve the problem of two-hundred Boston, desperate mail-order brides by sending them to the West looking for husband, and hopefully love.Can courage coupled with fate, be enough to overcome unforeseen risks in order to find lasting love out in the West for Rose Glisson?Rich, beautiful, with a high social standing, but lacking in social skills, Rose knows NOTHING about LOVE except her DREAM to live on the farms despite objections from her parents.You’re safe right here in Boston,” said Hardin, Rose’s dad. Hardin grew up on his dad’s Wingate Farm. Wingate loved his granddaughter and often asked Rose to visit, but Hardin refused each time. Why?At the aged of twenty-three, Rose dreams of working and living on a farm. She loves the outdoors, and takes ever chance to go horse-riding to escape the clutches of the congested city life.Upon her grandfather's death, everything changes...The Government will take over her grandfather's farm unless Rose is willing to marry a farmer within the farm's region soon, very soon...Retaining what was left of the farm was her grandfather last wish and the MOST IMPORTANT LEGACY in her life.However, the thought of marrying a stranger, a farmer within the region fast TERRIFIES her.Lyle Cunningham, aged twenty-seven, is a young, strong, tanned horse trainer and farmer who only loves horses and lives on Wingate Farm.He likes to participate in horse-racing, and is only interested in regular girls, not society dames. Attached but single, he’ll never be interested in Rose, even if she has control of Wingate Farm. Then, love charges into his life in a flash of true concern and desire.For Lyle and Rose, their Western adventure will come to a full stop if she doesn’t married and soon! Lyle must decide whom he love more: the woman he knows now or the unknown woman who controls his livelihood and dreams.Can Rose find her mail order husband IN TIME? Will Wingate Farm SURVIVE?Will Lyle recognize Rose desire is not a marriage-for-profit, but for TRUE LOVE and COMMITMENT?Can Rose find a man willing to put aside his, huge, male ego and accept a woman in charge?