Charity — Sylvia McDaniel

In Angel Creek, Second Chances Come Wrapped in Holiday MiraclesAfter the Civil War, five women from Charleston, desperate to escape their pasts, answer an ad in the Groom's Gazette for mail-order brides. Charity Kingston must flee or face a life in a brothel. But even in Angel Creek, Montana, her fiery Irish temper and lingering debts threaten to catch up with her. The brothel owner she escaped is determined to collect.Lewis Brown, fresh from the military and hiding under a false identity, takes over a saloon, never expecting a mail-order bride to arrive for his new persona. As their secrets unravel and Christmas approaches, Lewis and Charity must confront their pasts or lose their chance at happiness.In a town where second chances are rare, they'll need more than love to survive—they'll need a Christmas miracle.