Ione's Dilemma — Linda Carroll-Bradd

GRANDMA'S WEDDING QUILTS: Eleven Sweet Western Historical Romance Novellas and Novels from Eleven USA Today Bestselling, Amazon Bestselling, and Award-Winning Authors. This is book 8 in the series.

Grandma Mary's traditional gift to each of her grandchildren: hand-pieced and hand-stitched quilts. Made with love and woven with memories, wisdom, and a family legacy of enduring love.
When Ione Forrester calls off her wedding, she becomes the social pariah of Des Moines. Much to her society parents' chagrin. To escape the gossip, Ione accepts a teaching job in Dorado, Texas, vowing to avoid scandal at all costs. Relocating from a doctor's household with cook and maids to a room in a boarding house is quite an adjustment. Then she has to face her biggest challenge -- a schoolhouse full of students.
Carpenter Morgan Shipley has been working hard to build his business and now he's looking for companionship in his life. An ad for a mail-order bride brings a deluge of letters, and Morgan adopts the role of matchmaker to share the wealth among other Dorado bachelors. To his surprise, an intriguing woman from a big city arrives in his small Texas town. Correspondence is nothing like interacting with a flesh-and-blood woman every day. But Ione wants nothing to do with Morgan's attempts at courting, which makes him try even harder. (Book 6 of the “Dorado, Texas” series)

You'll want to enjoy the love stories of my character's siblings and cousins, eleven of us in all! Watch for the entire Grandma's Wedding Quilts Series, coming in January, 2017:
#1: Grandma's Wedding Quilts: The Prequel by Kate Cambridge (January 3)
#2: Kizzie's Kisses by Zina Abbott (January 9)
#3: Jessie's Bargain by Kate P. Dawson (January 10)
#4: Meredith's Mistake by Amelia Adams (January 11)
#5: Monica's Mystery by Kate Cambridge (January 12)
#6: Pleasance's First Love by Kristin Holt (January 13)
#7: Zebulon's Bride by Patricia PacJac Carroll (January 14)
#8: Ione's Dilemma by Linda Carroll-Bradd (January 16)
#9: Josie's Dream by Angela Raines (January 17)
#10: Chase's Story by P.A. Estelle (January 18)
#11: Gloria's Song by Kathryn Albright (January 19)
#12: Tad's Treasure by Shanna Hatfield (January 20)