Pixie — Peggy O'More

Had she finally met a man who didn't see her as a trophy to be won, a man to whom she was much more than a gorgeous blonde--only to lose him?

Pixie Odburn returned to the old family home, commonly called Old House, to be reunited with the grandparents, cousins and uncles and aunts who lived nearby, and to collaborate with her mother on a picture book of flora and fauna for the children. She was amazed to discover that during her absence Gary Winters, a newcomer to the region, had reopened the old ghost mine, the Mercury, with the help of a group of former war buddies, and was working it. Gary's capital resources, although adequate, were exceeded by his dreams. Yet the very troubles and even sabotage which cut into his financial reserves indicated that the dreams might be justified. So Pixie too time off from her flowers to help a fellow with quicksilver in his eyes.

The Letter...

"Darling...An exciting gamble on a book contract for us. An Old House! Call me...Mother."

For Pixie Osborn, "Old House," the family home in the Northwest, was the perfect place to work on a children's book--and the perfect place to get away from people, particularly men who saw her only as a beautiful object. So the last thing she wanted to find on the front porch was a handsome stranger.

Hero: Gary Winters
Heroine: Pixie Odburn