Duchess on the Run

<p><em>She's fleeing scandal. He's given up on love.</em> Can a proper gentlewoman and a salt-of-the-earth<br>single dad embrace a second chance at forever?</p><p><br>Elizabeth Edwards's humiliation is complete. Jilted by her cheating beau before<br>he flew off to war she bolts to her grandparents' house in Boston away from the lurid<br>newspaper stories. And when her ex-fiancé tries to kidnap her the frantic woman hops a train to<br>Nebraska to answer a charming rancher's mail-order bride ad.</p><p> </p><p>Graham Ballard is desperate. A widower with a farm to run and two children to raise he's<br>unprepared when the lady he's corresponded with arrives—as regal as a queen. And though<br>their attraction is immediate he's painfully aware this grand and rich aristocrat is ill-fit for his<br>modest world.</p><p> </p><p>Out of her element with an instant family a laundry list of chores and indelicate situations<br>Elizabeth fears a dead wife's shadow will always keep her apart from Graham. And the clever<br>but intimidated hog farmer is certain his gentle beauty will finally tire of the simple life and him.<br>Can they meld together to find their perfect union?</p><p> </p><p>Duchess on the Run is the heartwarming first book in the Broken Bow Brides historical romance<br>series. If you like fish-out-of-water heroines delightfully authentic backdrops and sensual<br>encounters then you'll adore Julia Daniels's step back in time.</p>