The Wayfaring Widow

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>To escape her grievous past and avoid her bleak future twenty-eight-year-old widow Victoria Clarke joins her friend Isabella Bird on a once-in-a-lifetime journey from England to America in 1854. But Harrison Wright the man acting as escort to the women on their journey is cold and gruff and his mannerisms conjure up the pains of Victoria's past especially her former husband's mistreatment. Victoria doubles the defenses of her already fragile heart but will it be enough to endure what she now feels is an ill-fated expedition?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>Twenty-nine-year-old New York lawyer Harrison Wright has made a promise to his friend Isabella Bird to escort her around his home country. And unlike his father Harrison keeps his promises. Since Harrison has sworn off women due to his own troubled past he is not pleased Victoria will be joining the trip. But as a declared bachelor he's built an impenetrable safeguard around his own heart that should withstand a few weeks in this other woman's company.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(102 102 102 1)>As the trio explores Boston Detroit Chicago Niagara Falls and New York City surviving fires disreputable innkeepers sickness and storms Victoria and Harrison are loathe to find that they cannot avoid each other's company. But in such close proximity will Victoria and Harrison's initial flared tempers lead to even stronger and more unavoidable feelings about each other? Feelings that have them questioning whether their journey will have the most unlikely of destinations: love and healing-and happily ever after-with each other?</span></p><p></p>