Duchess on the Run

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