Mail Order Bride: Westward Winds
By Linda Bridey
Maddie was a carbon copy of their mother. Her blonde waves cascaded over her shoulders, and her lovely blue eyes were charming, as many boys her age had found. Unbeknownst to their parents, Maddie was the pretty little flirt. Tessa knew but wasn’t about to tell on her sibling. She found it amusing as long as flirting was all that happened. She had been present during Maddie’s sweet sixteen party and had kept close tabs on her sister without anyone realizing what she was doing. Now, at eighteen, Maddie was developing a very womanly figure and would bear close watching. Her coming out party was only two months away. Her mother said, “I will take this up with your father.” Her tone was resigned and frustrated.
“I think you are right, and you are old enough to know your mind, even if it is against what we want for you and what you should want for yourself.” Tessa’s temper flared. “I fail to see that it’s right for anyone to say what I should and shouldn’t want for my life! Why does that make me wrong because I don’t want what society says I should want? These people don’t know me; they don’t know what I think or feel. They don’t care, and, quite frankly, I don’t care what they think of me, either.” Claire interjected, “But Tessa, Mama, and Papa have to associate with these people. Think of Papa’s business. We mustn’t embarrass them because Papa’s business keeps us living in the style we do.”
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Linda Bridey
Writing is a labour of love for Linda Bridey, whose works are consistently on several top 100 best-selling romance book lists.
Biography.
Since starting her writing career in earnest, Linda has written thirty-seven books and counting, gaining tremendous popularity. Readers are drawn to her vivid writing of mail-order brides and historical romance stories, many of which deal with social issues and always include humour and heart. Her Westward series consists of twenty-three books set in Dawson, Montana. When the series ended, her readers wanted more of the characters they’d come to know and love–so much so that it prompted her to create the Dawson Chronicles, which picks up the stories of many of the descendants of the original characters but can also be read as a stand-alone series.
Linda’s Echo Canyon series tells the story of a small Montana town on the verge of extinction after the collapse of the mining industry in the region. It shows the ingenuity of the Echo’s inhabitants in how they come together to save the town they love. All is not always as it seems in Echo, with mystery, suspense, and romance abounding!
Linda Bridey
