It was great fun watching it dawn on the characters. I'm proud to say that I figured out the identity of the pretend Jeremiah, including his motivation for the act he played, on my own. It seems the dead soldier was an imposter, playing some sort of twisted game, which sets these two up for a very rocky start. Everything seems to be going to plan, when the real Jeremiah Calhoun arrives home from the war. Abigail will have to break the news of his death to his fiance, but he's sure she'll understand. She's estranged from her family and needs a new home, and he claims to need a nurse to care for his ailing sister, and a competent horse woman to help with the family business.
This is one of my favourite books of the year, and we're into December.Ībigail Stuart is a war nurse who makes an agreement to marry a dying soldier who calls himself Jeremiah Calhoun. May provide the healing his entire family needs. Still not fully convinced Abigail isn't duping him, he's left with noĬhoice but to let the woman stay and help-not admitting to himself she
Jeremiah is determined to have his life back to how it wasīefore the war, but his own wounds limit what he can do on his own. Jeremiah Calhoun appears-puzzled to find a confounding woman posing as His death, but just as the family learns to accept her, the real Him, return to his horse farm, and it'll be hers.Ĭhoices, Abigail takes him up on his offer and moves to Missouri after
Last wish is that Abigail look after his sickly sister at home. Fearing he won't survive, the Confederate soldier's Her only friend in the world is sweet but gravely wounded patient Abigail is flummoxed.A Marriage of Convenience Turns Most Inconvenient in this Historical Charmerįled a difficult home life, Civil War nurse Abigail Stuart feels like After the war, Abigail fulfills her side of the bargain-until the real Jeremiah Calhoun shows up, injured but definitely alive, and wastes no time in challenging Abigail's story. They arrange a quick ceremony before he dies, giving Abigail the rights to his Ozark farm and giving Jeremiah the peace of knowing someone will care for his ailing sister after he's gone-a practical solution for both of them. With few options of her own, nurse Abigail Stuart agrees to marry her patient, a gravely wounded soldier calling himself Jeremiah Calhoun. Abigail Stuart Thought She was Jeremiah Calhoun's Widow.But Jeremiah Calhoun Is Very Handsome, Very Alive, and Very Perplexed.Most Inconvenient Indeed.
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