Rachel won't give up without a fight though, and soon all will learn an eloquent but humorous lesson about what truly makes a lady.
Rachel van Buren arrives in Gold Rush San Francisco with two wishes: to protect her younger siblings and to return east as soon as possible.īoth goals prove more difficult than she could imagine as her brother and sister are lured by the city's dangerous freedom and a missionary-turned-gambler stakes a claim on her heart.
Headstrong and intelligent, deeply moral but incredibly enticing, Constance turns what was supposed to be a marriage of convenience into something most inconvenient, indeed. What kind of a wife is that? Drew's Christian forbearance is in for some testing. She hasn't the foggiest notion how to cook, dares to argue with her poor husband, and spends more time working on mathematical equations than housework. And she wants to go straight back to England as soon as she can. What he ends up with is a wife-a feisty redhead who claims she is Lady Constance Morrow, daughter of an Earl, brought to America against her will. Still broken-hearted from the loss of his beloved, he only wants a maid to tend his house and care for his young sister.
The "tobacco brides" would be on board-eligible women seeking a better life in America, bartered for with barrels of tobacco from the fields.ĭrew O'Connor isn't stirred by news of a ship full of brides. Whenever she isn't writing, Deeanne can be found engaging with her readers through her various social media outlets.Īny ship arriving from England means good news for Virginia colony farmers. The author currently makes her home in South Carolina, where she lives with her beloved husband. The Wall Street Journal has even highlighted her engaging and educational presentations, which have appeared on the newspaper's front page.Īn accomplished author with rich and authentic characterization, Deeanne has received several awards, including: Best Long Historical of the Year (RITA Award), National Readers’ Choice, Best Historical of the Year (RT Reviewers), Librarians’ Choice, Golden Quill, and many more. in Elementary Education from Texas A&M, Deeanne taught for five years before becoming a freelance journalist with credits including People Magazine, Parents and Parenting. She is popularly known for writing the bestselling It Happened at the Fair (2013) and Fair Play (2014), and the RITA Award-winning Tiffany Girl (2015). Deeanne Gist is an American international bestselling and award-winning author of historical fiction and historical romance novels.
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