When Rose Henderson steps off the train at the Harrisville Depot, she is confident that she can make a new start as a hatmaker and create a home for herself as far away from her father and his plans for her as possible. But when she meets the man who has promised to marry her, she suddenly finds her plans beginning to unravel. With barely any money to her name and an unstable future ahead of her, will Rose be able to find a place for herself in Harrisville, or will she have to succumb to her father's will instead?
Harl Adams is a self-proclaimed bachelor, content to live on his family's apple orchard and take care of his mother and the farm. Harl's past as a soldier in the Civil War still haunts him, keeping him from any possible future with a wife and children. But when he meets Rose Henderson, Harl sees things quite differently. Rose is unlike any woman he has ever met before, and she challenges him to see things in a whole new way. Unfortunately, Rose has come to Harrisville to marry someone else, and Rose does not share the same faith that Harl does.
With a past chasing at her heels and an unsure future in front of her, what choice will Rose make?
"The Rejected Mail-Order Bride is a tender, faith-filled book about overcoming life's difficulties and finding love in unexpected places. With its tenacious heroine and loyal hero, Rose and Harl's story drew me in from the first page. Sure to please fans of inspirational historical romance."
Kellie VanHorn
PW bestselling author and 2023 ACFW Carol Award winner for Short Novel
"This historical romance, The Rejected Mail-Order Bride, is a delightful story of redemption. Greta Picklesimer weaves a brave tale of a woman escaping her past only to find a new path among Kentucky hospitality."
Terri Neunaber Bentley
Author of For Love of Family