Regency Romance: A Duchess in Disguise (Historical 19th Century Victorian Romance) (Duke Fantasy Billionaire Romance) by Sarah Thorn
Authors: Sarah Thorn
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money back, you don’t gamble it away. Do you think you can break your habit?”
She rubbed his arm and looked up into his eyes. He was blinking and refusing to look at her.
“Mark, please. Please tell me you love me enough…and love our baby enough to do this for us.”
“I want to, Margie. I do love you and our baby.”
“We will keep praying about it. My papa will help us through this and then we will start again. From the beginning if we have to. But at least we will have our horses and our home.”
“And our baby.”
“Yes.” She smiled wide and he matched it.
“It’s so wonderful to think that we will have a little boy or girl here next year. I hope it looks like you.”
She giggled. “If it’s a boy, I don’t think he will like that.”
He shook his head. “I hope that he or she is healthy. I hope that you are okay through it all and that everything works out good in the end.”
“Ellie is going to help me. She will know what’s going on before I do.”
They both laughed at that.
“I’m glad she is wanting to help you.” Mark’s demeanor had lightened significantly from only moments before. She could see that he felt relief and renewed strength. She wondered if he would really be able to kick the habit. He was so good with money otherwise.
“Do you want me to start helping manage the finances of the track and stables, Mark?” She asked a little nervously. It had always been his job. She didn’t want him to feel that she was stepping on his toes.
He paused and looked at her thoughtfully. “I think it would be wise, yes.” He agreed. He put one of his hands on her tummy and the other on the small of her back. “You won’t be up for all that physical work taking care of yourself for the next year anyway.”
“Silly man, it doesn’t take that long to have a baby!”
“I know.” He laughed. “But you won’t be going back to grooming and cleaning out stables for a long time, honey. You’re going to have my baby to take care of!”
The thought of a happy family in her future lifted Margaret’s spirits back up into the clouds. She threw her arms around her husband and hugged him close. “I love you, Mark!”
“And I love you, my sweet little Margaret!” He replied, kissing her soft lips with a passion she would never be able to resist.
****
THE END
MAIL ORDER BRIDE - Three Brides, Three Brothers, and a Baby
Chapter One
The noise from the train pulling out of the station was almost deafening. Catherine Carvey was sitting next to a young woman about her age and across from another. They were all going to the same destination, she knew, because the man who had sent for her from the West had told her so in the letter he’d sent.
Cathy had responded two months ago to an ad for a bride in her local newspaper. Her heart was thumping hard, and she folded her hands in her lap nervously, rubbing her fingers together.
The woman next to her looked much more secure and a lot less nervous. She smiled at her.
“Hello, ” she said.
The woman looked at Cathy, scanning her face closely . “Hello, ” she responded, finally holding out one hand for Cathy to take. “I’m Robin. Robin Foreman. And you are?”
“Cathy Carvey, ” she responded.
“You are also going to Nevada?”
“Yes, I am.”
“You’re going to marry a man from there?” Robin asked. Cathy nodded. Robin sounded even more secure than she looked.
“Yes. You are, too?”
“I am. My suitor sent me a letter saying that I would be sitting with two other ladies who were going there to marry his brothers. You are one?”
“I am.”
At the same time, both ladies looked at the third sitting across from them. She gave them a weak smile, one hand pulling on a long strand of blond hair that had strayed from her braid. “I’m Joy. Joy Kelly.”
Cathy and Robin nodded at her.
“You look scared, ” Robin said, bluntly.
Joy pulled in a deep breath and looked out the window to her left. “I am a
She rubbed his arm and looked up into his eyes. He was blinking and refusing to look at her.
“Mark, please. Please tell me you love me enough…and love our baby enough to do this for us.”
“I want to, Margie. I do love you and our baby.”
“We will keep praying about it. My papa will help us through this and then we will start again. From the beginning if we have to. But at least we will have our horses and our home.”
“And our baby.”
“Yes.” She smiled wide and he matched it.
“It’s so wonderful to think that we will have a little boy or girl here next year. I hope it looks like you.”
She giggled. “If it’s a boy, I don’t think he will like that.”
He shook his head. “I hope that he or she is healthy. I hope that you are okay through it all and that everything works out good in the end.”
“Ellie is going to help me. She will know what’s going on before I do.”
They both laughed at that.
“I’m glad she is wanting to help you.” Mark’s demeanor had lightened significantly from only moments before. She could see that he felt relief and renewed strength. She wondered if he would really be able to kick the habit. He was so good with money otherwise.
“Do you want me to start helping manage the finances of the track and stables, Mark?” She asked a little nervously. It had always been his job. She didn’t want him to feel that she was stepping on his toes.
He paused and looked at her thoughtfully. “I think it would be wise, yes.” He agreed. He put one of his hands on her tummy and the other on the small of her back. “You won’t be up for all that physical work taking care of yourself for the next year anyway.”
“Silly man, it doesn’t take that long to have a baby!”
“I know.” He laughed. “But you won’t be going back to grooming and cleaning out stables for a long time, honey. You’re going to have my baby to take care of!”
The thought of a happy family in her future lifted Margaret’s spirits back up into the clouds. She threw her arms around her husband and hugged him close. “I love you, Mark!”
“And I love you, my sweet little Margaret!” He replied, kissing her soft lips with a passion she would never be able to resist.
****
THE END
MAIL ORDER BRIDE - Three Brides, Three Brothers, and a Baby
Chapter One
The noise from the train pulling out of the station was almost deafening. Catherine Carvey was sitting next to a young woman about her age and across from another. They were all going to the same destination, she knew, because the man who had sent for her from the West had told her so in the letter he’d sent.
Cathy had responded two months ago to an ad for a bride in her local newspaper. Her heart was thumping hard, and she folded her hands in her lap nervously, rubbing her fingers together.
The woman next to her looked much more secure and a lot less nervous. She smiled at her.
“Hello, ” she said.
The woman looked at Cathy, scanning her face closely . “Hello, ” she responded, finally holding out one hand for Cathy to take. “I’m Robin. Robin Foreman. And you are?”
“Cathy Carvey, ” she responded.
“You are also going to Nevada?”
“Yes, I am.”
“You’re going to marry a man from there?” Robin asked. Cathy nodded. Robin sounded even more secure than she looked.
“Yes. You are, too?”
“I am. My suitor sent me a letter saying that I would be sitting with two other ladies who were going there to marry his brothers. You are one?”
“I am.”
At the same time, both ladies looked at the third sitting across from them. She gave them a weak smile, one hand pulling on a long strand of blond hair that had strayed from her braid. “I’m Joy. Joy Kelly.”
Cathy and Robin nodded at her.
“You look scared, ” Robin said, bluntly.
Joy pulled in a deep breath and looked out the window to her left. “I am a
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