"Guilt nudged at Finola. She was a dutiful daughter in almost every way except one . . . She wasn't cooperating with her parents' efforts to find her a husband."
Finola Shanahan's courting antics were becoming legendary, so when her father resorted to hiring a local Irish matchmaker, she tried one more tactic . . . convincing her father to contract with the man's son, Bellamy, who was merely learning the trade. Ironically, the young matchmaker was just as wily as his client, for the man he chose for Finola was none other than Riley Rafferty, a local hero of sorts, who wasn't particularly interested in marriage either . . . until an unlikely meeting in a livery stall awakened his senses.
And Bellamy!!! What an imp! WHAT AN IMP! (gotta love him)
"Sometimes we mistake our own inability to forgive ourselves as God's inability. But Holy Scripture says that God forgives us so deeply that He put our mistakes out of His mind as far as the east is from the west . . . His forgiveness sets us free . . . Free to truly live and love."
BackCover Blurb:
Haunted
by the death of her sister, Finola Shanahan has resolved that she's not
worthy of a family of her own and commits to spending her days caring
for immigrants in the slums. When Finola sabotages yet another unwanted
relationship her parents arranged for her, her father calls upon the
local Irish matchmaker, who pairs her with successful wagonmaker Riley
Rafferty. Finola quickly realizes her usual tricks won't work on him,
however, as she cannot outsmart or outwit the dashing, determined, and
daring man.
A candidate in the St. Louis mayoral election, Riley
is confident a union with the wealthy Shanahan family will help solidify
his chances of winning--and even more assured he and Finola can make a
difference together. When a cholera outbreak begins to take St. Louis by
storm, they must navigate a burgeoning attraction and growing danger
testing all they know about love and sacrifice.
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