Marry Or Serve Time

di Cherry Hargrove (Autore)

Cherry Hargrove, 2026

Marry or Serve Time Book One In the 1890s frontier town of Cedar Falls, a courtroom decision shocks the entire community and changes ten lives forever. Five determined women known as the Teachs refuse the marriage proposals of five powerful Barons. Their rejection ignites a confrontation that quickly spirals into scandal and criminal charges. When the case reaches Judge Whitmore's courtroom, the verdict is unlike anything the town has ever heard. Marry the men… or serve time in prison. Given only thirty minutes to decide, the women choose marriage rather than prison. What begins as a legal sentence soon becomes a battle of pride, willpower, and survival. The Barons must learn to live with wives who never wanted them, while the Teachs discover that frontier marriage is far more complicated than either side imagined. Rumors spread across Cedar Falls as the unlikely couples struggle to build lives together under the watchful eyes of a curious town. But the story does not end in Cedar Falls. Continue the dramatic story in Marry or Serve Time: The Eliters – Book Two The women who once mocked these marriages—the proud and powerful Eliters—believe the court's ruling was unjust. Determined to defend their friends and restore their reputation, they travel to Jefferson County to challenge the decision and seek justice. They expect the law to correct what they believe was a terrible mistake. Instead, something happens that turns their entire world upside down. Their outrage sparks a public disturbance that places them before another judge—one who has heard about the unusual ruling in Cedar Falls. In a shocking twist of irony, the very women who traveled to protest forced marriages now face the same sentence themselves: Marriage… or prison. Within a single day, the proud Eliters find their lives changed forever. Cut off from their families and denied financial support after embarrassing their powerful households, they must now face the consequences of their own actions. Five society women. Five rugged cattlemen. Five marriages no one wanted. Sent far from their comfortable lives, the Eliters must learn to survive on remote cattle ranches where pride means nothing and work means everything. If they want to eat, they must learn skills they never imagined needing: • cooking • baking • gardening • washing clothes • housekeeping • and the demanding rhythms of frontier life Under the firm guidance of Sister Lillian's mission, the women who once ruled society must now learn humility, discipline, and survival. And the cattlemen they once mocked will be the men teaching them how. What begins as humiliation may become the greatest transformation of their lives. Where pride is tested, lives are rebuilt, and unexpected love may grow in the most unlikely marriages.

• Autore: Cherry Hargrove
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Cherry Hargrove
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798233354915