When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for America as a mail-order
bride, she brings along some extra baggage: two sisters, her
mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. When she
arrives in Cheyenne, Wyoming, she promptly marries Peter Andersen
and dreams of starting life over in this rugged land. Peter is kind
and patient with Catharine and accommodating to her sisters. His
mother, however, is not. When she begins a campaign to sabotage
Peter's marriage, Catharine is distraught, worried that her secret
past will be discovered. Will her life end up as nothing but broken
pieces? Or will these trials make her stronger?
Readers will love negotiating the clash of cultures and class as a
highborn European and a Western wheat farmer learn to love one
another and trust God with both the past and the future.
She is staking her future on a man she's never met. Can she
learn to love him?
When Catharine Olsen leaves Holland for Wyoming as a mail-order
bride, she brings some extra baggage with her: two sisters, her
mother's set of Blue Willow china, and a tragic past. As she steps
off the train, Peter Andersen is glad to see that she is everything
her letters showed her to be. But he is a bit perturbed by her
unexpected companions. How will he support them all? And what other
secrets might Catharine be keeping from him?
Filled with sweet romance and vivid characters, Deeply
Devoted highlights a clash of cultures as a highborn European
and a simple wheat farmer learn to love one another and trust God
with the past--and the future.
"Maggie Brendan has done it again. As gentle as a prairie breeze
and as delicate as the Blue Willow china for which the series is
named, Deeply Devoted is a tender and haunting tale that
stirs heart and soul deeply--well beyond the last page."--Julie
Lessman, author of the Daughters of Boston series and the Winds of
Change series
Maggie Brendan is the CBA bestselling author of the Heart of
the West series and The Blue Willow Brides series, as well as
The Trouble with Patience and A Sweet Misfortune. Her
books have received the Book Buyers Best Award from the Orange
County Chapter of Romance Writers of America and the Laurel Wreath
Award. A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers
Association, Romance Writers of America, Georgia Romance Writers,
and Author's Guild, Maggie lives in Georgia.
Maggie Brendan is the CBA bestselling author of the Heart of the West series and The Blue Willow Brides series, as well as The Trouble with Patience and A Sweet Misfortune. Her books have received the Book Buyers Best Award from the Orange County Chapter of Romance Writers of America and the Laurel Wreath Award. A member of the American Christian Fiction Writers Association, Romance Writers of America, Georgia Romance Writers, and Author's Guild, Maggie lives in Georgia.