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The Runaway Brides Collection
7 Historical Brides Get Cold Feet at the Altar
What is a woman of the 1800s to do when she feels powerless to choose her own spouse and marry for love—run!
Amy’s home is at stake if she doesn’t marry her neighbor. Delia’s father wants her to marry into a political family. Georgiana is posing as a wealthy man’s wife in order to hide from her groom. Callie is fleeing one wedding and racing to marry a stranger. Emily flees her wedding with the help of a mysterious coachman. Josey’s best friend leaves a letter proposing marriage unanswered in order to elope. Bernadine becomes the ward and pawn of her evil uncle. Where will each turn when they have only God to trust?
Seven women facing the marriage altar make the decision to flee, but who can they now trust?
The Groom She Thought She'd Left Behind
by Darlene Panzera
In 1896, a would-be bride gets cold feet on her way to the altar and escapes from Boston to the Berkshire region of Massachusetts with help from her mysterious coachman.
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