A Big Beautiful Bride for a Doctor (Mail Order Bride): Three Big Beautiful Mail Order Brides from Tennessee Head West, #1

By Leah White

A Big Beautiful Bride for a Doctor: A Clean Western Historical Romance

It is 1872, and big beautiful Amanda has decided to become a Mail Order Bride.

Amanda Thompson wanted more from life than being the oldest of 10. She wanted a husband and family. She decided to answer an ad for a mail-order bride in Fort Scott Kansas. Dr. Charles Wilson is impressed with her letter and asks her to be his wife. Charles is the only doctor for a large sector of Kansas and is gone all week and home on weekends. One of his many stops is Cherryvale where he stays at the inn owned by the Bender family. Recently, there have been men disappearing from the area. Amanda has a bad feeling about the Bender’s and begs Charles not to stay with them again. He feels he is safe with them and sets out as usual for his weekly rounds. But as he continues to travel he places himself and Amanda in danger.

Has Charles fallen prey to foul play, leaving Amanda alone in the Kansas territory?

Will Dr. Wilson's dangerous rounds prove to be deadly? Will Amanda marry Dr. Wilson only to be a young widow instead of a young bride?

***Leah White writes clean Historical Western Mail Order Bride Romance books***

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leah White
• Release date: Dec 26, 2016
• ISBN: 9781540114150

Book preview

Introduction

This is the first book in the "Three Big Beautiful Mail Order Brides from Tennessee Head West" Series. This is Amanda’s story. All three books can be read alone. They are complete stories but if you would like to read them in order:

Amanda’s story is book one. Read Amanda’s story here: "A Big Beautiful Bride for a Doctor."

Victoria’s story is book two. Read Victoria’s story here: A Big Beautiful Bride for a Storekeeper.

Caroline’s story is book three. Read Caroline’s story here: A Big Beautiful Bride for a Lawyer.

Chapter 1

Nashville, Tennessee, 1872

MAIL ORDER BRIDE WANTED: Traveling man wants mail order bride. Must be able to live alone.

Amanda smiled as she read the newspaper advertisement for the mail order bride. What a luxury it would be to live alone! Amanda was the oldest of ten girls, living with her Ma and Pa in Tennessee in a tar paper shack on the edge of the Cumberland River. The river town of Nashville was quite tiny; people made a living with subsistence farming, growing a little corn, a little cotton for cash, and tobacco and potatoes. Along with a good sized garden, most people could get by if they were a good shot with a rifle. Amanda was a very good shot.

Amanda was also very pretty, with long dark hair and dark eyes to match. She would have said she wasn't pretty because Amanda was also had a very rounded figure. Amanda equated round with fat and would have added ugly to the equation in her description. She had beautiful dimples and a bright smile that lit up her face and made her eyes twinkle. But, alas, Amanda was fat, and therefore, in her eyes, ugly.

Amanda Thompson thought about the newspaper advertisement all day long as she weeded the garden, gathered the vegetables, and prepared supper for the rest of the family. Her Ma and Pa both worked in the fields, and each of the daughters had individual responsibilities around the little farm.

Amanda was responsible for supper, Caroline her next sister in line, was responsible for lunch and laundry, Victoria, the next in line, was responsible for breakfast and the little ones, getting them off to school and watching the four under 6 years old. Then there was Mary, Margaret, and Molly, all out of elementary school and working with Ma and Pa in the fields. The four little ones were Annie, Alice, and Emma, and baby Minnie, all being watched at home.

Amanda went to the back acreage and looked for something to shoot for supper. She preferred to fish, but her day got away from her since she had to pull weeds after the big rain over the weekend. She looked and saw a wild turkey grazing at the edge of the field. Perfect! If she could take out two, they would have a fine supper of wild turkey and dressing, greens, beans, potatoes and tomatoes with cornbread. She aimed carefully and blam! Down went turkey number 1. She carefully watched for Tom Turkey's brother, Trick. Trick, as she called him, would be more wary than his brother and little trickier to shoot. There he was! Blam! Down went Trick. Now to prepare supper.

A family of twelve required quite a large meal, especially since so many of the family worked in the fields every day. Hard work meant big appetites so Amanda knew to cook plenty of food. She started by gutting and cleaning the turkeys, then plucking, then placing them in the wood stove for roasting.