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Check yourself into the Texas Boardinghouse Brides series by Vickie McDonough, where you’ll meet Luke Davis, marshal of Flat Rock, Texas, who flippantly tells friends he’d get married if the right woman ever came along. When three mail-order brides are delivered to Luke a month later, he’s in... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Luke Davis: Returns to his home town to finally forgive the fiancee who married his best friend instead and get on with his life. Takes job as town marshal.
- Rachel Hamilton: Widow and mother of a rambunctious ten-year-old tom boy. Runs the town's only boardinghouse.
- Jacqueline Hamilton: Rachel's daughter. She wishes she was a boy and runs with two older boy. Hates school and wearing dresses, but hates town bully, Butch Laird even more.
- Shannon, Leah, and Ellie: 3 mail-order brides who've come to town to marry Marshal Davis.
First Sentence edit
"Sometimes God asked difficult things of a man, and for Luke Davis, what he was fixing to do was the hardest task ever.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Forgiveness for past hurts: Sometimes people deeply wound us, but if we hang on to that hurt and don't forgive, in the end, it hurts us the most.
- Single parenthood and dealing with hard-to-control children: Describe this theme.
- Trusting in God when things are their darkest.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Texas Boardinghouse Brides. (standard series)
Followed by Second Chance Brides.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Vickie McDonough (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
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