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Adelaide Proctor is a young woman with her head in the clouds, longing for a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humiliated, she interviews for a staid governess position on a central Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave her romantic... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gideon Westcott: England Sheep-Herder living in Texas and required a guardianship of Isabella and hires Adelaide Proctor to tutor her. Also the youngest son of the Baron Mansfield of Leicestershire, England.
- Isabella "Izzy" "Bella" Petchley: Orpan Gidean meets on a sea voyage.
- Reginald Petchey: Isabellas uncle who is trying to take her back to England to require her money from inheritance for his gambling debts.
- Papa Gideon: Isabellas nickname for Gideon Westcott
- James Bevin: Lawyer of Gideon Westcott
- Adelaide Proctor: new governess for Isabella.
- Mr. Farnsworth: R. Petcheys lawyer and dirty man
- Solomon: Gideons horse
- Henry Belcher: Travelling book salesman who courts Adelaide.
- Mrs. Mabel Garrett: cook for Westcott Cottage
- Sheba: Adelaides horse, given to her by her father
- Dr. Bellows: Doctor in Menardville
- Miguel: foreman for Westcott Cottage family lives in California
- Mrs. Esther Carmichael: a prospective governess for Isabella
- Aunt Louise: Adelaides aunt that took care of her when her Father died (her Mother died giving birth to her)
- Caroline Belcher: Henry Belchers wife
- Mr. & Mrs.Chalmers: butler and maid of Westcott
- Miss Lillian Oliver: prospective governess for Isabella
- Jose': Sheep shearer hired by Gideon. He can shear 100 sheep a day.
- Brother Kent: preacher who married them
- Lord and Lady Mansfield: Gideons parents
- Lucinda Petchly: Bella's sickly mother
Quotes edit
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“"Today was once-upon-a-time for her. The first page in a story that promised to lead to happily-ever-after."”
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“"She might not have found Mr. Heroic, but Mr. Satisfactory would do just fine."”
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“" 'God, forgive me for my impatience. I saw what I thought I wanted, and when you made no move to give it to me. I took matters into my own hands. I wasn't content, and I didn't trust you enough to wait.'"”
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“"...she flipped through Psalms until a line in the fifty-fifth caught her eye. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me."”
Adelaide
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'God, forgive me for my impatience. I saw what I thought I wanted, and when you made no move to give it to me, I took matters into my own hands. I wasn't content, and I didn't trust you enough to wait.'
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She'd been so wrapped up in the physical outcomes she wanted, she'd neglected to ask for the spiritual blessings she needed.
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`All marriages eventually end in sorrow, do they not? The joy comes in cherishing what time you are able to share.'
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nothing killed hope faster than the belief that one had no ability to positively affect her own circumstances.
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Christ never promised that his people wouldn't suffer. In fact he warned them to expect it. What he did promise was to be with them, giving them strength and courage to overcome.
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She had spent so much time petitioning God to change particular circumstances to give her a husband, to give her life direction, to protect Isabella from her uncle she had never once asked for courage.
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I need you more than ever, now. Show me where to go, what to do. And please give me enough faith to follow you even when I can't see where the path is leading. In the name of Jesus, amen.'
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'God loves us, Izzy, and wants to give us good gifts, but those gifts aren't always what we expect. Sometimes instead of making a person well, he comforts us and gives us the courage to go on. Sometimes he sends new people into outlives to help us like when he sent Papa Gideon to take care of you. And sometimes he gives us a new joy that we would not have known otherwise.'
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It might not have been the wedding of her dreams, but it was the wedding of her heart.
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A man like Bevin would assume other gentlemen subscribed to similar values as he himself did. Integrity. Honesty. He wouldn't expect deceit, so he wouldn't see deceit.
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First Sentence edit
Tonight is the night. She could feel it.
Table of Contents edit
Epilogue
Chapter 1-44
About the Author
Glossary edit
- solictious/solicitations: Describe this term.
- embolden
- brazen
- burgeoning
- decipher
- beatific
- interloper
- chivalrous
- biddable
- pomaded
- pallor
- petitioned
- irreverent
- modicum
- ambiguous
- meticulously
- tiddlywinks
- melancholia
- apathy
- propriety
- practicality
- excursions
- debutante
- proficiency
- desultory
- wastrel
- impertinance
- tirade
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen Witemeyer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bethany House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-61129-109-4
Page Count: 366
Publisher: Bethany House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-1-61129-109-4
Page Count: 366
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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