Robin Lee Hatcher - [Coming to America 02] (27 page)

Book Four in the Coming to America Series!

Promised
to Me

Robin Lee Hatcher

Dear Mother and Father
,

After all those years, I was certain Jakob Hirsch had forgotten me. Then came his proposal of marriage. With more impulse than wisdom, I crossed the ocean to begin a new life with him in Shadow Creek, Idaho. Little did I dream of the changes eleven years had brought to the man I once loved—which included three small children waiting with him at the station.

I will not marry a stranger who no longer loves me, but I have agreed to look after Jakob’s children until the harvest is in. A cabin on his property provides me with respectable living quarters. If only it were as easy to separate my heart from this family! It will be difficult to leave when the time comes, for I am falling in love with these little ones—and, truth be told, with Jakob.

Your loving daughter, Karola Breit

In Idaho, the land is good but life is hard for a German émigré whose dreams have turned to dust. Love found and lost can shatter a man’s faith, but it will strengthen the faith of the woman to whom he turns. In the drought of summer, a withered promise springs to life.

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M
y thanks to Ingrid Kristensson and Margit Berglund, my cyberspace friends in Sweden. Thanks also to Marylee Woods and Diana Anderson, my cyberspace friends in Iowa, and to fellow author Cheryl St. John, who introduced me to Marylee and Diana. You were all so gracious and generous with your time and answered so many questions from a virtual stranger. I will be forever grateful.

For those familiar with Swedish names, please note that I have used the more common Americanized spellings in this book, including that of my heroine and her family (i.e. Linberg instead of Lindberg).

Any mistakes found herein are solely my own and not the fault of those who endeavored to keep me from making them.

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