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Fairer than Morning
By: Rosslyn ElliotteBook Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: Thomas Nelson
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Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eli-until Will Hanby shows her that nobility is more than fine words.
On a small farm in 19th-century Ohio, young Ann Miller is pursued by the gallant Eli Bowen, son of a prominent family. Eli is the suitor of Ann's dreams. Like her, he enjoys poetry and beautiful things and soon, he will move to the city to become a doctor.
Ann travels to Pittsburgh, accompanying her father on business. There she meets Will Hanby, a saddle-maker's apprentice. Will has spent years eking out an existence under a cruel master and his spirit is nearly broken. But Ann's compassion lights a long-dark part of his soul. Through his encounters with Ann's father, a master saddler, Will discovers new hope and courage in the midst of tremendous adversity.
When the Millers must return to Ohio and their ministry there, Will resolves to find them, at any cost. If Will can make it back to Ann, will she be waiting?
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| Title of eBook: Fairer than Morning | Series: The Saddler's Legacy, , #1 |
| Release Date: 05-10-2011 | |
| Publisher: Thomas Nelson |
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Fairer than Morning
Chapter One
Rushville, Ohio 15th July 1823
Proposals of marriage should not cause panic. That much she knew.
Eli knelt before her on the riverbank. His cheekbones paled into marble above his high collar. Behind him, the water rushed in silver eddies, dashed itself against the bank, and spiraled onward out of sight. If only she could melt into the water and tumble away with it down the narrow valley.
She clutched the folds of her satin skirt, as the answer she wanted to give him slid away in her jumbled thoughts.
Afternoon light burnished his blond hair to gold. "Must I beg for you? Then I shall." He smiled. "You know I have a verse for every occasion. `Is it thy will thy image should keep open, My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows like to thee do mock my sight?'"
The silence lengthened. His smile faded.
"No." The single word was all Ann could muster. It sliced the air between them with its awkward sharpness.
He faltered. "You refuse me?"
"I must."
He released her hand, his eyes wide, his lips parted. After a pause, he closed his mouth and swallowed visibly. "But why?" Hurt flowered in his face.
"We're too young." The words sounded tinny and false even to her.
"You've said that youth is no barrier to true love. And I'm nineteen." He rose to his feet, buttoning his cobalt cutaway coat.
"But I'm only fifteen." Again Ann failed to disguise her hollowness.
She had never imagined a p
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