Love Beyond the Lilies of the Field: Post-civil War Widow Is Torn Between Saving Her Farm and a Dangerous Attraction to Her Employer’s Betrothed

Post-Civil War, Connecticut, 1867 – A rags-to-riches story for Young Adults in the era of hoop gowns and the Blue Danube.Beautiful widow Sadie Barren is about to lose the family farm when she’s hired by wealthy Minnie Mae Moreland as her fashion model, which leads to Paris. However, her employer’s betrothed—Josh Maverick, the town’s richest roguish bachelor—starts pursuing her. With her career and family farm at stake, Sadie is outraged and tries to avoid him at all costs before he causes her to lose her opportunity to escape poverty.Complications arise when traveling to Paris for a fashion show and ball, as Sadie hires her handsome brother Matt as an escort after an uncomfortable threat to her safety arises from a man visiting from out west. Once in Paris, Minnie Mae arranges waltz lessons for her unsophisticated models, and life takes an unexpected turn as the dancing leads to a shift in bonding. Matt and Minnie Mae fall in love as Josh and Sadie grow closer, which leads to Minnie Mae breaking off the engagement to Josh, who parts… but was already planning to break up at home. Just as Sadie falls in love with Josh, she’s left feeling forlorn, attending the ball only out of duty until hope sparks during the Blue Danube.Sadie returns home triumphant with her new blossoming career and Matt in his new relationship. As both happily make their way to pick up her son, suddenly everything shatters… Matt is shot, and Sadie is dragged away by ruthless outlaws bound for the wild West—destined for a brothel. As Sadie’s nightmare begins, not knowing if Matt is dead or if she’ll ever see her son, her family, or Josh again, she falls into despair. But in her darkest hour, when all seems lost, the impossible occurs…See book gallery (English and Spanish) at: https://amazon.com/author/mispeer