Noble Groom, A (Michigan Brides Collection Book #2)

2014 Carol Award Winner for Historical Romance<br><br>Michigan, 1880<br><br>Annalisa Werner's hope for a fairy tale love is over. Her husband failed her in every way and now his death has left her with few options to save the family farm. She needs a plentiful harvest. That, and a husband to help bring it in. Someone strong, dependable. That'll be enough. A marriage for love...that's something she's given up on. <br><br>So her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom. <br><br>Then a man appears: Carl Richards, from their home country of Germany and a former schoolteacher--or so he says. He's looking for work and will serve on the farm until her husband arrives. <br><br>With time running out, she accepts his help, but there's more to this man than he's admitting. He's also gentle, kind, charming--unlike any man she's ever known. But even as Carl is shining light into the darkness of her heart, she knows her true groom may arrive any day.