The unforgettable ancestors of Bruce Patman . . .
The unforgettable ancestors of Bruce Patman . . .
In 1825, sixteen-year-old Sohpie, the Duchess of Edmonton, falls in love with Henry Patman, a dashing stable hand. But Sophie’s sister, Melanie, has also fallen for Henry’s charm. And Melanie will do anything to keep Sophie and Henry apart.
John Patman loses his heart to London actress Katherine Richmond. He’s too poor to aske for her hand in marriage, so he swears he’ll strike it rich in the oil fields of Texas. But how long will Kathrine wait?
Dr Cassandra Vanderhorn meets wounded soldier Spencer Light in World War II vetrans hospital. After he recovers, they marry, and he returns to the front. The Cassandra receives a telegram bearing terrible news . . .
Marie Vanderhorn has found her soul mate in Hank Patman. When Marie is striken with leukemia, she breaks off the relationship and keeps her suffering a secret. Hank vows that he’ll love Marie forever. But then Alice Robertson crosses his path . . .
A forbidden love . . .
Henry swung himself up the ladder to the loft of the barn, whistling. He couldn’t believe the turn his life had taken in the past two months. At first he’d wondered if Sophie’s intrest in him was the temporary, childish rebellion of a bored aristocrat. But the sweet, stolen hours he’d spent with her had convinced him differently. Now Henry knew that the impossible were true. Lady Sophie Edmonton, the beautiful, fair-haired daughter of a duke, was in love with Henry Patman, a common stable hand.
Their cladestine meetings couldn’t go on forever. Someone was sure to catch them sooner or later.
The most serious source of apprehension was the duke himself. True, there was little chance of the Duke of Edmonton walking in on them as they kissed behind stables or held hands by the lake. But he was growing adamant in his demands that Sophie accept a proposal from an acceptable suitor. They both knew that the duke would never accept a poor stable boy as a son-in-law.
Henry hoped that Sophie would consent to marry him, even though it meant that she would have to give up everything else she held dear in the world. And he planned to ask her for her hand tonight.
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