In 1873 New York, where communities were grappling with the after math of the civil wars many wounded and disfigured came home and were lauded for their efforts.
Tara Whitter who had been born in one eye with a scar running across it, her disability made her inferior.
ABANDONED & PENNILESS . . . . .
As a child, she had grown with her deficit being used as a defining factor by the people around her. . .
She try . . . well . . . She will always TRY as she might to show them that she was strong willed, caring and gentle but eventually she will still be treated like something broken. At twenty-eight she felt her life was at a cross roads.
Would she stay in Long Island with the psychologically abusive siblings she had inherited?
What would her life be like if she stayed? Over-worked and under-appreciated Tara decided that it was time to get on up and seek a better life elsewhere.
Whilst a four day train ride away in El Paso, Texas, the governor Jonathan Banks was trying to adjust to life without his recently departed wife. His four year old son in particular was in need of a mother figure.
He had two options :
"become the mother his son would need" OR "he could place an ad for a mail order bride."
For him, a woman from El Paso would bring nothing new to his son's life and so he had to get a wife who had more to offer.
But that's a problem - He did not expect the application that would most appeal to him, would be that of a handicapped woman.
Could she be the answer to his problems despite her lack of one good eye and the scar forever graced her face?
Time would be the only answer to that question . . .
As Tara brings life and perspective to El Paso, they would all come to see that beauty was more than just physical or Tara would find herself homeless, penniless and without a shred of remaining hope. AMAZON 3 STARS
This story was okay. I did like the fact that the heroine of the piece was so different. I think it was one of the things that drew me to this story. Tara had overcome so much before she ever even became a mail order bride, and things looked dicey when she showed up at governor Jonathan Banks hometown. Jonathan did try to overlook her deficiency, but the story was realistic about his struggle. She was an almost instant hit with his son, Jacob though. He was such a sweet little boy. Although most of the time what he had to say matched with a four year old boys speech, there was at least one time or two I went, "what? that sounds like an older child" (Location 866 and 972) It didn't kill the story but it did get my attention.
Cindy is Jonathan's cook, but was so close to the family that she is also a family member. Wise Cindy was a good addition to the book.
Just as a side thought..while I was reading the book, here was a thought that came to me several times. Tara was so kind and helped solved others problems so why didn't she or someone else come up with an eye to make an eye patch? It wouldn't have solved everyones aversion to her blind eye and scar but it might have helped some. I know that's not the main point because it was about her ability to remain kind and overcome people's opinions.
There is also an excerpt for Book 2 (The Rich Man's Orphaned and Pregnant Bide- Daphne's story).
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