The Widow's First Love

After the death of her husband, Tabitha Clarke is left with a farm she can't manage on her own, mounting debts, and a need for love that has never been fulfilled. Already having spent ten years married to a man who viewed marriage as a constitution of respect and duty, she places an ad for a mail order husband anticipating more of the same. But she isn't prepared for the man that arrives, and the possibility of experiencing true love for the first time. Can happily ever after really happen for someone that isn't looking for it?

Please enjoy this historical western romance short story.