The Heirloom Brides Collection (2015)
“So he wasn’t supposed to like her, huh? He’d just have to see about that. Ma often bemoaned that Titus had been given the greatest portion of the Klaassen hardheadedness. Once he set his mind to something, he didn’t let go. Over the years he’d learned to curb the stubborn tendency when his mind led him toward something he shouldn’t have. But Clara was meant to be his wife. He knew it from the depths of his soul. Now it was time for her to accept it.
He pounded down the stairs two at a time and ...careened into the kitchen. Ma was already there, stoking the stove in preparation for breakfast and Pa’s important pot of coffee. He snatched his jacket from the hook, then crossed to his mother, shrugging into the coat as he went.
“Ma, I intend to marry Clara Frazier.”
She continued adding split pieces of wood to the tiny flame in the belly of the stove. “I presumed as much, Titus.”
He plunked his fists on his hips and shook his head, twisting his lips into a line of scorn. “She has some wild idea that she can’t get married, that she has to stay home forever and take care of her father.MoreLess
He pounded down the stairs two at a time and ...careened into the kitchen. Ma was already there, stoking the stove in preparation for breakfast and Pa’s important pot of coffee. He snatched his jacket from the hook, then crossed to his mother, shrugging into the coat as he went.
“Ma, I intend to marry Clara Frazier.”
She continued adding split pieces of wood to the tiny flame in the belly of the stove. “I presumed as much, Titus.”
He plunked his fists on his hips and shook his head, twisting his lips into a line of scorn. “She has some wild idea that she can’t get married, that she has to stay home forever and take care of her father.MoreLess
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