Romance · fiction
Lena Chose the Hand Beside Her
At twenty-two years old, six months pregnant and standing beneath a merciless frontier sun with rough rope cutting into both wrists, Lena Hartwell learned exactly how much her father believed her life was worth. Twenty dollars. Nathaniel Hartwell stood behind the makeshift auction platform with both hands folded over the head of his walking...
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- fiction
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