The Barefoot Bride Author:Joan Johnston She was a whaling captain's widow, determined to keep her headstrong son from following his father's course. So Molly Gallagher became a mail-order bride. First she'd marry, then she'd tell her new husband the truth: that she had two children and could never love another man. — It might have worked if Seth Kendrick hadn't had ... more »secrets and a child of his own, a willful daughter determined to end the marriage before it even began...if he wasn't living a double life as a doctor and a rancher determined to keep his neighbors safe from outlaws. In an untamed land of vigilante justice, where two unruly families struggled to be one, Molly had no choice but to trust a gray-eyed stranger whose stubbornness matched her own... whose kisses ignited flash-fire desire... who was in fact, the one man in a million who could hope to win Molly Gallagher's fiery, faithful heart forever.« less