Yes, I read another one. In this story Genieva has agreed by mail to marry Breven McLean. When she arrives at the train station, Breven is needless to say a little upset with how young, pretty, and small Genieva is. He needs a hard worker to help him with his farm. They marry and she finds herself for the first time in the country learning how to milk cows. I love this book since it has so many different things going on. You have a neighboring family trying to take the McLean's land with their son trying to take Genieva. Then you have Genieva's family who shows up and then the town that talks about how Breven fathered a young girl's child, which is not true. For some reason my favorite part is when Breven gets hurt and is out for a couple of days when their corn needs to be planted. Genieva plants the corn all by herself and then carries water from the river to the corn all day since the corn needs water. Breven wakes up to Genieva asleep at the table and takes her to bed to notice that her feet and hands are terribly blistered. It is just an awesome part since she works despite the pain knowing the work has to be done and doing it for her husband who she loves, but believes he will never love her in return. Great story of trust and work.
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