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Carolina's Mission of Love: Mail Order Bride Series, #10
Carolina's Mission of Love: Mail Order Bride Series, #10
Carolina's Mission of Love: Mail Order Bride Series, #10
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Carolina's Mission of Love: Mail Order Bride Series, #10

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This is a clean Western Historical Mail Order Bride Romance book that does not contain any foul language or sexual situations. 

Carolina's father passed away while traveling with her to Truckee Meadows, in Nevada Territory to become the new town doctor.  After his passing, Carolina continued on to their destination in anticipation that the town would accept her as their new doctor. 

Shortly after her arrival, Carolina found a group of young boys attacking what she thought was an animal. To her surprise, the victim was actually a young boy with a cleft lip.  Carolina immediately felt sorry for the child and decided she wanted to surgically repair his disfigurement, so he wouldn't no longer have to suffer abuse from the other children.

When Carolina met with the child's father to discuss the possibility of reconstructive surgery, she instantly found herself at odds with him.

Will the two of them overcome their differences so Carolina can perform the surgery?

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Release dateDec 12, 2017
ISBN9781386280095
Carolina's Mission of Love: Mail Order Bride Series, #10

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    Carolina's Mission of Love - R L Butler

    Chapter 1

    So, this is Truckee Meadows , Carolina McKinsey thought as she sat on the Conestoga wagon seat in the middle of the long wagon train. It hadn’t been easy, but she’d driven her father’s team of four oxen from Nebraska Territory deep into Utah Territory, almost to California. Truckee Meadows was her destination. Unfortunately, her father hadn’t finished the trip with her. He passed away when he took an arrow directly to the heart during an Indian attack near Fort Kearny .

    They had decided to make the trip to Truckee Meadows after his oldest friend, Art Flanagan, had written for a real doctor to help keep the people in the small town healthy. William McKinsey, known as Mack McKinsey fit the bill perfectly, and she knew almost as much as he did. In the small North Carolina town where she’d grown up, Mack had been a popular physician, but there were three other doctors in the city. The West needed trained doctors, especially those who had also worked with animals over the years, as she and her father had.

    According to Art, Mack would likely be busy, although not highly paid. Mack didn’t care, though, he loved nothing more than healing and he had taught his only living child the same compassion. He didn’t care if it was a woman or a cow in a difficult labor; he would be there in a moment’s notice, often bringing Carolina with him.

    Her mother had had two babies stillborn before Carolina and had suffered three miscarriages after her daughter. The last child had died only hours after Glenda McKinsey died in childbirth. That left Carolina to carry on her father’s dream. But she didn’t mind. She loved what she did as much as her father had. If only she had been able to save her father on the trip west.

    She’d had many suitors, in Nebraska Territory, but none sparked her interest. They were suitable for escorting her to socials, but not as a husband.

    Since she would turn twenty-five soon after arriving in Utah Territory, it was time for her to look for a husband and raise a family of her own.

    Miss McKinsey? a man asked as she sat there staring at the small town.

    She glanced down at the dirty wagon master and offered him a quick smile. Yes?

    I’m going to take you into Truckee Meadows before the rest of us cross. It’s a ten-cent toll to cross the bridge, so I need that before we go.

    All right.

    Clambering over the seat into the back of the wagon, Carolina went to her mother’s hope chest and dug into it as the aroma of cedar floated up into to her face. After digging through the dresses she’d packed, she pulled out a small box in which she carried her money. She removed the ten cents and replaced the box back exactly where she had originally taken it from. She then climbed back over the seat and passed the coins to the wagon master, who sat on his horse next to her wagon.

    Just pull out of line, and we’ll go now.

    With the wagon master riding next to her, Carolina urged her oxen onward and made her way around the five wagons before her in line. Twenty minutes later, they had found Flanagan’s Saloon, where she and her father were to meet Art Flanagan. In only moments, a tall, bald man rushed from the building.

    Hello, Art, she greeted with a smile from her perch on the wagon seat.

    Carrie! he exclaimed. Where’s your pa?

    A frown came to her lips. How often would she have to explain that the doctor hadn’t arrived in town before people took her abilities seriously? Far too often, she feared.

    I’m afraid he was taken by an Indian’s arrow, she said sadly. Thankfully, we weren’t far from military aid, so most of the wagon train was spared.

    I’m sorry to hear that, lassie, Art replied as he reached up and helped her from the Conestoga. If you need a job, you can work for me.

    Once on the ground, she glanced around the area. The streets she could see were nearly deserted, even though it was about eleven in the morning. Maybe people weren’t out at that hour here.

    Why don’t I just be a doctor? Carolina asked. You know I’ve helped Daddy for years.

    People won’t cotton to a woman doctor in these parts. They don’t even like the idea of women running a hotel, and we have a female hotel owner.

    If they’re sick enough, they’ll accept me. Then word will spread, and I’ll be accepted. You’ll see. And what I can do for people, I can do for animals. I saw several horses, dogs, and cats as I came into town. I’m sure they’ll need help eventually, too.

    Are you sure you want to do that? You might not get much business since you’re a woman.

    "I’ll just have to prove to everybody that I’m perfectly capable at the job. Daddy said there’s supposed to be a

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