“A strong-willed, resourceful woman who doesn't need anyone to fight her battles matches wits with an equally stubborn man with a secret wish to learn to read in this sweetly charming western romance, perfect for libraries where gentle love stories are popular.”
— John Charles, Booklist, August 2006
According to her wealthy father, Julietta Brightingham was raised to be a lady in New York society during 1890. She was not supposed to slide down drainpipes, play baseball in Central Park, or, worst of all, want to teach. Teaching was for impoverished young relatives, not for the heiress of the Brightingham fortune.
When her father suddenly dies, leaving her wicked Uncle Edward as her trustee, she must resist his attempt to force her into a marriage that would bring her misery, no matter what the cost. She decides to leave the world behind.
Julietta trades her fashionable dresses and dainty dancing shoes for serviceable travel clothes and sturdy boots. Dying her blond hair brown and donning her glasses, she travels incognito across the country to Grey Eagle, Montana, as Julie Bright, planning to take the position of school teacher, to begin a new life.
But the handsome and dedicated young Sheriff, Jack White, takes one look at her and wants to send her packing. She is not what he expected as a teacher for his fledgling town. He knows trouble when he sees it. But for some reason, no matter what his instincts, he cannot make her leave.
When the past finally catches up with her, he knows he’d move heaven and earth to keep her safe, and make her stay.
Christine Bush lives in scenic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where she loves to spin her stories of mystery and romance. When she’s not busy writing, she spends time as a real life marriage and family therapist, helping couples and families to find their own new beginnings and happy endings.
Christine loves to hear from readers as well as aspiring writers. She can be reached at ChristineABush@aol.com, or at www.ChristineBush.com.
Love, Julie is Christine’s eighth book for AVALON.
Avalon Romance titles by Christine Bush:
LOVE, JULIE
NOAH'S BARK
WHISPER A WARNING
