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    Lorna Loves a Lawyer: Brides with Grit, #9
    Lorna Loves a Lawyer: Brides with Grit, #9
    Lorna Loves a Lawyer: Brides with Grit, #9
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    Lorna Loves a Lawyer: Brides with Grit, #9

    By Linda K. Hubalek

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    A sweet historical romance set in 1873. Lorna Jantz left Boston looking for adventure, signing up as a mail-order bride for a rich Kansas rancher. But, the groom only becomes rich after taking off with her money, after their twenty-four hour marriage. Which left Lorna in a pickle, stuck in a little town with no money, no home and a growing belly.

    Lyle Elison was one of Boston's worst, a spoiled, rich merchant's son, until enforced time on the family's Kansas ranch made him see his purpose in life. After training in Boston, he's back in Clear Creek, Kansas, as the town's new lawyer.

    Backgrounds make Lorna and Lyle connect, but time spent together makes them good friends, willing to help each other face their respective problems. Lorna needs help tracking down the louse who stole her money and left her in a family way. Lyle needs to be married by his birthday to receive his inheritance from his grandfather's Will.

    In between their capers, each falls in love with the other, secretly wishing they could confess their love and be together forever. But first, they have to find Lorna's wayward husband before Lyle's birthday.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherButterfield Books Inc.
    Release dateJul 28, 2016
    ISBN9781536535983
    Lorna Loves a Lawyer: Brides with Grit, #9
    Author

    Linda K. Hubalek

    Linda Hubalek has written over fifty books about strong women and honorable men, with a touch of humor, despair, and drama woven into the stories. The setting for all the series is the Kansas prairie which Linda enjoys daily, be it being outside or looking at it through her office window. Her historical romance series include Brides with Grit, Grooms with Honor, Mismatched Mail-order Brides, and the Rancher's Word. Linda's historical fiction series, based on her ancestors' pioneer lives include, Butter in the Well, Trail of Thread, and Planting Dreams. When not writing, Linda is reading (usually with dark chocolate within reach), gardening (channeling her degree in Horticulture), or traveling with her husband to explore the world. Linda loves to hear from her readers, so visit her website to contact her, or browse the site to read about her books. www.LindaHubalek.com www.Facebook.com/lindahubalekbooks

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      Lorna Loves a Lawyer - Linda K. Hubalek

      Lorna Loves a Lawyer

      A Historical Western Romance

      Brides with Grit Series, Book 9

      Copyright © 2016, 2021 by Linda K. Hubalek

      Published by Butterfield Books Inc.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not buy it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to the retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting this hard work of this author.

      This book is a work of fiction. Except for the history of Kansas that has been mentioned in the book, the names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Contents

      Prologue

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Helen Heals a Hotelier

      Books by Linda K. Hubalek (in English and some in other languages too)

      About the Author

      Description

      A sweet historical romance set in 1873. Lorna Jantz left Boston looking for adventure, signing up as a mail-order bride for a wealthy Kansas rancher. But, the groom only becomes rich after taking off with her money, after their twenty-four-hour marriage. Which left Lorna in a pickle, stuck in a little town with no money, no home, and a growing belly.

      Lyle Elison was one of Boston’s worst, a spoiled, rich merchant’s son until enforced time on the family’s Kansas ranch made him see his purpose in life. After training in Boston, he’s back in Clear Creek, Kansas, as the town’s new lawyer.

      Backgrounds make Lorna and Lyle connect, but time spent together makes them good friends, willing to help each other face their respective problems. Lorna needs help tracking down the louse who stole her money and left her in a family way. Lyle needs to be married by his birthday to receive his inheritance from his grandfather’s Will.

      In between their capers, each falls in love with the other, secretly wishing they could confess their love and be together forever. But first, they have to find Lorna’s wayward husband before Lyle’s birthday.

      Dedication

      To mothers, past, and present—

      thank you for doing what was best for your children.

      Prologue

      JULY 1873, CLEAR CREEK, Kansas

      Whap! Whap!

      What?! The waitress just slapped him with her dish towel!

      Where have you been?! she hissed.

      Lyle Elison’s hands shot up around his head as he tried to duck her blows.

      Whap! Whap! Whap!

      Answer me! Where have you been?!

      Uh, back East, ma’am.

      Why?!

      Uh...

      Whap!

      You said you were going to Hays and would be back in a day!

      Look, lady, Lyle rose out of the dining room chair so he could move out of the way of the next swing and see who the heck was hitting him. I don’t know why you’d be mad at me...

      Lyle grabbed and twisted the offending towel out of the woman’s hand before focusing on her face. Probably in her mid-twenties, she wasn’t much shorter than his five-foot, eight-inch frame. Her light blonde hair was in a bun on the nape of her neck, but wisps of escaped curls flitted around her head as she shook with fury. Her eyes were so narrowed to slits he couldn’t see what color they were, but her lips were pale pink since they were pressed together in a thin line. Her fisted hands were raised to punch him in the face as soon as he let down his guard.

      Maynard Jantz, you took off the day after we were married!

      There wasn’t a sound in Clancy’s Café as the patrons watched the woman scream at him.

      "And with my money!" she added.

      Lyle’s brain finally caught up with her conversation.

      Who’s Maynard Jantz? Lyle looked at the woman, then at his brother, Carl, who still sat at their table, chewing on the piece of tough chicken fried steak they’d both unfortunately ordered.

      "Maynard? Don’t act like you don’t know me! I’m your wife!"

      Carl choked on the meat and spit it out onto the plate. Lyle felt like he’d swallowed the whole steak now.

      "I’m Lyle Elison, ma’am, and I do not know you," Lyle shook his head as he stepped back from the fuming woman.

      "Really? You don’t remember our marriage ceremony in Ellsworth and our wedding night?" Her hands were fisted at her waist, and she was fuming mad.

      Carl rose from his seat, acting like the mediator he always was when Lyle needed help.

      Ma’am, I’m Carl Elison, and I assure you there are several people in this café who can vouch that my brother’s name is indeed Lyle Elison. Even though we’re just here visiting for our sister’s wedding this week, we did live here for a while, before returning to our home in Boston early last spring.

      Lyle looked around, hoping a few people would nod their heads. During the short time he did live here, he hadn’t tried to make friends or fit into the community. His father had exiled his sons to this forlorn prairie hoping they’d straighten up, and fit the mold of the elder Elison’s plans of his sons taking over the management of the family’s textile mill. But Lyle hadn’t taken on any responsibility of the Bar E Ranch—his parents had bought for him to run—instead, spending his time horse racing, gambling, and traveling.

      Although his family didn’t know it, after moving back to Boston, Lyle had begun working on getting his life straightened out, by studying law.

      Well, nice to meet you, Carl. I’m your new sister-in-law, Lorna Adams Jantz, she snipped while holding out her right hand for Carl to shake. Her left hand was still firmly balled at her waist.

      Lyle, Carl growled while still looking at this Mrs. Jantz, did you do something to this woman I should know about?

      I swear, Carl, I’ve never seen her before, Lyle felt sweat beading on his forehead as he tried to think if he had met her somewhere...that he shouldn’t have.

      Her green silk brocade dress wasn’t the usual attire for someone working in a café. The other woman serving here wore a plain cotton dress and apron for her attire. And her voice was definitely from the Eastern seaboard. What was this high society lady doing in the frontier town of Clear Creek, Kansas?

      So, your name isn’t the same as you wrote on our marriage certificate? Is that part of your scheme to scam me out of my money?

      "Besides not marrying you, I did not take any money from you, either," Lyle emphatically stated. The woman was getting downright scary.

      Daisy! the woman yelled to the young girl who stood in the doorway between the dining room and kitchen watching the drama. Go get Marshal Wilerson for me. He’d be at the jailhouse or at his house behind it. I want this man arrested for stealing my money.

      Lyle inwardly groaned. He’d been in trouble a few times with Marshal Adam Wilerson when he lived here. He’d done some silly pranks when he was drinking with his friends, not causing any property damage, but still disturbing the peace. His father was right. His past would catch up with him someday. It was past time to start acting like a responsible man, not a rich playboy.

      Lorna, get these plates out to customers, Dan Clancy barked from the open window between the two rooms. Quit pestering the Elisons and get back to work!

      The woman glared at Lyle before trouncing back to pick up the plates of food lined up to be served. She gingerly tried to balance one plate on her forearm before picking up two more plates in her hands. The woman was shaky, not smooth like the other waitress carrying food to her tables. Lyle guessed she hadn’t had this job for very long, as she wasn’t very good at it.

      He and Carl sat back down at the table to eat their cooling food while the lady tended to her job. Hopefully, Marshal Wilerson was out of town and wouldn’t be available to come to this lady’s rescue.

      So? Carl spoke again after grimacing and swallowing his last bite of meat. Unfortunately, this was the only café in town, so it got the business if a person wanted to eat.

      "I do not know the lady, I did not marry her, nor did I meet her upstairs in any saloon in the past, where I might have met her. For once, I am in the clear."

      "Stealing a thousand dollars from me does not put you ‘in the clear,’ Mr. Jantz!" The woman hissed as she passed their table with a pot of coffee. Lyle grimaced and pulled his shoulders up to his ears, waiting for the scalding liquid to drain down his back.

      A thousand dollars?! the woman at the next table exclaimed, causing all the customers to look up from their meals to stare at Lyle, then Mrs. Jantz. Now her accusations were getting serious, and Lyle would welcome the marshal’s help.

      WHY DID SHE BLURT OUT how much money she’d lost?

      And now she and Maynard—or Lyle—or anyway, the man in question, sat in front of the marshal’s desk, ready to get to the bottom of this. Instead of the marshal coming to the café, he requested they meet in his office, which was better for the delicate matter of this situation. Unfortunately, the townspeople knew about her situation now, because of her outburst at seeing her wayward husband nonchalantly eating lunch while she’d had to work to keep from starving after he disappeared. Lorna had pretended she was a single woman, new to town, and had not mingled with the townsfolk while she waited for her husband to return. Now word would get around about her situation.

      But now Lorna wasn’t positive the man beside her was Maynard. This man was average height, short brown hair, stormy blue eyes and the cutest dimple in his cheek when he first spoke to her in the restaurant. She couldn’t remember if Maynard had a dimple, but he smiled a lot when they were together—for less than twenty-four hours.

      Oh, surely he was Maynard, and yet...

      Where are you from, Mrs. Jantz? I could almost swear you have a Boston Brahmin accent? The supposed brother, Carl, asked congenially.

      "Yes, you guessed right on my aristocratic accent. I am from the Adams family, dating back to colonial times and the founding fathers of this

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