A to Z Challenge 2016: N
So far I have read an interesting mix of books and have more or less enjoyed it. This was about the point where my attention started to go though and I started reading for fun again rather than reading books for the challenge. Then I realized that I still had seven more books to read and it was March 30th. Oops! My book for N was Nellie by Cynthia Woolf. Nellie Wallace is a young widow with two children. In post civil-war New York, the men are scarce and none want the burden of a wife with children. Her dead husband's family is wealthy, and cruel. Desperate to escape their influence, and eager for a home, a husband, and a stable life for her children, Nellie decides to make a new life in San Francisco as a mail order bride. Saloon owner Blake Malone is a bachelor and likes it that way. He worked hard for everything he has, but the San Francisco City Council won’t approve his plans to build a family emporium unless he is a family man himself. The solu...