{"product_id":"book-kd5o","title":"The School Mistress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn impoverished young woman. A lonely father of five. Will they be able to resist when a cadre of optimistic children start matchmaking?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1910\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I arrived in Emerson Pass Colorado with my entire life in one small suitcase.\u003cbr\u003e Compared to Boston, life wouldn’t be easy in this tiny frontier town.\u003cbr\u003e Everyone was counting on me.\u003cbr\u003e My family…to provide for them back home.\u003cbr\u003e The mayor…to teach all the children living here.\u003cbr\u003e I was determined to make it work and succeed in the unruly West. \u003cbr\u003e But things didn’t start off well.\u003cbr\u003e A stray gunshot spooked the horses, and I ended up face-first in the snow.\u003cbr\u003e Until rescue came in the strong, capable hands of a handsome stranger…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWidower and single father Lord Alexander Barnes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e English royalty.\u003cbr\u003e Older.\u003cbr\u003e Affluent.\u003cbr\u003e Despite our easy rapport and my instant connection with his children any courtship was out of the question.\u003cbr\u003e On top of our age difference, we were from different worlds and classes.\u003cbr\u003e Yet the wild, untamed nature of this town kept thrusting us together.\u003cbr\u003e Almost as if by fate.\u003cbr\u003e Our chance at happiness was within reach. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eUnless the realities of the unsettled mountain territory tear us apart…\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne-click The School Mistress, the delightful, heartwarming first book in the Emerson Pass Historicals sweet romance series. If you like rags-to-riches tales with resilient heroines and hints of mystery, then you’ll adore Tess Thompson’s Edwardian adventure in the Old West.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49642670293296,"sku":"BDkd5o","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/686953-kd5o-Square.jpg?v=1742542099","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-kd5o","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}