Hi all! Jennifer Uhlarik here. I’m so excited to share with
you the story behind the story on The
Brigand and The Bride, my selection from The Mail-Order Brides Collection. So…where did the idea for this
story come from? As I pondered the idea of a mail-order bride story, I knew it
needed to be different than a previous mail-order bride story I’d done (Wedded to Honor from The Convenient Bride Collection). I
began thinking of different scenarios and quickly struck on the idea of a woman
marrying a stranger to escape her outlaw family. Probably not the most original
of ideas—but then, every story’s been told a million times already. It’s the
fun twists you add that makes a story unique. So as I pondered the heroine that
was taking shape in my mind, I saw a scene begin to unfold.
The heroine hurries through town, anxious about being caught
by her brother. Rather than heading straight to the church, she stops in the
seamstress’ shop to pick up a suit for her mail-order groom—something they’d pre-arranged
through their letters. Suit in hand, she goes to the church, lays out the
clothes and grooming supplies for him, then waits in the sanctuary. A bit
later, the hero rushes in, shaves and cuts his hair, dons the suit, and steps
out of the room, where the pastor’s wife shoves him down the aisle, scolding
him for his lateness.
The scene played so vividly in my mind’s eye that I knew I had to write it and find out how
the rest turned out. From the couple’s first awkward face-to-face meeting to the
“quickie” wedding that ensues, I was giggling and grinning ear-to-ear. I sure
hope you’ll read The Brigand and The
Bride to find out why!
The Brigand and the Bride by Jennifer Uhlarik1876, Arizona
Jolie Hilliard weds a stranger to flee her outlaw family but discovers her groom is an escaped prisoner. Will she ever find happiness on the right side of the law?
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Jennifer Uhlarik discovered the western genre as a pre-teen, when she
swiped the only “horse” book she found on her older brother’s bookshelf. A new
love was born. Across the next ten years, she devoured Louis L’Amour westerns
and fell in love with the genre. In college at the University of Tampa, she
began penning her own story of the Old West. Armed with a B.A. in writing, she
has won and finaled in numerous writing competitions. In addition to writing,
she has held jobs as a private business owner, a schoolteacher, a marketing
director, and her favorite—a full-time homemaker. Jennifer is active in
American Christian Fiction Writers and lifetime member of the Florida Writers
Association. She lives near Tampa, Florida, with her husband, college-aged son,
and four fur children.
What about you? What would be going through your mind
on your mail-order wedding day?
with love and prayers,
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