03267cam a2200469 4500 545457460 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781629739953 1629739952 B093K2MQ7X Amazon 53c4da31-adf6-46db-b645-3a24868fb8bc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6018622 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Anderson, Rebecca. Isabelle and Alexander [Libby]. Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2021. lonely. horseback riding. northern england. arranged marriage. aloof. heart-to-heart connection. homesick. country estate. Paralyzed. eligible bachelor. British textile mills. emotional connections to healing. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2200kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:London, 1850<br /> Isabelle Rackham knows she will not marry for love. Though arranged marriages have fallen out of fashion, hers has been settled for some time to combine the upper-middle-class wealth of her father's coal mines with Alexander Osgood's prospering Northern country textile mills. Though not a man prone to romantic gestures, Alexander is well-known as an eligible bachelor. His good looks have turned more than one head, so Isabelle is content to think of herself as Alexander's wife.<br /> However, her marriage is not what she expected. Northern England is nothing like her home farther west in the lake country. Cold, dreary, and dark, the soot from the textile mills creates a gray hue that seems to cling to everything in the city of Manchester. Alexander is distant and aloof, preferring to spend his time at the mill rather than with her at home. Their few conversations are brief, polite, and lacking any emotion, leaving Isabelle lonely and desperately homesick.<br /> Sensing his wife's unhappiness, Alexander suggests a trip to his country estate. Isabelle hopes this will be an opportunity to get to know her new husband without the distractions of his business. But the change of scenery doesn't bring them any closer. While riding together on horses, Alexander is thrown from his and becomes paralyzed. Tragedy or destiny? The help and care that Alexander now needs is Isabelle's opportunity to forge a connection and create a deep and romantic love where nothing else could.<br /> <br />. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53c4da31-adf6-46db-b645-3a24868fb8bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53c4da31-adf6-46db-b645-3a24868fb8bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53c4da31-adf6-46db-b645-3a24868fb8bc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)