A Bride Under Protest: Willamette Valley Brides

By Adele Edwards

She swore never to marry for property. He believes every marriage is a contract.

Oregon City, 1851. Schoolteacher Eliza Carver has one rule: never trust a man who talks beautifully. Lawyer Nathaniel Pettigrew talks beautifully, drafts land-law marriage contracts for a living, and has just petitioned to have her school thrown out as a public nuisance. His son is her worst pupil. He is the last man in the Territory she would marry.

Then Eliza learns that her late father left her a secret fortune, and the man who jilted her when her family went broke arrives from Maine to claim it. Josiah Crocker is charming, repentant, and ready to marry her after all, because under the law, a wife's property becomes her husband's.

Eliza needs a lawyer. The only one good enough is the man she can't stand, and he is keeping a secret he has sworn never to tell.

A clean, faith-filled historical western romance of sharp tongues, stubborn hearts, and a love no contract could hold.

They pledged not to marry. Oregon had other plans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMG88JXP
• ISBN13: 9798160833439
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"